change where blogs posts
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I would like to have my blog posts go to specific pages. Right now the only post is on the home page, but I would like to move this to the About page, and I would like to start posting other posts on other pages I’ve created (DIY and China). How do I move the post from the home page to the About page, and how do I create future posts on specific pages?
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There is a single page we can post to in any blog and that’s all there is. We can only create the appearance of posting to more than one page.
You have two choices on any blog
(1) All posts on the front page.
(2) A static front page and posts on a different page.By default the front page of your blog displays all published posts (not pages) in reverse chronological order, with the most recently published post on top. That is for the convenience of your returning visitors who will not be happy to have to click through an About page every time they visit your blog as they come to read your most recently published content. Creating that situation can make some visitors annoyed – so annoyed that they stop following your blog.
However, if you do not want all the posts to show on the front page, then you can create a static front page called for example “Welcome” for your site and a “Blog” page for all published posts (not pages) to display on in reverse chronological order, with the most recently published post on top.
To do that create two pages first http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/
After you do that you go to > Settings > Reading and make the designation change for each page and click “save changes”.
A static page (select below)
Front page:
Posts page:The guide is here http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-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:
- Assign Categories to your Posts. https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/
- Create a custom menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#1-create-a-custom-menu
- 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
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How do I move the post from the home page to the About page
You have two choices on any blog
(1) All posts on the front page.
(2) A static front page and posts on a different page.By default the front page of your blog displays all published posts (not pages) in reverse chronological order, with the most recently published post on top. That is for the convenience of your returning visitors who will not be happy to have to click through an About page every time they visit your blog as they come to read your most recently published content. Creating that situation can make some visitors annoyed – so annoyed that they stop following your blog.
However, if you do not want all the posts to show on the front page, then you can create a static front page called for example “Welcome” for your site and a “Blog” page for all published posts (not pages) to display on in reverse chronological order, with the most recently published post on top.
To do that create two pages first http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/
After you do that you go to > Settings > Reading and make the designation change for each page and click “save changes”.
A static page (select below)
Front page:
Posts page:The guide is here http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/
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Hi, looking at your layout, I’ve done something similar by creating a Custom Menu
Using Categories (instead of pages)
That way your posts will ‘line up’ (with the most current first when clicked)Hope this helps…
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Also, as timethief mentioned, to have a ‘static front page’ set.
Or even just 1 latest post.. the settings for that are Settings > Reading > Blog pages show at most… (ie: 1)
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@afreestyler
I am multitasking from my business and supervising, when I answer questions here. I subscribe to all threads I post in to so I get notifications of any new and relevant information provided by other bloggers that I may have missed when I posted my answer(s) .I would appreciate a yes or no answer to this question please: Are you a Staff wannbe? If you are, then I will avoid posting into any threads that you post into and hence will not be subscribed so my email load is reduced.
P.S. I have unsubscribed from this thread.
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No… not a ‘staff wanna be’
I rarely add to posts you have posted to unless I have been in a situation where something different worked for me TT. Did not mean to offend, as I noticed you also posted where I had answered a few, and did not see any problem with it; just different points of view. I certainly don’t mind any ‘member’ giving ideas along with mine, until and if necessary a staff member is also needed.
I too, ‘multi task’, am rarely in the forums, but when I am, I read a lot of the threads, subscribe to ones of interest.
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That is my other gravatar.. ‘still me’
have a nice day.
nb: if you read it that is as you mentioned unsubscribing.. A shame, I’m sure you know many people, I’ve only ‘bumped into’ you a few times and also like your blog
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@afreestyler
@staraquilla
Thanks for your reply. I appreciate it. :)I don’t have the the inclination to wade through my email and when there are multiple posts by other Volunteers happening in any thread I stop posting into it and unsubscribe instead of hanging in there.
Best wishes.
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