Missing menu items?
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I’m reading an article about editing blog post categories: adding, deleting, whatever. It says that there should be a ‘Posts’ dropdown menu, where I can then select the ‘Categories’ option. However, there isn’t one for mine. Why is it missing, and how can I get it? I have a screenshot but don’t see a way to post it.
Let me know if you can help and thanks!
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Your site is not a wordpress.com hosted site and we do not provide support for it.
We do not provide support for (1) local installs of wordpress.ORG software on your own server or for (2) wordpress.ORG installs on paid hosting.
We provide support only for sites hosted by wordpress.COM. Our support docs do not apply to, and our theme versions are not the same as wordpress.ORG versions. You are posting to the wrong support forum.
WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different username accounts, logins, features, run different versions of some themes with the same names, and have separate support documentation and separate support forums. Read the differences here http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
As you are referring to a wordpress.ORG software install on paid hosting, if you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG account, then click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right-hand corner of the page that opens, https://wordpress.org/support/register.php so you can post to the support forums there.
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No, my site is wordpress.COM
I understand the difference. Mine is hosted on wordpress.com
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This site at http://jacobgallipeau.com/ is not hosted by wordpress.COM. There is no domain mapping upgrade for jacobgallipeau.com here at wordpress.COM.
jacobgallipeau.com is hosted by Weebly
WHOIS: Click Here
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dns238.c.register.comWhat I posted above stands as correct.
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I never said my site was jacobgallipeau.com. I do own that site, but the one I’m talking about right now is currently jacobgallipeaublog.wordpress.com
Sorry for the confusion.
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Ah. I see how you find my site. I fixed the link. Click on my name now to go to the website I’m talking about. Thanks :)
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It’s too bad you did not provide the correct URL up front because you wasted both your time and mine.
Your detailed theme description page with set up instructions is at https://wordpress.com/themes/button/ and the live demo site is here https://button.wordpress.com/
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/
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I got most of that. My problem lies in Step 3, with categories. As I said in my original post, the place to edit categories (Posts-Categories) does not show up on my menu for some reason. That’s what I’m asking about.
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Are you referring to entering categories into your dashboard here?
https://jacobgallipeaublog.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=categoryHave you assigned the category to any published posts yet? Unless or until you do that there cannot be anything to display on any dynamic category page.
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Yes, that’s the page I was looking for? I guess I’m just dumb, cause I couldn’t find it. How do you open that page?
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Click the link I provided https://jacobgallipeaublog.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category and it will open the page. However, adding categories there does not add them to posts. You have to edit any published posts and add the categories to them and click update.
The Admin login link for every blog hosted by wordpress.COM is:
http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/* Note that you change NAME_OF_BLOG below in the URLs with your actual blog name.
https://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/
You cannot deactivate the new Beep Beep Boop editor but you do not have to use it. For locating the ways and means of accessing the legacy or classic pages for creating posts, editing posts, and for viewing stats see here > Navigating the Classic WordPress.COM interface http://onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2015/04/05/navigating-the-classic-wordpress-com-interface/
To create posts in the classic editor On the dashboard of your own blog at Dashboard > Posts > All Posts > Add New for you that link is below.
http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/post-new.php
On the dashboard of your own blog at
Dashboard > Posts > All Posts one can hover over any post title and click the Edit link and proceed with editing. -
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