Need to create sub menu items not relating to a blog

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  magicandmedicine1 · Member · Dec 20, 2012 at 8:27 pm

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  Hi

  Could you please help me? I’m looking for a simple theme which as well as allowing me to blog would also have a side menu to the following items:

  Bibliography section (custom menu heading)
  Research (sub menu heading)
  – link under research
  Fiction books (sub menu heading)
  – link under Fiction Books
  Advisors (sub menu heading)
  – link under Advisors

  I would probably need more than one link under each sub menu but this is just to give a picture. I’d like the sub menu headings to be static rather than linking to any page. I’ve spent hours looking at forums and tutorials for advice but not managed to find the advice I’m looking for.

  Thank you for your help in advance, I look forward to hearing from you!

  Regards

  Susanna

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

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  magicandmedicine1 · Member · Dec 20, 2012 at 8:28 pm

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  Just to add, I’m running with a free version of WordPress.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 20, 2012 at 8:29 pm

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  See here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#changing-the-order-of-menu-items-and-creating-sub-menus
  There are many common errors, misunderstanding and misconceptions when creating custom menus and you can read about them here > http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/custom-menus/

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  magicandmedicine1 · Member · Dec 20, 2012 at 9:08 pm

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  thanks timethief. I’ve managed to set some static tabs now – Research, Fiction Books and Advisors. I don’t have a drop down menu so is there any way of distinguishing the static tabs from categories, links etc by making them bold and black?

  thanks for your help.

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  magicandmedicine1 · Member · Dec 20, 2012 at 9:09 pm

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  Here is the link to my WP blog, to make my question a bit clearer.

  http://researchandjournal.wordpress.com/

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  timethief · Member · Dec 20, 2012 at 9:13 pm

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  Some themes are designed to provide dropdowns natively and some do not. If you create a custom menu that results in dropdowns. Any fonts changes to item tabs in custom menus requires an annually renewable custom design upgrade. http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/

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  magicandmedicine1 · Member · Dec 20, 2012 at 9:21 pm

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  thanks, I thought this might be the case…last question I promise! Do you know any good simple themes similar to ‘Publish’ which might have a bit more flexibility that way, with a vertical dropdown menu or static tabs which show up differently to the categories below them?

  I’ve produced a blog in WordPress before but nothing with additional features.

  Thanks again.