content bar editing

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  resonatingbodies · Member · Dec 18, 2015 at 9:08 pm

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  i can’t find how to edit the content bar. some of my content topics just dissappeared.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Dec 18, 2015 at 9:13 pm

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  Are you referring to the horizontal menu bar?

  There is see

  Home
  Bee Biodiversity
  The Art
  Community
  Resources

  Please see https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/

  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 · Dec 18, 2015 at 9:15 pm

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  I also note that you are using a very old retired theme ie. Misty Look. Themes are retired because they do not support all wordpress.com features. The recommendation is to switch themes and that’s easy to do.

  Themes are just “skins” on WordPress.COM hosted blogs. You can quickly and easily change themes on any WordPress.COM hosted blog to another one found here http://wordpress.com/themes/ and no data will be lost or negatively affected by the change. The only time you may have to do some work is if you are changing to a dramatically different theme and have done any CSS editing.

  Provided you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the blog go to Dashboard > Appearance > Themes, Browse themes until you find one you like and click the “activate” or the “preview” link, or type in the name of the theme you want to use when it appears.

  The theme customizer https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/ provides a preview function for exactly that purpose ie. so you can view what a theme will appear like prior to changing one.

  Note that every theme will have a detailed theme description page with set up instructions and a live demo site page that you can consult. Here’s an example:
  https://theme.wordpress.com/lovecraft
  http://lovecraftdemo.wordpress.com/

  Why don’t you try previewing one of these themes? https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/features/responsive-layout+two-columns/?sort=free

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  resonatingbodies · Member · Jan 13, 2016 at 3:14 pm

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  Hi, my question was referring to the “Contents” bar, which is the vertical bar (right-hand side) on all wordpress blogs – apologies for my inaccurate wording in my first message. I found the answer. When in the edit mode for a particular page, there are a few meta-choices on the left side, and it’s at “page options”: parent page / top-level page gives the options I was seeking. Regarding the page I’d created, “Audio Bee Booths, Cabinets and Habitat Sculptures”, I had inadvertently de-selected the parent page (by sliding the toggle at the top of that options menu), which had resulted in this page and all it’s sub-pages being listed at the very bottom of the Contents menu – which I didn’t see at first. I simply restored it to the top-level page I desired by going back to the “page options” menu (in this case my selection was “Amplified Habitat Installations for Wild Bees”, which you can now see). Thanks for all of your thoughtful input.