Thx much.

Cheers!

I am creating a blog that is going to have several different types of post archived based on their type. Like pic of the week, vid of the week etc. When I click on their group it says at the top "Category Archive : Pic of the week"

My question is there any way to removed the words category Archive and put my own heading? Since its not a 'page' by definition I can't alter it

http://riverwayranchcamp.wordpress.com/category/pic-of-the-day/

thanks

To reduce the number of posts appearing on your front page so your blog loads quickly you change the number here > Settings > Reading
Blog pages show at most__posts

Or on Twenty Eleven and Twenty Ten you can leave infinite scrolling enabled. Infinite Scroll is now an option when footer widgets are present. You can find the option under Settings → Reading when two conditions are met:
1. You are using a theme that supports infinite scroll
2. You have added footer widgets http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/disable-infinite-scroll-with-custom-css?replies=20#post-817131

Thanks,
Michael.

Another option would be to export those old entries to another (free!!!) blog. There is a filter so that you can export posts by time period.

Be sure to select the option when you import the old posts to the new blog to have them import your images as well.

Last you can use the bulk edit function to delete those old things from your current blog.

I've done this at least once and it's very quick and easy: old stuff gone, but not necessarily forgotten: I set my "extra" blog to private, but you could choose a different privacy setting.

a blog within a blog

I think I'm possibly just asking too much, like a blog within a blog, rather than just separate categories.

Nevertheless, thank you both for your advice, it is appreciated. I'll try be clearer next time.

@kirstin - you can push your Posts off the front page by going to Dashboard >> Settings >> Reading >> Blog pages show at most xx Posts - set this number smaller to move your older content off the front page then make the number a bit larger as you new content is added.

Also good to use the More Tag - http://en.support.wordpress.com/splitting-content/more-tag/ to make your front page a bit easier to load and look at - why force your regular visitors to load all the Posts they have already read?

And as @TT has noted above you can't have a "Page" with the older content as such here - personally I would not worry much about the change in direction - just reduce the Post count for a while as I suggested above.

Staff have provided help for those who want to structure their blog like a website. > http://en.support.wordpress.com/using-wordpress-to-create-a-website/

What’s critical is:
(1) a clear comprehension of the differences between pages and posts > http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/
(2) a clear comprehension of the fact that there is only one dynamic page in a blog for posts and we cannot post to more than that one page. But we can create the appearance that we have posted to more than one page.

We organize our posts by assigning Categories to them. When we publish a post it automatically appears on the running page for posts and also on the Categories pages and Archives pages. Note: There must be one published post in each Category in order for there to be anything to display.

A custom menu allows you to display Categories with drop-downs to sub-categories in tabs along the horizontal navigation where normally only Pages tabs are displayed. If you wish you can also include Pages with drop-downs to sub-pages and custom links in your custom menu as well.

How to create a custom menu. http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/

I apologise in advance if I'm unclear on this, but I'll try to be as eloquent as I can.

I used to use my blog pretty much as a journal. I'd talk in great detail about my day or stupid things that had happened to me. Recently, though, on the same blog, my entries have been more themed and more like articles. I think that's the way my blog is going, so I'd like to keep it as just this type of entry. Is it possible to move all my old diary-like entries to a separate page within my blog so that they can be viewed, but not on the main page? I really don't want to delete them or to have to start a new blog entirely, but I'm also not sure if this is possible.

Please ask me any questions if you'd like me to be any clearer about what I'm after; I understand that the above is probably rambly and confusing.

Thank you!

If you want to provide public access to those published posts then you have to make a choice and make one blog "private". WordPress.com Staff advise that if you create a duplicate content blog here you make the visibility of the blog "private". http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

See here for exporting instructions > scroll down to "Exporting Your blog"
http://www.google.com/support/blogger/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=97416

See here for importing instructions > http://en.support.wordpress.com/import/

Also be sure you enable this before importing into your wordpress.com blog:
Go to Settings > Writing and select “ ___ WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically” and then scroll down and click “Save Changes.”

Personally I would probably just put a Post up that says "I am zigging" or changing the direction of the blog and leave it at that -

However, on the front page, posts appear regardless of the category. If that's not convenient for you, you can replace the front page with a static page:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/

By the way, the website you select is only visible to staff and used, among other things, by an automated messaging system when it detects you may be posting on the wrong forum. Volunteers don't have access to it. You can link your username to your blog by following step 2 below:
http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/7-things-to-know-before-posting-in-wordpresscom-forums?replies=1

thanks.

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thanks,
rubyjoh.