Categories, Widgets and Subcategories

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  markkos1 · Member · Nov 5, 2015 at 1:11 am

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  Hi,

  I am computer illiterate! I have added several Categories as Widgets which appear on the right side of my website. I have uploaded about 18 post that I want be shown under only one of these Categories added as Widgets.( As it is now, all 18 posts are listed in ALL my Categories). How do I do this?

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  timethief · Member · Nov 5, 2015 at 11:36 pm

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  Your detailed theme description page with set up instructions is here https://wordpress.com/themes/big-brother/

  This is a one or the other situation. You have two choices on any blog
  (1) All posts on the front page.
  (2) A static front page http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/ and all posts on a different page.

  By default the front page of a blog displays all published posts in reverse chronological order with the most recently published post on top. When we publish a post on WordPress software the software automatically creates the same entry in the Archives, and on the dynamic (automatically updating) Categories and Tags pages in accord with the Categories and Tags we assign to that post.

  So when we create custom menu and add the dynamic (automatically updating) category pages to that custom menu we create the appearance (not the reality) of posting to more than one page.

  You need to be aware that:

  1. There are differences between posts and pages described here
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/

  2. There are differences between static pages we bloggers create https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/ that will not automatically update, and dynamic category pages created by the software when you publish a post which will automatically update https://en.support.wordpress.com/category-pages/.

  3. We organize posts by category assignment prior to publication. http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/ and when we publish posts the dynamic category pages they automatically display on are determined by the categories we assign to them.

  So the process you need to use is:

  a. Assign Categories to your Posts. https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories

  b. Create a custom menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#1-create-a-custom-menu

  c. Add only the dynamic category page links into the custom menu that you want to appear in that menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-category-pages and arrange them as you wish them to appear https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#changing-the-order-creating-sub-menus

  d. Create pages and sub-pages for static content, not for posts https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/

  e. Add any custom links and other items like static pages and sub-pages into your custom menu
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-custom-links https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-pages
  and arrange them as you wish them to appear https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#changing-the-order-creating-sub-menus

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  timethief · Member · Nov 5, 2015 at 11:38 pm

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  As it is now, all 18 posts are listed in ALL my Categories

  Edit the posts and remove the categories that are not relevant, then click update. https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/#go-back-and-edit-posts

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  markkos1 · Member · Nov 6, 2015 at 3:49 pm

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  Thank you so much for your answers which are quite helpful. I have now created Menu pages. Can I have my Menu appear in the right hand side toolbar widgets instead of center-top?

  Thanks!

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  timethief · Member · Nov 6, 2015 at 11:57 pm

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  See here custom menu widget https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/custom-menu-widget/