I am confused about pages, posts,catagories, tags

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    christypetty · Member ·

    I know what I want but not how to get there.
    I want a Front Page, with all other pages/posts info on it, some picts etc.
    I want the Pages(I assume) to be in tabs across the top:
    Recipe
    Info/expert page
    bloggy/community
    hobby page
    and…
    Are all of the above static pages? With posts within?
    And where do catagories come in?
    IF they are pages with posts, how do I get the posts to go to the specific pages– Just open the page and start typing?
    IF that is so- Would I look at each individual page as a ‘blog’ in itself?
    I think I need a picture of this… Thanks

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    timethief · Member ·

    There is only ONE page in a blog that automatically updates with every post we publish and it’s the front page of the blog, unless we choose to change that. When we publish a post it will automatically appear in the Archives and also on the Category pages of the categories that we assigned to a post.

    It’s important to comprehend the differences between pages and posts.We cannot assign categories or tags to static pages. We can only assign them to posts. > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/05/12/better-blogging-at-wordpress-com-pages-and-posts/

    Although we cannot post to more than one page we can create the appearance that we have done that by setting up a custom menu. That feature is available for some themes but not for all themes.

    http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/06/30/posts-on-pages/
    custom menus > http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/
    http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/06/17/custom-menus-arrive-at-wordpress-com/

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    christypetty · Member ·

    I am really trying to have a webpage/with blog in it.
    From my above list: should all of these be pages that I post to? Right now i have three pages, two are static; about and my front page- Recipe is a page, that I will post to regularly with picts and such, should it actually be a post? I am thinking I post in a post? IF I do that, can my Recipe Post have it’s own tab in the menu? like a page.
    But if I only post in on a post, what is the point of a page if it is not static?
    Sorry for the dumbness

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    raincoaster · Member ·

    Make POSTS, not pages, and use appropriate categories so that when someone clicks on Recipe in your Categories widget or custom menu, they get just the recipes.

    Re-read the link above about posts and pages.

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