Mapping pages to category URLS
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Hello,
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You begin by assigning categories to your posts.
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.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.
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-menusPlease see https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/
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Thanks for the reply, I didn’t mean to submit it just yet. What I am trying to do is change my page URL to a category URL so I have certain blogs in a category all assigned to one page. The pages can be accessed on my menus and elsewhere. However when I try and change the page URL the / separating category and appearance does not stay in updates, is this a known bug or restriction?
Or is there any other way to accomplish this sort of page mapping?
The Page URL is: https://otherhealth.wordpress.com/category/appearance/
And the Category URL is:
https://otherhealth.wordpress.com/categoryappearance/Also, why can’t tags, categories, or authors be searched in the search bar? Aside from the blog post title, what can be searched?
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The only way you can accomplish this is by using the instructions I provided above. Do be clear on that.
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Also, why can’t tags, categories, or authors be searched in the search bar? Aside from the blog post title, what can be searched?
See here first https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/search-widget/
Note: The WordPress.com search engine indexes post, pages, and comments content (body text). Unless entered as text in those contents, blog name, post titles, and post/comment author names are not indexed.
https://en.search.wordpress.com/See: Reader – Finding and Following Blogs
https://en.support.wordpress.com/reader/#finding-and-following-blogsHere are examples of a URLs for doing a tag search:
https://wordpress.com/tags/fashion/
https://wordpress.com/tags/humor/
https://wordpress.com/tags/better-blogging/All you have to do is to change keywords for the subject at the end of the URL.
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Also, why can’t tags, categories, or authors be searched in the search bar? Aside from the blog post title, what can be searched?
If you require a Staff response type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for a Staff follow-up. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Also subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond and be patient while waiting. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.
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One more thing, how can I make the author of a post anonymous? Or change the author from my main blog to an outside writer, like to just write in their name somewhere as the author?
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Be aware that not all themes provide an author byline. It is not possible to have multiple author bylines on the same post. And, the author profile and gravatar that appears below each post in some themes only will appear only when there are two or more published authors on a blog. That data comes from the “About you” section on this page http://iamjakefriedberg.wordpress.com/wp-admin/users.php?page=grofiles-editor
You cannot provide username accounts and logins to others here at wordpress.com. Here your official users have to register their own wordpress.com accounts and passwords.
You can of course type the author byline on the first line in the body of a post.
Some themes do display an author profile below each post; most themes do not.
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re: switching themes
Note that switching themes https://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/#switch-themes can be easily done, provided you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the site. Themes are just “skins” on WordPress.COM hosted blogs. You can quickly and easily change themes on any WordPress.COM hosted blog to another one found here http://wordpress.com/themes/ and no data will be lost or negatively affected by the change. The only time you may have to do a lot of work is if you are changing to a dramatically different theme with different features and/or if you have done any CSS editing.
Provided you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the blog go to Dashboard > Appearance > Themes, Browse themes until you find one you like and click the “activate” or the “preview” link, or type in the name of the theme you want to use when it appears.
The theme customizer https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/ provides a preview function for exactly that purpose ie. so you can view what a theme will appear like prior to changing one.
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