I want to make all posts in one category appear on their own page

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  pigsquash · Member · Apr 8, 2013 at 4:19 pm

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  I would like to make all my posts in one particular category (http://liuhebafagirl.wordpress.com/category/liuhebafa-moves/) also appear on their own page so I can add that tab to my banner.

  And I would like the posts that are listed on that page to display a single photo from each post plus the post title and text snippet. (On the link above, the list shows no photos.)

  Thanks! :)

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · Apr 9, 2013 at 4:03 pm

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  You can set up a page and title it “Liuhebafa Moves” and add Display Post Shortcode in the body of this page to have it display the posts from that category. Here’s more information on this shortcode:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/display-posts-shortcode/

  To get those post to display how you indicated, you can start with this code and make any necessary adjustments:

  [display-posts category="liuhebafa-moves" include_excerpt="true" image_size="thumbnail"]

  The support page I linked to above has a lot more information on how to style this list and more features you can add to this display-posts code.

  This new page should show up in your menu bar automatically. If you want more control over your menus, you can also look into setting up a Custom Menu:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/

  I hope that helps get you started! Let me know if you have any questions.

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  pigsquash · Member · Apr 9, 2013 at 5:40 pm

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  Thanks for this help! I am now part-way there… http://liuhebafagirl.wordpress.com/lhbf-moves/

  The thumbnails are not displaying, even tho the code is exactly as shown above (and on the support page).

  Also, how do I separate each entry with a blank line (so it’s more readable)?

  And how do I sequence the list so that it follows the numerals in the post titles?

  Thanks again! :-)

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · Apr 9, 2013 at 6:13 pm

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  In order for a thumbnail to be displayed, you need to have a Featured Image selected for each post. Here’s more information on how to set up a Featured Image:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/featured-images/#setting-a-featured-image

  For the spacing between posts, that is something that you would need the Custom Design upgrade for as it would require custom CSS to create extra spacing between each post. Here’s more information on this upgrade:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/

  The posts will be listed in reverse chronological order (newest post first) and there’s no way to sort based upon post title or any other selector.

  I hope that helps!

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  pigsquash · Member · Apr 9, 2013 at 6:48 pm

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  Okay. Thanks again! :) Will work on getting my thumbnails to display.