CSS and categories

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  judydudiak · Member · Apr 30, 2011 at 3:08 pm

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  Will a CSS upgrade give me the tools to be able to include a listing of category posts on a page?

  Or can I create multipe “main” pages?

  I have a page for each category and want a dynamic list of category posts to show on it’s respective page.

  Or, do I gain access to the archive page programming?

  Thank you.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 30, 2011 at 4:16 pm

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  We cannot access or edit files for our themes or the templates underlying them. This is a multi-user blogging platform. All blogs wearing the same theme are using the same template & only Staff can access the files and edit as every edit affects all blogs wearing the same theme.

  CSS editing does not change that and in fact it cannot be used to change functionality at all. It can only be used to change appearance.

  What you want to do can be done in another way. My comment here is focused on display of your Categories in the horizontal menu of your blog.

  Staff have provided this support documentation entry for those who want to structure their blog like a website which is what you want to do. > http://en.support.wordpress.com/using-wordpress-to-create-a-website/

  What’s critical is to understand when creating a website structure is the following:
  1. The differences between pages and posts > http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/

  2. There is only one dynamic page in a blog for posts and we cannot post to more than that one page. When we publish a post it automatically appears on the running page for posts and also on the Categories pages and Archives pages.

  3. We organize our posts by assigning Categories to them. Although there is only one dynamic page in a blog for posts and we cannot post to more than that one page, we can create the appearance we have done so by creating a custom menu. In that custom menu you will be displaying Categories in tabs along the horizontal navigation to achieve what you want.

  These are the how-to instructions:

  1. You create a custom menu. http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/

  2. You add the Categories you want to display and arrange them in the order you want.

  3. Then you add and drop and drag the sub-categories below the appropriate Categories, and when you have everything arranged in the menu that you want you save the menu.

  4. Go to the “theme location” module at upper left on the menu page. Select your custom menu name from the pull-down labeled “primary location.” Click the save button in that module.

  Note: If you wish you can also include pages and sub-pages of your own choice and custom links in your custom menu as well.