posting to pages
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Hi
I’m having problems publishing my posts to my pages. They appear on my home page fine but I also wanted to log some under my pages too (in my case, food and movement pages). If anyone can tell me how you publish posts to your pages too I’d e really grateful, thanks.The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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You cannot post to Pages. Pages are static and sit outside the blog structure. With WordPress, you use categories to organize posts into subjects and then you can add those categories to your navigation using a custom menu.
Staff have provided help for those who want to structure their blog like a website. > http://en.support.wordpress.com/using-wordpress-to-create-a-website/
What’s critical is:
(1) a clear comprehension of the differences between pages and posts > http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/
(2) a clear comprehension of the fact that there is only one dynamic page in a blog for posts and we cannot post to more than that one page. But we can create the appearance that we have posted to more than one page.We organize our posts by assigning Categories to them. When we publish a post it automatically appears on the running page for posts and also on the Categories pages and Archives pages. Note: There must be one published post in each Category in order for there to be anything to display.
A custom menu allows you to display Categories with drop-downs to sub-categories in tabs along the horizontal navigation where normally only Pages tabs are displayed. If you wish you can also include Pages with drop-downs to sub-pages and/or custom links in your custom menu as well. You are in charge of what appears in a custom menu. You choose the order in which to display any and/or all the foregoing in your custom menu. You choose which to display and which to hide. http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus
Also note that if you do not want all the posts to show on the front page, then you can create a static front page for your site, and also create a “blog” page for your posts to display on, but that’s optional.
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@befitandeatmerry – I like the concept of your blog – have you thought of adding a Like button to it?
@timethief – it is appropriate to update a page on a daily basis? I am using pages to track progress on goals – since I am using jpgs of tables I am certian readers don’t want to see 27 versions of the same table.
I am trying to get my head wrapped aroudn the best way to do that.
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@readytochangenow
Pages are meant to be used for static content that rarely, if ever, changes. The only way to update them is to edit the page. Pages do not have RSS Feeds; only posts do.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/
For more insight into the differences between pages and posts and the consequences of choosing to have a page structured blog rather than the conventional post based structure you can read Better Blogging at WordPress.com: Pages and Posts -
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If you are using a page with a graph of some sort on it – just update the graph and I would say don’t worry much.
One page I think would be fine.
Think about using Scribd for the graph: http://en.support.wordpress.com/scribd/
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You be welcome
Scribd is not too hard to do – it will allow you to update a document on it’s site which is then updated on your blog and the name stays the same for the graphic.
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@auxclass – I tried it – I have a post I started so I am not staying off topic on befitanmerrys post. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/would-like-feedback-on-structure?replies=1
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thanks so much for all of your comments, I didn’t quite realise that pages were static and now I’m using categories instead.
@readytochangenow I’m glad you like my blog, in the early stages so all comments appreciated. I will look into the ‘like’ button, is that a Facebook link or is there a separate ‘like’ just for wordpress? -
@befitandeatmerry
You’re welcome and best wishes with your blog. :)I will look into the ‘like’ button, is that a Facebook link or is there a separate ‘like’ just for wordpress?
1. There is a like button that’s an in-house button only for WordPress.com bloggers use.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/likes/2. You can have Facebook like & share buttons on the bottom of your posts.
https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/its-possible-facebook-share-and-like-buttons-at-the-same-time-update?replies=53. You can install the Facebook like box widget found in your sidebar here > Appearance > Widgets
4. You can post a Facebook badge in your sidebar. http://en.support.wordpress.com/facebook-badge/
5. You can set up Publicize and publish to your Facebook profile page > http://en.support.wordpress.com/publicize/ Alternatively you can use Networked Blogs http://www.networkedblogs.com/ or RSS Grafitti http://www.facebook.com/RSS.Graffiti for posting to Facebook walls if you prefer.
6. You can use a Twitter widget > http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/twitter-widget/
7. You can post a twitter follow button > http://en.support.wordpress.com/twitter-follow-button/
8. You can enable blog subscriptions for your readers by following these instructions > http://en.support.wordpress.com/followers/
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@timethief thank you for all the info, really helpful. I have the like button activated now on all my posts, however it doesn’t display at the bottom of the posts when they appear on my homepage. The like button is there though if you click and read an individual post. Is there anyway of having a like button at the bottom of posts on your homepage? Thanks
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@timethief thank you for all the info, really helpful. I have the like button activated now on all my posts, however it doesn’t display at the bottom of the posts when they appear on my homepage. The like button is there though if you click and read an individual post. Is there anyway of having a like button at the bottom of posts on your homepage? Thanks
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