Menus not showing up
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I am using the Motif format. When I go into -Menus from the Customize tab, then Primary, no items show up. I have repeatedly added items (ex. home, about, contact. etc) and then i save and publish. Then, the menu will show up very briefly. However once I go in to start editing something new and return my menu has completely disappeared. It has disappeared from view on the site and also now when I go into Menus – Primary NO items show up at all as if there are no pages there.
We have made the new pages multiple times. And each time the same thing happens.
Thanks
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I am having the very same issue… Please help!!! Every time I click to create or add new page. I click save and it refreshes and wipes out the ones I have created.
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This site at http://duboisswcd.wordpress.com/ is wearing the Sela theme, not the Motif theme.
Every theme has a detailed theme description page with set up instructions like this one https://wordpress.com/themes/sela/ and a live demo site like this one https://selademo.wordpress.com/
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This is a one or the other situation. You have two choices on any blog hosted by wordpress.COM:
(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:
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-menus -
Great tips, but when I follow instructions and click save for my custom menu. It refreshes and all the pages I created are deleted.
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I just downloaded Google Chrome today because I was having same issues with Safari.
Macbook Pro Safari and Google Chrome
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I checked you custom menu set up here and see that what is on your page reflects what you have set up on your primary menu.
Note: Before a new page can be added to your menu, you must first create and publish it.
Make sure that pages you are adding to your menu have already been created and published. I see for example the toolbox menu that has not been created and published, but it has a contact permalink.
Everything looks fine on my end. I would just make sure that all the pages you add to the custom menu corresponds to the pages you already created and published.
For more information on custom menus, please visit our support page:
Thanks!
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