Menus or Categories???

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  deduncan920 · Member · Jan 1, 2016 at 7:16 pm

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  I want to set up different blogs within the top heading. Ie:
  Come cruising with the Duncans
  2015 Cruise
  Part 1. Azores, Ireland and France
  Part 2. Germany and…
  Part 3. Scandinavian countries

  Now I want to set up another group
  2016 World Cruise
  Part 1. Hawaii, South Pacific
  Part 2. Australia and New Zealand
  I tried setting up the 2016 world cruise category but it ended up being listed under the 2015 cruise. I want it as another main category under the Come cruising with the Duncans.

  Any help would be appreciated.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 1, 2016 at 7:21 pm

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  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-menus

  Please see https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/

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  timethief · Member · Jan 1, 2016 at 7:23 pm

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  Note your detailed theme description page at https://wordpress.com/themes/museum/ with set-up instructions and the live demo site at https://museumdemo.wordpress.com/ too please.