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  viola182 · Member · Dec 19, 2013 at 11:31 pm

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  I have one page for my blog (http://www.joyfulsurroundingsllc.com) which is a static front page.

  How do I add a link to the blog post page in a menu, so people can go to the blog?

  I want visitors to the site to go to the static page initially but then be able to go to the blog post page.

  thank you!

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Dec 19, 2013 at 11:39 pm

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  Stay is not a run of the mill theme. Here’s a link to the theme description page http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/Stay/ that describes how the theme is designed and what it’s intended use is. As it’s a complex theme I’m not even going to attempt to provide support for it. I’ll leave that to justpi and/or themes staff.

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  justpi · Member · Dec 20, 2013 at 2:57 am

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  Your question is very basic, and has nothing to do with Stay in particular. You publish a new page in Pages > Add New (titling it Blog or Posts or whatever you like, and adding no content), then you go to Settings > Reading and select this page as your posts page.

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  viola182 · Member · Dec 20, 2013 at 3:57 am

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  I have done this, but ideally I’d love to have a real blog page, like a post, where the posts get dated automatically. I’d like to be able to have this be on a menu, not the landing page. Perhaps this isn’t possible?

  P.S. Does it matter that my question is “basic”? Kind of feels like a bit of a zinger :-(.

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  justpi · Member · Dec 20, 2013 at 4:43 am

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  No, you haven’t done “this”: you have simply published a static page titled “Blog”, with content in it. Read my reply more carefully please: what I suggested does exactly what you’re looking for.

  The same thing is explained in the doc timethief linked to:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/

  (And that’s why I mentioned “basic”: I meant it’s basic for an experienced volunteer like timethief; I pointed it out because timethief hesitated, fearing this might be some arcane Stay thing, although actually she understood your question and gave the right reply at the end.)

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  viola182 · Member · Dec 20, 2013 at 4:51 am

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  Thanks, now I’ve done what you said. Now I have another question: If I want to add a new post, do I go this same blog post and edit it?

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  viola182 · Member · Dec 20, 2013 at 5:10 am

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  Ok, nevermind, I think I’ve figured it out. Thanks for the help both of you :-)

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  raincoaster · Member · Dec 20, 2013 at 5:25 am

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  Always always start with http://learn.wordpress.com. It just saves so much time.