Is the Home menu obsolete now?

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  nilla2014 · Member · Jul 16, 2017 at 5:10 pm

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  Hi,

  I’ve noticed more and more and with some research that many websites no longer include a Home menu option.

  What do you suggest – Home or no Home option?

  If I remove my Home menu item then I’d have to make my Destinations option as my landing page – what do you think?

  Not sure how to change this now as my Destinations option doesn’t display a page but links to place options.

  Many thanks!

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

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  timethief · Member · Jul 16, 2017 at 10:37 pm

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  Hi there,

  By default the Home page of every site is the URL of the site. This is a one or the other situation. You have two choices on any blog
  (1) All posts on the front page.
  (2) Or a static front page http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/ and all posts on a different page.

  Otherwise, you can create a Page for the Home page https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/#create-a-new-page first and create one for your Posts then designate a static front page.

  Provided you are logged in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the site go to

  Go to http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/options-reading.php to make the designation.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 16, 2017 at 10:37 pm

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  Creating a custom menu
  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.

  Organizing posts
  Dynamic category pages https://en.support.wordpress.com/category-pages/ created by the software when we assign categories to posts are also not the same as static pages https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/ we create.

  You can create a custom menu and include multiple dynamic category pages that automatically display the published posts assigned to the the specific categories in reverse chronological order.

  Assign categories to posts.
  Create a custom menu.
  Add the dynamic category pages to into the custom menu.

  You begin by assigning categories https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/ to your posts.

  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:

  a. Assign Categories to your Posts. https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories

  b. Create a custom menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#1-create-a-custom-menu

  c. 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

  d. Create pages and sub-pages for static content, not for posts https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/

  e. Add any custom links and other items like static pages and sub-pages into your custom menu
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-custom-links https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-pages
  and arrange them as you wish them to appear https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#changing-the-order-creating-sub-menus

  Please see https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/

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  solybarr · Member · Jul 17, 2017 at 9:17 pm

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  Hi @nilla2014,

  I have noticed that as well, but you don’t really need to change anything other than removing the “Home” menu option in your site.

  More and more people/users these days understand that the “Logo” or “Site title” will get you back to your homepage (which your Header area already does).

  It is a personal choice as well as a design choice, I believe. Plus it also depends on your “target” audience.

  I hope this helps!

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  nilla2014 · Member · Jul 18, 2017 at 7:59 am

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  Many thanks for the great information @timethief and @solybarr!
  Just need to decide what I do from here. :)

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  nilla2014 · Member · Jul 18, 2017 at 12:11 pm

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  1. Do you see any issue with replacing my Home with my Destinations for the landing page? If I change this, can I still have the nested menu options beneath the Destinations’ label?

  2. If I change this and for SEO, can I still somehow retain “Home” for a Google search or is this no longer required?

  Cheers