I'm wishing to beggin again

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  cb432 · Member · Oct 1, 2015 at 2:07 pm

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  I’ve had deep trouble sorting categories and start page.
  I created a page for starting and a first post, which I then put into one categorie.
  I dont know why on earth the start page fell autmatically on this category, that had nothing to do with welcomings. Very distressing.
  Then I couldn’t erase the category at all. Tried every songle tip found on foruns, nothing worked.
  So I deleted the post, the starint page text and still it wouldnt be removed.
  So now, I’m wishing to beggin again and try to find a way of separating welcoming text on starting page from post i want to create categories for.
  Any advice is more then welcome and deeply apreciated.

  Kind regards, Helena.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Oct 1, 2015 at 5:13 pm

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  We have support forums here:
  Português (Portuguese): http://pt.forums.wordpress.com
  Português do Brasil (Brazilian Portuguese): http://pt-br.forums.wordpress.com

  This is an one or the other situation. You have two choices on any blog
  (1) All posts on the front page.
  (2) A static front page http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/ and all posts on a different 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
  • Create pages for static content, not for posts https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/
  • Add any custom links and other items like static pages into your custom menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-custom-links and https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-pages
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  cb432 · Member · Oct 1, 2015 at 10:20 pm

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  Many many thanks! I’ll read into all of it.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 1, 2015 at 10:23 pm

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  You are welcome and if you wish you can bookmark this thread and return to it later.