Link Posts To A Page?

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  glt1603 · Member · May 18, 2015 at 9:01 pm

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  Can I feed blog posts to a page? I know I can feed to a category but I prefer feeding posts to a page. Is that possible? I am using the free version (no upgrade) of theme Twenty Fourteen.

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

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  timethief · Member · May 18, 2015 at 9:06 pm

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  Static pages don’t have RSS feeds. Only dynamic (automatically updating) category pages have RSS Feeds, so be clear on that from the outset please.

  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 it we create the appearance (not the reality) of posting to more than on 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 is:
  Assign Categories to your Posts.
  Create a custom menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#1-create-a-custom-menu
  Add the dynamic category page links into the menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-category-pages

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  timethief · Member · May 18, 2015 at 9:07 pm

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  edit: posting to more than one page.

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  glt1603 · Member · May 18, 2015 at 10:05 pm

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  Thank you for the helpful and quick reply. Related questions:

  1) Can each category page have a unique “featured image” at the top?

  2) I have uploaded and inserted some images but they don’t spread full width on the category page or regular page which I prefer. How can I make that happen? Does it require a certain size spec?

  Again I am using free version of Theme 2014. Thank you.

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  timethief · Member · May 18, 2015 at 10:08 pm

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  (1) No
  (2) Post a link to an example please.

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  glt1603 · Member · May 18, 2015 at 10:23 pm

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  Link below. Site very much under construction. I’m just trying to learn wordpress.com and this theme! My hope is that each category page such as the one below would have a unique image at the top, then related posts would appear under that image. Possible? Also, how can I get this image to appear full width? Thank you.

  https://specialsagent2.wordpress.com/category/wireless/verizon/

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  lizthefair · Member · May 19, 2015 at 3:47 pm

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  What you are looking to do isn’t possible with this theme.

  If you use the Hemingway Rewritten theme instead of Twenty fourteen and the display posts short-code instead of category pages, you will be able to get closer.

  Here’s more info on Hemingway Rewritten
  https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/hemingway-rewritten/

  Here’s more on the display post short code
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/display-posts-shortcode/

  You are also skirting the line of our terms of service, so you may want to review these guidelines
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/