Is a "Page" totally different from a "Category Page"?

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    furnhome · Member ·

    I think I did things backwards. I created the pages first, thinking I could add posts to the different pages. But the posts do not appear on the pages I created.

    In reading the Support section, Appearance, Custom Menus, I see that one can convert a category to a page that accepts posts. Is there any way to have posts go to an already created page?

    I created a post and asked it to be published in two categories, but it does not appear in the page I made for that purpose, only in the non-editable category page (The category page does not appear in the “all pages” list.)

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    raincoaster · Member ·

    Yes, pages and Category pages are completely different. No, there is no way to have posts go to a static Page.

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    airodyssey · Member ·

    To add to what raincoaster said, this article might help you understand better why you can’t have posts on a page:

    “Posts on pages”

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    panaghiotisadam · Member ·

    A page you create in Pages > Add New is a static page: just like a post, only outside the chronological structure of the blog. A category page is a dynamic page: it displays a number of posts and it gets updated automatically each time you file a new post under that category.

    The Pages module in Appearance>Menus lists all your static pages. Categories are listed in the Categories module. If you’re not seeing the Categories module in Appearance>Menus, click Screen Options (top right) to activate it.

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    timethief · Member ·

    You cannot post to pages. Pages are static and sit outside the blog structure. With wordpress, you use categories to organize posts into subjects and then you can add those categories to your navigation using a custom menu.

    Staff have provided help for those who want to structure their blog like a website. > http://en.support.wordpress.com/using-wordpress-to-create-a-website/

    What’s critical is:
    (1) a clear comprehension of the differences between pages and posts > http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/
    (2) a clear comprehension of the fact that there is only one dynamic page in a blog for posts and we cannot post to more than that one page. But we can create the appearance that we have posted to more than one page.

    We organize our posts by assigning Categories to them. When we publish a post it automatically appears on the running page for posts and also on the Categories pages and Archives pages. Note: There must be one published post in each Category in order for there to be anything to display.

    A custom menu allows you to display Categories with drop-downs to sub-categories in tabs along the horizontal navigation where normally only Pages tabs are displayed. If you wish you can also include Pages with drop-downs to sub-pages and/or custom links in your custom menu as well. You are in charge of what appears in a custom menu. You choose the order in which to display any and/or all the foregoing in your custom menu. You choose which to display and which to hide. http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus

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    furnhome · Member ·

    Thanks to all for your excellent assistance.

    I see I have some redoing to do, but now that I know what I am doing it should go quickly.

    Thanks also for the promptness of your replies! I had wanted to peek last night to see what the answer was, but really needed to stop for the day.

    I received four replies in under ten minutes. This WordPress forum is an amazing community.

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