Organization

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  wolfreuben1 · Member · Dec 22, 2016 at 9:14 pm

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  Hello,
  I’m trying to reorganize my WordPress page and I am sort of struggling to figure out how to make the page more towards what I am envisioning. I would like it so I have pages that go to articles or blog posts I have made on a particular subject, but I also want to leave the front page open for blog posts that I do intend to categorize, but are more ambivalent in content. I have already created pages, but I cannot seem to categorize and tag posts on those pages so that others may find them. I have a free account, so I know I am limited in control on WordPress and I do not mind upgrading, but I only want to do that if it is necessary. I have tried Googling and YouTubing what I want, but every video I have seen does not match what I have in mind. Does anyone know how to go about what I am thinking of doing?

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  timethief · Member · Dec 22, 2016 at 9:26 pm

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  Every theme has a detailed theme description page and this one is at https://wordpress.com/themes/cols/ That’s where set up instructions for it are found. The live demo site is at https://colsdemo.wordpress.com/

  You must be logged in under the exact same username that registered the site to be able to access the site. The Admin login link to the dashboard for every blog hosted by wordpress.COM is:

  http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/

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

  To use the customizer see here https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/

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  timethief · Member · Dec 22, 2016 at 9:29 pm

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  There is no upgrade required to do what you want to do. What you need to do is get your head around how to create a custom menu.

  I also recommend selecting a different theme.
  https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/features/responsive-layout+two-columns+light+custom-menu/?sort=free

  Technically speaking the answer is you cannot create posts within any pages but read on so you comprehend what to do to get what you want by using dynamic category pages in your custom menu.

  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/