Menu Tabs and Post and Pages
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I created 4 menu tabs Home, About Me, Blog and Books I’m Reading with two of them static, Home and About Me. How do I enter my blogs into the blog tab, as a post or a page? Should the Blog Tab be a post or a page?
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What I post below will be lengthy, but if you read carefully then you will comprehend “the bog picture” and know exactly what to do re: assigning categories to your posts, and displaying them on dynamic category pages in your custom menu.
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/
Note your detailed theme description page at https://wordpress.com/themes/sketch/ with set-up instructions and the live demo site at https://sketchdemo.wordpress.com/ too, please.
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The blog tab should be a page.
To set it as your blog page, you’ll go to WP Admin -> Settings -> Reading and see a section entitled “Front page displays”. Make sure to select “a static page” and then select what page you want for your front page and your posts page. For you, I believe it’d be Home for your front page and Blog for your posts page.
Hope that helps!
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Thanks Kulash and timethief! Yes that helps. Because I’m just starting, it was just a little confusing. My home page and About page are set. I don’t think I am ready to create categories yet, since I am just starting and only have my first blog with the second one almost done.
I so appreciate your help!
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