Separate Blog Categories
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Hi!
I am trying to set up my blog and thought I had it down but when I tried to make my first post, I found out that I did NOT know what I was doing. I would like to have 3 separate ‘blogs’ under my one page, if that makes sense. If you look at my site (https://faithfoodfitnessweb.wordpress.com/blog/) I have a ‘faith’ section, ‘food’ section, and ‘fitness’ section. I each of these to have separate blog postings. The ‘faith’ section would be the blog that I am usually posting on, sharing my thoughts. I want to use the ‘food’ one to post recipes, and then the ‘fitness’ one to post workouts. I tried to post a recipe, and it showed up under each area! Plus there was some post that said ‘you’re first blog post’. I deleted that one and now nothing is showing up. I think I really messed it up. I also tried to put a category under the ‘food’ post under the menu (‘BFAST’) and then edited the recipe post by categorizing it (‘BFAST’), but I’m not seeing anything now. Please help me!
Thank you!
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Hi,
Here’s a simple explanation:
- Categories are added to posts.
- A category page is automatically created when a category is add to at least one post.
- A custom menu may include category pages and subcategory pages.
Some relevant support pages:
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thank you! however, I’m still not exactly figuring it out. I know that I posted a recipe titled “pumpkin pancakes,” under the BFAST category. When I click on BFAST on my site, it just says, “uncategorized first blog post.” Yet, if I search “pumpkin” in the search bar at the bottom of the page, the recipe pops up and says that it’s posted under BFAST. what is going on and how to I get rid of that “uncategorized first blog post” without deleting everything else?
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I know that I posted a recipe titled “pumpkin pancakes,” under the BFAST category.
Actually, your “BFAST” menu item links to the “uncategorized” category page. Its URL is https://faithfoodfitnessweb.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/.
Yet, if I search “pumpkin” in the search bar at the bottom of the page, the recipe pops up and says that it’s posted under BFAST.
That’s because you have the “BFAST” category assigned to the “Pumpkin Pancakes” post, but the “BFAST” menu item links to the “uncategorized” category page. You may edit the menu item to correct this error.
and how to I get rid of that “uncategorized first blog post” without deleting everything else?
Why would deleting one post affect everything else? Are there good reasons for having two of your top-level menu items, which seem to represent parent categories, linked to the post https://faithfoodfitnessweb.wordpress.com/2016/10/23/first-blog-post/?
I think you ought to read the Category Pages and Custom Menus support pages more thoroughly. The evidence suggests confusion regarding how to use custom menus, and specifically how to use category pages in custom menus.
Some of the menu items don’t seem to correspond in a coherent way with the pages or posts that they link to. I’ll list several the menu items and their link URLs:
“Faith” links to the static page titled “Blog” — https://faithfoodfitnessweb.wordpress.com/blog/.
“Food,” a top level menu item, which seems to represent a parent category — it has what would seem to be subcategories below it — links not to a category page but to the post titled “but I thought” — https://faithfoodfitnessweb.wordpress.com/2016/10/23/first-blog-post/. Not sure, but this might be a default link URL automatically created where no link URL was added to a custom link.
“Foodie Thoughts” links to a static page titled “foodie thoughts” (though it’s page URL slug is “about”). I guess that’s fine, but why have a page as a subcategory of a post?
“Bfast,” as I mentioned above, links to the uncategorized category page https://faithfoodfitnessweb.wordpress.com/category/uncategorized/.
“Fitness” links to the same post as “Food.”
While it’s possible to have one custom menu item appear under any other custom menu item, it’s generally helpful to the visitor if this is done in a organized, coherent, and regular way. If you’re to have categories in the menu, with subcategories below them, then I’d suggest that the top-level menu items link to category pages in those cases, and the subcategory menu items nested below them link to subcategory pages.
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For example, the “Food” category page might have the URL https://faithfoodfitnessweb.wordpress.com/category/food/. This doesn’t have to be constructed. It is automatically created by assigning the category “Food” to one or more posts.
How to create subcategories is described in the Categories support page. If the category “Bfast” is a subcategory of the category “Food,” then its category (or subcategory) page would look like this: https://faithfoodfitnessweb.wordpress.com/category/food/bfast/.
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If you’re to have categories in the menu, with subcategories below them, then I’d suggest that the top-level menu items link to category pages in those cases, and the subcategory menu items nested below them link to subcategory pages.
However, this suggestion depends upon the presumption that your site will be largely composed of posts in various categories and subcategories. If, instead, your site will consist mainly of static pages, then by all means have the majority of your menu items and sub-menu items linking to static pages.
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Hi @faithfoodfitnessweb, @musicdoc1 is giving you great advice here.
Can I just also add that the fastest way to fix this is to go ahead and remove that menu item, then add it again? You may have added it while you were still arranging your categories. But if you’ll re-add it now it should work.
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Wow this is all very great and helpful! I think I will make a new menu and see if that works. One more question, for my MAIN menu items (i.e. “FAITH,” “FOOD,” “FITNESS”) would you suggest that I make those “pages” or “categories”??
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You’re welcome.
for my MAIN menu items (i.e. “FAITH,” “FOOD,” “FITNESS”) would you suggest that I make those “pages” or “categories”??
I’ve seen it done either way, with satisfactory results. If you link them to static pages, then can use that page to describe the category, or to present an index of the subcategories, etc.
If, on the other hand, you have them link to category pages, then all of the subcategory posts will be included in that page. A category page is an archives page which displays all posts in that category in reverse chronological order. Unlike a static page, a category page is dynamic. It is automatically added to when you publish new posts assigned to that category, or when you assign an old post to that category.
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yes thank you so much!! I started from scratch and it’s coming together so nicely using your recommendations for categories/pages/posts! you both are AWESOME. :)))
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