Multiple blog menus

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  mmbuell · Member · Nov 30, 2018 at 9:16 pm

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  Hi. I have one tab that is meant for my weekly blog and it will allow me to make posts on it but I want another menu tab for blogs that can also add posts, if that makes sense? The other tabs just let me edit them once and wont let me write any posts in them. I have a Weekly Blog tab and a Daily Blog tab if that helps clarify it up. Please let me know. Thank you

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  qfqbdy · Member · Nov 30, 2018 at 9:39 pm

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  Hello!

  I’d recommend first creating two categories – Weekly Blog and Daily Blog – and categorizing each post appropriately. Go to My Sites > Settings > Writing > Categories > Add New Category. Keep ‘Top level Category‘ selected for each. See: https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/

  Rename the page that’s currently called ‘Weekly Blog’ to something like ‘Blog’ – this will catch all of your blog posts, whether Weekly or Daily. Go to My Sites > Site Pages > Weekly Blog – simply change the title to ‘Blog’.

  Then, go to My Sites > Customize > Menus > Header, remove the page you’ve just renamed ‘Blog’ from the header, then click Add Items > Categories and add the two new categories you’ve just created – ‘Weekly Blog’ and ‘Daily Blog’. See: https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/

  I also recommend setting your homepage to the static page called ‘Home’ on your blog. Go to My Sites > Customize > Homepage Settings and select ‘A static page‘. Set homepage to ‘Home’ and Posts page to the page you just renamed to ‘Blog’. See: https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/

  Now, when you create, say, a ‘Daily Blog’ post, just choose the appropriate category and it’ll show in the ‘Daily Blog’ tab.

  I hope this helps – feel free to reach out again if you need additional assistance!

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  qfqbdy · Member · Nov 30, 2018 at 9:46 pm

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  Oh! And you’ll want to categorize your existing post – ‘Welcome’ – as ‘Weekly Blog’ to make sure it shows up in that category.  🙂

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  qfqbdy · Member · Nov 30, 2018 at 9:55 pm

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  Actually, I see that the Page called ‘Weekly Blog’ isn’t a page at all – simply your homepage, renamed to ‘Weekly Blog’ in your header.

  So, let me revise those steps slightly:

  1. Create the two new categories – ‘Weekly Blog’ and ‘Daily Blog’ – as described above. https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/

  2. Remove the two links in your header now (‘Weekly Blog’ and ‘Daily Journal’) and add your two new categories. https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/

  3. Set your homepage to the page you’ve named ‘Home’ and set your Posts page to the one you just created called ‘Blog’ – this will be hidden, and only ‘Weekly Blog’ and ‘Daily Blog’ will show in your header after you’ve followed step 2. https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/

  4. Categorize your post called ‘Welcome’ as ‘Weekly Blog’, and in the future, categorize daily blogs as… well… ‘Daily Blog’!

  Sorry for the confusion!