fixing a 404 error – not found issue
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Suddenly some of the pages on the WP.com site I created show a 404 error and I cannot figure out how to fix it. I would appreciate any help I can get. When I go into pages I can see that my info is still there but I cannot make the copy show up on my website.
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Many new bloggers think static pages like https://anitaleeartist.wordpress.com/oils-acrylics/ will update when that is not possible. Only dynamic category pages will update automatically.
This is a one or the other situation. You have two choices on any blog
(1) All posts on the front page.
(2) Or a static front page http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/ and all posts on a different page you create and designate as a 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:
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 and category sub-pages 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 in the order that you wish them to appear in https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#changing-the-order-creating-sub-menus
d. Create pages and sub-pages for static content that rarely changes like About, Copyright, Contact Info, etc. , not for posts https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/
e. Add any custom links and other items like static pages and sub-pages for static content that rarely changes 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 in the order that you wish them that you wish them to appear in https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#changing-the-order-creating-sub-menusPlease see https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/
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Thank you for responding. I have made my site a website not a blog site so I have no posts only pages. I have also created a custom menu. These are the pages that are showing the 404 error. I am an artist and the only changes I make are to post new paintings to the pages. I tried changing a page to a custom link to see if that would do anything, but no change.
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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/.
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The pages that are having issues are anitaleeartist.wordpress.com/pastels,
anitaleeartist.wordpress.com/oils&acrylics, anitaleeartist.wordpress.com/pen&watercolor
anitaleeartist.wordpress.com/article
anitaleeartist.wordpress.com/resume
anitaleeartist.wordpress.com/contactThis is all the site except the first two pages.
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We cannot assign categories to static pages; we can only assign them to posts. https://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/
Static pages we bloggers create will ever not automatically update.
Only dynamic category pages created by the software when you publish a post with a category assigned to it will automatically update.
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