Dag nabbit … basic menu structure AGAIN!
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I want my blog to look and act like it does now.
But I’m sure I’m doing something wrong because I have duplication issues and my urls look wrong*.How I’ve been doing it:
I assign each post to a separate category (category name = post title) – one post per category.
Then using the Appearance > Menus I organize the categories (therefore posts) to appear in the menu as they do on the site now.
SO
My urls look like this*:
tipsinarabic.com/category/title-of-postBut the CORRECT way urls should look is:
example.com/name-of-post(no category, no date etc – that’s the correct way of doing it I think)
So what am I doing wrong? I’ve bee on on this problem for days and can’t figure another way of doing it to make it appear the way it does.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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… and if I use posts in the menu instead of categories the urls include the date:
tipsinarabic.com/date-of-post/name-of-post
How to get urls like this?
tipsinarabic.com/name-of-post
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… and if I use posts in the menu instead of categories the urls include the date:
tipsinarabic.com/date-of-post/name-of-post
How to get urls like this?
tipsinarabic.com/name-of-post
Post URLs always contain the date. There is no way to remove the date from the post URL on WordPress.com.
If you want your site to function as a website with static pages, rather than a feed that gets updated on a regular basis, you should use pages, rather than posts. They will also be easier to add to the menu. See here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/using-wordpress-to-create-a-website/
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Thanks Kokkieh,
I did try pages but then readers don’t see the sidebars on pages.
Have to compromise.
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You’re using Twenty-Eleven. You can have sidebars on pages with that theme. In the page editor, look for the module titled Page Attributes. Under Template, select Sidebar template. If you don’t see the page attribute module, click on Screen Options at the top and make sure it’s selected.
But if you prefer to stick with posts, adding posts directly to the menu rather than via a category might be simpler to do, but whatever works to make it look the way you want it :)
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AHA! The sidebar appeared just as you said.
I’ve always wondered tho, do pages have the same SEO value as posts?I don’t see how I can use posts to make the menu the way it looks.
In the Menus page you can only drag pages, links and categories into the menu, not posts. -
Pages have practically zero SEO. That is why businesses have blogs in the first place; for the SEO boost.
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In the Menus page you can only drag pages, links and categories into the menu, not posts.
On the Menus page, click on Screen Options at the top and make sure the box next to Posts is checked, then you should be able to add posts directly to the menu.
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@kokkieh – YESS I CAN! I’ve been struggling with this for ages, how the #&*% didn’t I see that before? This would also solve the duplication issues. Thanks man – youuur good doc!
@raincoaster – Re seo: Yes I get that a lot – but doesn’t google crawl and index the content of a pages the same as it would for a blog post?
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You’re not alone :-D I missed it as well until two weeks ago when another volunteer pointed it out in a similar thread to yours.
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Using posts instead of categories for Menus also frees up the categories for other uses. Great.
Em … just one last thing, the sidebars don’t appear on posts, is there a way to make them do so?
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Afraid not. For single post views you can only use widgets in the footer. It’s one of the main features of this theme, in fact.
Here’s an excellent article on the workings of Twenty-Eleven that you might find useful: http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/05/04/workings-of-duster/
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