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  diaryofaflygirlblog · Member · May 11, 2017 at 1:48 am

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  Hi. I want to know
  1. How to make my blog adjust automatically for easy viewing on phones or tablets
  2.How to organize and place my blog content in certain files or under specific topics

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  timethief · Member · May 11, 2017 at 2:21 am

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  1. How to make my blog adjust automatically for easy viewing on phones or tablets

  The mobile ready theme is a default theme and a completely different theme that you do not need to enable, if your theme is listed as a responsive layout theme here https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/features/responsive-layout/

  The mobile default theme is provided for those who run older themes that aren’t the gold standard which is responsive layout.

  A responsive layout theme adapts to different screen sizes so that your website will work (and be optimized for) iPhones, iPads, Android and other mobile devices. When responsive width themes are viewed on mobiles sidebars appear below the posts in order to provide as much space as possible for reading.

  When we use a responsive theme we disable the mobile theme. Go to >Dashboard > Appearance > Mobile and disable the mobile theme

  http:/NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/themes.php?page=mobile-options

  * Replace NAME_OF_BLOG with the actual name of your blog in that URL.

  You can read more in the support docs at https://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/mobile-themes/

  You can test your site at this link https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/

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  timethief · Member · May 11, 2017 at 2:23 am

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  2.How to organize and place my blog content in certain files or under specific topics

  Assign categories to your posts.
  Create a custom menu.
  Add the dynamic category pages into it.

  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.

  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.

  Assign categories to posts.
  Create a custom menu.
  Add the dynamic category pages to into the custom menu.

  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.

  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/