Problem after changing the site address.

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    vasilikioikonomou · Member ·

    Hello there! I just changed my site’s address https://heliodorahandmadegreetingcards.wordpress.com/
    to
    https://heliokartes.wordpress.com/
    to make it shorter. I exported the content from the old address to the new one, all seems to work fine, except when I try to visit the home page from the new address. Then the old address appears up there in the URL box. Why is that ? Thank you!

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    pavanraheja · Member ·

    Hi @aequanima,

    The reason the old address appears is the Menu item is linked to the old page. Follow these steps to do the changes in the Menu:

    1)Go to MySites->Themes->Customize->Menus->Primary

    2)You would see the Menu items listed there. Click on the item “ΑΡΧΙΚΗ/ HOME”. It should be a Custom URL link. The URL now must be “https://heliodorahandmadegreetingcards.wordpress.com/” change it to “https://heliokartes.wordpress.com/”.

    3)Then Click on Save and Publish at the top of the tab. The change should take place.

    You can learn more about Customizing Menu’s here:

    Menus

    Hope this helps, let me know for any further questions.
    Thanks!

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    vasilikioikonomou · Member ·

    Hello Pavan!

    Thanks for being so quick to reply!

    I did what you told me, problem solved but I noticed that now it seems
    I am on two pages at the same time: the Home page and the Gallery page titles are on (red coloured) at the same time. Is that normal?

    Thanks again!

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    pavanraheja · Member ·

    Hi @aequanima,

    Apologies for the delayed reply. I had a closer look at the problem, the reason both the menu items are getting highlighted is, both the pages are pointing to the same page. They are assigned to a Custom Link item which is pointing to the Home Page URL(https://heliokartes.wordpress.com/).

    To be able to correct it, you need to assign the right page to the Gallery item in the Menu. If you have a separate Gallery page, you can assign that page to the Menu item “Gallery”. The link in my above reply explains to Customize your Menu items.

    If you are trying to have a separate Home Page and Gallery page, you need to create different pages and assign them correctly in the Menu. You can learn more about setting up your Portfolio pages and understand your theme from this support document:

    https://wordpress.com/theme/illustratr

    Also, if you would like to set up your home page as a different “Static Front Page”, you can manage to do that as well. You have information at the bottom of your theme page. You can read more about it here:

    Set the Homepage

    I hope this helps you clarify, please do let me know if I can help with anything else.
    Thanks!

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    vasilikioikonomou · Member ·

    Hello Pavan

    Thanks for helping.
    I guess I need to find the exact setup I had in my previous site.
    I will try what you told me and see.

    Thanks again, I must say that you’ve been very helpful!

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    pavanraheja · Member ·

    Hi again,

    I guess I need to find the exact setup I had in my previous site.
I will try what you told me and see.

    Sure, let me know how you get on.

    Thanks again, I must say that you've been very helpful!

    You’re most welcome! :)

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