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  eiriktonning · Member · Jun 2, 2015 at 8:10 pm

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  On a new site im making i have several sites.
  3 of them are a heading of undercategories..

  I have one which is called “history”, but the thing is. I don’t want to have anything on this category, i want it to redirect to the first site inside that category. How can I do this?

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

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  timethief · Member · Jun 2, 2015 at 8:14 pm

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  Have you read the custom menu support doc?
  Note this entry there

  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.

  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:

  1. Assign Categories to your Posts. https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/
  2. Create a custom menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#1-create-a-custom-menu
  3. Add the dynamic category page links into the custom menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-category-pages
  4. And, add any custom links you chose to include https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-custom-links
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  timethief · Member · Jun 2, 2015 at 8:15 pm

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  Note this entry there https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-custom-links

  Menus

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  eiriktonning · Member · Jun 2, 2015 at 8:26 pm

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  The thing is. I’m not using posts, im using sites for creation. So if i used pages i know it would come into the category, but in this case its just a empty page/site. So if i click the “history” button, I get redirected to “1800-1900-tallet” on my site

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  eiriktonning · Member · Jun 2, 2015 at 8:27 pm

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  That’s what i want! If it works is another case tho.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 2, 2015 at 8:34 pm

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  Give that a try and post here again if you still need help.

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  eiriktonning · Member · Jun 2, 2015 at 8:44 pm

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  Thanks. I just had to add a URL instead of having it as a site.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 2, 2015 at 9:11 pm

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  Understood. Happy blogging. :)