My page content won't show, only my homepage does

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  ciarrarae96 · Member · Apr 4, 2017 at 6:40 pm

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  I’ve been searching and searching the internet for an answer and I can’t seem to figure this out.

  I’ve created multiple pages (even child pages) and published them. I’ve messed around with page attributes and customizing my menus, but whenever I click the page in my header it takes/shows me my homepage.

  I’m sure the answer is very simple and I’m a beginner overlooking something. Any suggestions would be helpful!

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  timethief · Member · Apr 4, 2017 at 6:44 pm

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  Please go to https://wordpress.com/theme/baskerville-2 and then click the live demo site link. Then you will know how your themes is designed and how to set it up.

  Create pages https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/
  Edit pages https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/#edit-a-page

  Create a custom menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#1-create-a-custom-menu
  Add pages and sub pages into a custom menu 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

  The menu will display as depicted on the live demo site for your theme.
  https://wordpress.com/theme/baskerville-2

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  timethief · Member · Apr 4, 2017 at 6:47 pm

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  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 https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/ to your posts.

  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/
  and that’s where set up instructions for it and the live demo site link is found.

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  ciarrarae96 · Member · Apr 4, 2017 at 7:14 pm

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  I know how to creates pages, I’ve already read a lot of the information you just sent.

  For the pages I’ve created I’ve published them, but they aren’t showing up and I’m not sure if that’s a page attribute issue? Or I’ve read online that maybe it’s a permalink issue, I’m not sure.

  I’ve even tried customizing my menu to create drop down menus. Do I need to click activate this design? On my dashboard, under appearance, it says it’s currently in use.