The 'Likes' on one of my Pages have disappeared. Could you take a look at it? https://ex

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  qmarylou · Member · Sep 30, 2015 at 11:25 am

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  The ‘Likes’ on one of my Pages have disappeared. Could you take a look at it?
  https://exampleworkpresscom.wordpress.com/poems-and-sketches/

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

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  qmarylou · Member · Sep 30, 2015 at 5:51 pm

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  Hi, Actually the Like Button isn’t appearing on any of my posts and pages. You can like under the comments but there’s no button to just ‘like’.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 30, 2015 at 5:56 pm

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  I am using Firefox 40 and I click a post title and scroll down to see the like button at the bottom of your posts exactly where it ought to appear. Example here: https://exampleworkpresscom.wordpress.com/2015/09/27/me-in-the-middle-of-learning-how-to-stand-on-my-own/

  Reference link https://en.support.wordpress.com/likes/

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  timethief · Member · Sep 30, 2015 at 5:59 pm

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  re: https://exampleworkpresscom.wordpress.com/poems-and-sketches/
  Make sure you have enabled likes on that Page itself https://en.support.wordpress.com/likes/#turn-likes-onoff-on-specific-posts-or-pages

  Check these settings too:
  http://exampleworkpresscom.wordpress.com/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=sharing
  Show buttons on
  __Front Page, Archive Pages, and Search Results
  __Posts
  __Pages
  __Media

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  qmarylou · Member · Sep 30, 2015 at 6:00 pm

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  Well, I see it on the Posts, but not on the Pages. Can you check this out for me……. Thanks….

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  timethief · Member · Sep 30, 2015 at 6:01 pm

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  I already did that while you were typing. Please see my comment above at https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/the-likes-on-one-of-my-pages-have-disappeared-could-you-take-a-look-at-it-httpsexampleworkpresscomwordpresscompoems-and-sketches?replies=5#post-2472941

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  qmarylou · Member · Sep 30, 2015 at 6:10 pm

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  Thanks!! I'm getting the hang of this!! You're the greatest!! :)

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  timethief · Member · Sep 30, 2015 at 6:16 pm

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  Hooray! I see the like button and I used it too. Don’t be discouraged. We all need a little help from friends when we start blogging. :) I have some more help to offer.

  The static page you created here https://exampleworkpresscom.wordpress.com/poems-and-sketches/ will never automatically update with new content, but if you make poems and sketches into a dynamic category page it will automatically update with each new poem/sketch.

  This is not theme dependent.

  This is an one or the other situation. You have two choices on any blog
  (1) All posts on the front page.
  (2) A static front page http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/ and all posts on a different page.

  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:

  • Assign Categories to your Posts. https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories
  • Create a custom menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#1-create-a-custom-menu
  • Add only the dynamic category page links into the custom menu that you want to appear in that menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-category-pages and arrange them as you wish them to appear https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#changing-the-order-creating-sub-menus
  • Create pages for static content, not for posts https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/
  • Add any custom links and other items like static pages into your custom menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-custom-links and https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-pages

  Here are some tips that you may find helpful when it comes to assigning categories and tags to your posts http://onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/quick-blog-post-tagging-tips/