how do i categorize my posts?

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  aayol · Member · Jun 18, 2015 at 3:54 pm

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  I want to seperate or rather categorize some of my posts under names or topics or folders that will contain only simliar posts.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 18, 2015 at 4:02 pm

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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 and arrange them as you wish them to appear https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#changing-the-order-creating-sub-menus
  • Add any custom links and other items into your custom menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-custom-links.
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  timethief · Member · Jun 18, 2015 at 4:04 pm

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  Here are some tips that you may find helpful when it comes to assigning categories and tags to your posts http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/03/15/quick-blog-post-tagging-tips/

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  paneerdoda · Member · Jun 18, 2015 at 4:54 pm

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  Select/make category for each post or and later you can open that category easily

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  timethief · Member · Jun 18, 2015 at 4:57 pm

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  @paneerdoda
  Thanks but I already provided a correct step by step answer above so your incomplete attempt here is redundant.

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  absolutelyunsureblog · Member · Jun 19, 2015 at 6:58 pm

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  Hello! I just installed the zuki theme and am having a really hard time with my menus for some reason. I really want my menu to be a header menu (for my categories) rather than a drop down side menu (you know the one with the 3 lines stacked on top of each other) menu, as it is in the zuki theme example. Please! I’ve tried everything! I would really appreciate it if someone could help!
  Here’s a link to how I want the menu to look! http://www.elmastudio.de/wp-content/uploads/themes/zuki/Zuki-1070.jpg
  Thanks again!