Issue with theme … I think
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I am using the Dusk to Dawn theme and migrated my blog over from blogger. So far. So good. So I added a page, got it all set up, pushed publish, it claims it’s published but I can’t find it anywhere on the blog. On our other blog, there are tabs at the top of the page with the “about us”, etc. I looked at the settings we used on the other blog and they seem to be the same as on mine, but how would someone ever find the page?
Is it something with Dusk to Dawn? Are there no tabs but pages are found somewhere else? Even searching the page doesn’t find it. I like the theme (although it’s a bit narrow) but I just can’t find the damn page tabs. Help?
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Without a link to the blog, starting with http, and at least the title of the theme, we can’t help you.
Also: was it a Page or a Post? That theme has no tabbed header, so you need to use the Page widget.
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Ah, page widget. That’s likely my issue. It was definitely a page, not a post. Let me try finding the widget and it that doesn’t work I’ll post the link. Thanks.
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Grrr. I took the “page” widget, dragged it over, called it “My Pages”, clicked save, went to the home page and …. nothing. It’s not there. Then when I go back to check on the widgets, it’s gone. Is there a limit how many widgets I can have? I didn’t think I had that many, but I suppose I can cut.
I put a picture of my page widget settings. Maybe they are wrong? Although there’s not much to add, I’m just not sure why it keeps vanishing even when I click “save”. The other don’t.
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Okay, I’m getting closer. God, I sound like I’ve never done a blog before. I have to make a menu or something. I have one page at the top now so I’m getting there. You can probably just ignore me and eventually I’ll figure it out. Thanks again.
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I have to make a menu or something.
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
Note:
If all you want is Pages then you don’t have to create a custom menu. But if you do want to create one then as Dusk to Dawn does not have a horizontal menu you will have to use the custom menu widget if you create a custom menu.Troubleshooting – My Pages aren’t appearing!
They must be public pages – not private.
Public – The page will be visible to everyone.
Protected – The page is protected with a password you set. Only people who have the password can view a protected page.
Private – Pages are only visible to blog Editors and Administrators. Private pages are not visible in Blog Surfer, feeds, or in any search. A page can be private without being password protected. -
Thanks. I got it all figured out. I do know the difference. We have had another WP blog for over a year, but of course every theme has a different set of rules. Our other theme uses tabs, this one doesn’t. But I’m good now, I figured it out and I usually just need to play around. I jumped in for a panic help request too soon.
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