Menu Links
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One of my tabs on top of the home page, Rare Mettle, won’t hyperlink to its appropriate page. Don’t know what I did to make this different, but want it to work like Private Offerings, for example.
Help? & Thanks!
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Hi,
Do you have a custom menu activated? If so, I’d guess that this is likely due to an improperly formed link in the custom menu. The navigation label is correct, but the link (destination) URL may be empty, or set to the homepage. -
You are not comprehending how custom menus operate. There is a single page we can post to in any blog and that’s all there is. We can only create the appearance of posting to more than one page.
You have two choices on any blog
(1) All posts on the front page.
(2) 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:
- Assign Categories to your Posts. https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/
- Create a custom menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#1-create-a-custom-menu
- 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
- Create pages for static content, not for posts https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/
- Add any custom links and other items like static pages into your custom menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-custom-links and https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-pages
Here are some tips that you may find helpful when it comes to assigning categories and tags to your posts http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/03/15/quick-blog-post-tagging-tips/
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@musicdoc1
Sorry about the overlap. I do think you nailed it but I want this blogger to comprehend the whole nine yards. -
@ thistimethisspace,
No worries.
@ authorannbridges,
If you hover over any of the menu items except “Rare Mettle,” the link URL displays at the bottom left of the screen. Nothing displays for the “Rare Mettle” link, which indicates that it doesn’t link to anything. It’s missing a link URL in the menu structure. -
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