Personalizing
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I am so lost :( I am trying to start a blog and i am so very confused. I would like to have home, about, crafts and recipes menu. I’d like to have a ‘profile picture’ for each and be able to add its own picture as I add the recipes, crafts etc. How do I do that? I wish I could talk with someone over the phone or chat that could walk me through at least one of them :( Also, I am trying to make sure the social media buttons are there.
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Hello!
I’ll try and help as much as I can!
First, it looks like you have your 4 menus set up already. When you say you want a “profile picture for each”, do you mean above/below the actual menu name? If so, that all depends on the theme you choose. Most themes do not allow an image with the menu titles, so you will have to look specifically for one that does.
https://wordpress.com/themes/free/filter/custom-menu will show you all the free themes with custom menus. I know for instance Canape allows you to make the menu items clickable images, which is what you want. In the end though, its all a matter of your tastes, so browse and see which ones fits your need and you like.
For the social media buttons, you can go to your dashboard through sharing to “sharing buttons”, which can also be accessed here: https://wordpress.com/sharing/buttons/
From there you can go to edit to turn on/turn off whatever buttons you wish to use, and they will appear on each post from there. Please note, if you make your site private, the only options available will be “print” and “email”.
I hope this answers your question, let me know if you need help with any of the steps!
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These are static pages that will never auto update:
https://mommyfessional.wordpress.com/crafts/
https://mommyfessional.wordpress.com/recipes/They have to be replaced with dynamic category pages.
Dynamic category pages will automatically display all published posts that you have assigned to that specific category.
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.
Organizing posts
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 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.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-menusPlease see https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/
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Hi and thank you for the responses, as a brand new blogger, I have no clue of many things.
If you click on my blog now, at the top you will see “home, about, crafts and recipes” That was I was talking about. Now I need to know how to add pictures and content to that specific area because when I try it just add the first picture I have on the main page., Please help
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