I've added a new page but I can't see it…

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  blacklit101 · Member · Oct 8, 2013 at 2:53 am

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  I have added a new page and I cannot view it. It exists, I can see it in the dashboard but not on the site as a page where it’s supposed to be. How can I make this page visable?
  “Mission Statement” @ BlackLit101.com
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  raincoaster · Member · Oct 8, 2013 at 5:22 am

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  What is its status on the dashboard Pages page? Draft, private, published, scheduled? Are you using a custom menu (and if so, have you edited it to add the page? Are you using teh pages widget?

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  blacklit101 · Member · Oct 8, 2013 at 2:57 pm

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  The status is published and it is public. I am not using a custom menu nor a page widget. I can view the page but only when I access it through my dashboard configuration.

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  justpi · Member · Oct 9, 2013 at 3:52 am

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  You are using a custom menu (the default top menu cannot link to category pages like your “Poetry” page). So you need to go to Appearance > Menus and update your custom menu. You can also check the option “Automatically add new top-level pages to this menu” so that this won’t happen again.

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  blacklit101 · Member · Oct 9, 2013 at 8:18 pm

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  Aha! It worked! THANK YOU!!
  Now how can I fix my poetry page so that it’s an actual page and not just a “category”?

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  justpi · Member · Oct 10, 2013 at 5:35 am

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  You’re welcome.
  You create the page in Pages > Add New, then you go to Appearance > Menus, delete the current “Poetry” item, add the new one (if you didn’t check the option “Automatically add new top-level pages to this menu”), drag the new one to reposition it, save.