Trouble Getting a Page to Publish…

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    melissatayloromaha · Member ·

    I am using WordPress for a writing class, and we have to set up different pages in addition to blog posts, which I ‘think’ I have on my parent page. I can see the other pages, but my professor cannot; they aren’t publishing. I’ve done all the things the help pages and internet said to try, and I’ve tried to copy and start new pages; nothing seems to be working. Any ideas, smart bloggers? Thanks in advance.

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  • supernovia · Staff ·

    Hi @melissatayloromaha, could it be that the pages are password protected, or that they are in draft status?

    I see a list of pages here:
    https://wordpress.com/pages

    Only one page, aside from the front page, is visible publicly. Can you let us know which page the professor is trying to access?

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    melissatayloromaha · Member ·

    Hi! Thank you so much! Those are all the pages I was trying to test. I just need one of the book review pages to show up…that’s the one I’m struggling to get to appear (they’re all the same–in my frustration and irritation, I just kept trying). They all show as published on my end, and I did password protect one (as instructed in the class), but the main page has the password. The issue seems to be an inability to see the link/access/navigation on my home page. Is that supposed to happen automatically? (Although I guess I did send the professor the link to the book review directly and she still couldn’t get to it). Any further thoughts? Thanks; I really appreciate it.

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    The issue seems to be an inability to see the link/access/navigation on my home page. Is that supposed to happen automatically?

    Whether or not it happens automatically depends on both your theme, and if you already have a custom menu set.

    Some themes have a default menu that will automatically link to any new page you publish on your site, but if your site has a custom menu that will override the default. And some themes don’t have a default menu at all, but will only show a menu if you create a custom one.

    In this case, your theme doesn’t include a menu by default, but you can create one by adding a Navigation block.

    Go to Appearance ->Customize ->Menus. There you can create a new menu and assign it to one of your theme’s menu areas. Then you can add the specific pages you want to the menu. We have a step by step overview of the process here:

    https://wordpress.com/en/support/menus/create-a-menu/

  • Unknown's avatar
    melissatayloromaha · Member ·

    Nailed it!! Thank you SO much; I simply added a ‘pages list’ block & everything appeared (& I immediately had to take down all my rage pages!!!). :) I really appreciate all the help here; I was at wit’s end.

    With much gratitude!
    Melissa

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