Organizing Blog Posts

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  ziabushra · Member · Jul 14, 2016 at 7:47 pm

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  Dear Sir/Madam,

  I am using the free wordpress version. I would like to organize my blog posts into folders. Is there any tool for it?

  Thank you for your time.

  Best Regards,
  Bushra Zia
  Creator of OceanPearl Books

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  timethief · Member · Jul 14, 2016 at 7:47 pm

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  No we cannot create folders in wordpress.COM sites.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 14, 2016 at 7:48 pm

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  Your detailed theme description page with set-up instructions is here https://wordpress.com/themes/twentytwelve/ and the live demo site is here https://twentytwelvedemo.wordpress.com/

  Static pages do not automatically update. Only dynamic category pages do. The key in this process is to assign categories to each post first. Then set up a custom menu with links to the dynamic category pages in it.

  This is a one or the other situation. You have two choices on any blog hosted by wordpress.COM:
  (1) All posts on the front page.
  (2) 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

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  ziabushra · Member · Jul 14, 2016 at 7:56 pm

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  Dear timetheief,

  Thank you for your prompt reply.
  Is it possible to recommend blog posts organization to wordpress developers?

  Best Regards,
  Bushra Zia
  Creator of OceanPearl Books