Mirroring the format of the blog page

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  mandywesthorpe · Member · Mar 24, 2017 at 9:17 pm

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  Hi there,

  I am wondering how I can mirror the format of the blog page. For example, it shows feature photos and the title of each post and all other pages show the blogs as one long page of content.

  Ideally, I would want all my additional pages (Mummy posts, Inspiration posts) to list the categorised posts in the same way the blog page shows them.

  Is this possible?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Mar 24, 2017 at 10:28 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 ie. the Home page and by default that is the URL of the site.

  (2) A static front page http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/ and all posts on a different page.

  Static pages https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/ and dynamic category pages https://en.support.wordpress.com/category-pages/ are not the same either.

  You can create a custom menu and include multiple dynamic category pages that automatically display the published posts assigned to the the specific categories in reverse chronological order.

  Dynamic category pages https://en.support.wordpress.com/category-pages/ created by the software when we assign categories to posts are also not the same as static pages https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/ we create.

  You begin by assigning categories to your posts.

  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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  staff-loquaciousloon · Staff · Mar 27, 2017 at 10:55 am

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  Hi @mandywesthorpe!

  When I open mandywesthorpe.wordpress.com I don’t see the format you’ve described. Can you confirm which site you’re working on at the moment? :)

  Also, if you’re using Category Pages, they may not match the format of the blog page. Many themes use a special format that’s unique to the home page, with other listings like categories use a different layout.