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timethief on "Am I doing this right?"

timethief — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 23:11:57 +0000

You're welcome.

shawnwritesthings on "Am I doing this right?"

shawnwritesthings — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:55:51 +0000

Awesome. That is what I was looking for. Thank you very much

timethief on "Am I doing this right?"

timethief — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:47:40 +0000

Hi there,
You did well. :)

If you intend to posts chapters of a book for example as posts then your may prefer this structure > http://en.support.wordpress.com/write-a-book/

shawnwritesthings on "Am I doing this right?"

shawnwritesthings — Wed, 28 Nov 2012 22:19:46 +0000

I have never had a blog and my understanding is that fiction blogs aren't the norm. I made my first post in my blog and I'm wondering if I did everything correctly. Any advice?

http://shawnwritesthings.wordpress.com/2012/11/28/aeremar1/

houstonweaver on "Order of posts"

houstonweaver — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:28:00 +0000

You can use a URL that will sort your archived posts in ascending order by year. This would allow you the opportunity to offer the ascending order for each year as a custom menu option. You could name each menu item using the year, or if you wished you could use Part 1, Part 2, etc. Each of your custom menu ascending ordered years would have a URL like this one but with a different year:
http://yoursite.wordpress.com/2012/?orderby=date&order=ASC

There are several ramifications to this but it might be something you want to explore. Experiment with the URL and see if the results work with the theme you are using. Be sure to check the load more posts to make sure it continues in ASC order through the whole year. It worked for me in my test.

timethief on "Order of posts"

timethief — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:54:49 +0000

Blogs are essentially a reverse chronological order publishing tool and you cannot change this order on a free hosted WordPress.com blog. Posts will be posted to your blog in accord with their date stamps at publication. WordPress by default shows posts in reverse chronological order (newest post on top). For returning visitors, this is very convenient since they can see the latest post without having to page down through page after page of hundreds of posts they have already read.

If you wish you can set an introductory sticky post to display at the top of the front page ie. the main page for posts.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/post-visibility/#sticky-posts

Also see here for the option of creating a book-like structure > http://en.support.wordpress.com/write-a-book/ Perhaps that will work for you.

vivaglobal on "Order of posts"

vivaglobal — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:47:05 +0000

Hi, how do you change order of posts so that the OLDEST post is always on top and others below it? (reverse order) It seems like the curretn post always goes to top of list visible
Blog url: http://theamericascenter.wordpress.com/

timethief on "Changing the order of the posts ?"

timethief — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 03:03:25 +0000

If you wish you can set an introductory sticky post to display at the top of the front page ie. the main page for posts.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/post-visibility/#sticky-posts

Also see here for the option of creating a book-like structure > http://en.support.wordpress.com/write-a-book/ Perhaps that will work for you.

struankingan on "Changing the order of the posts ?"

struankingan — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 04:54:32 +0000

I would like to reaarrance my posts so they are all in order ie 1972, vrs 1991 etc

how can I shifted all around please ?

cheers

Struan
Blog url: http://struankingan.wordpress.com/

timethief on "order of posts"

timethief — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 16:04:54 +0000

Blogs are essentially a reverse chronological order publishing tool and you cannot change this order on a free hosted WordPress.com blog. Posts will be posted to your blog in accord with their datestamps at publication. WordPress by default shows posts in reverse chronological order (newest post on top). For returning visitors, this is very convenient since they can see the latest post without having to page down through page after page of hundreds of posts they have already read.

If you wish you can set an introductory sticky post to display at the top of the front page ie. the main page for posts.

Also see here for the option of creating a book-like structure > http://en.support.wordpress.com/write-a-book/ Perhaps that will work for you.

threedogsandahouse on "order of posts"

threedogsandahouse — Mon, 27 Aug 2012 13:04:28 +0000

How can I make my posts appear in chronological order, rather than in most recent post order? I would like my main page to have the first post ever made, and within each month's posts I would like the earliest to show first.
Blog url: http://threedogsandahouse.wordpress.com/

timethief on "Post Layout, need some help"

timethief — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 21:00:24 +0000

You're welcome from me.

dashryan on "Post Layout, need some help"

dashryan — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 20:53:12 +0000

You guys rock, thanks for the help.

1tess on "Post Layout, need some help"

1tess — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 18:01:56 +0000

You can also use the archives shortcode to generate a list, or index, of all of your posts:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/archives-shortcode/

timethief on "Post Layout, need some help"

timethief — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:27:38 +0000

I would also like it if you had to click on the actual link for the post to read it, instead of it all being on one REALLY long page.

There are several ways of splitting content. The most commonly used one is inserting "the more tag" into posts so only excerpts appear on the front page.

timethief on "Post Layout, need some help"

timethief — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:25:04 +0000

Blogs are essentially a reverse chronological order publishing tool and you cannot change this order on a free hosted WordPress.com blog. Posts will be posted to your blog in accord with their datestamps at publication. WordPress by default shows posts in reverse chronological order (newest post on top). For returning visitors, this is very convenient since they can see the latest post without having to page down through page after page of hundreds of posts they have already read. See here for the option of creating a book-like structure > http://en.support.wordpress.com/write-a-book/ Perhaps that will work for you.

dashryan on "Post Layout, need some help"

dashryan — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 02:46:48 +0000

I would like my posts to go in reverse order on my Posts page (First post on top, newest on bottom). I would also like it if you had to click on the actual link for the post to read it, instead of it all being on one REALLY long page.

Can anyone help me set this up on my page?

wordpress.com/dashryan

timethief on "how to post sequential content blogs"

timethief — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 22:05:57 +0000

I do not uderstand what is meant by "filtering a post"

Neither do I.

timethief on "how to post sequential content blogs"

timethief — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 22:05:09 +0000

Blogs are essentially a reverse chronological order publishing tool and you cannot change this order on a free hosted WordPress.com blog. Posts will be posted to your blog in accord with their datestamps at publication. For returning visitors, this is very convenient since they can see the latest post without having to page down through page after page of hundreds of posts they have already read. See here for the option of creating a book-like structure > http://en.support.wordpress.com/write-a-book/ Perhaps that will work for you.

boyelafayettedemente on "how to post sequential content blogs"

boyelafayettedemente — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 21:31:06 +0000

I would like to upload a series of blogs that have sequential content.... How can I fix it so each new blog follows the preceding one [is last instead of first]?
Thanks in advance,
Boye Lafayette De Mente
[email redacted]
P.S. I do not uderstand what is meant by "filtering a post"
Blog url: http://themaleandgodplague.wordpress.com/

timethief on "A " table of contents" page with links to all posts published"

timethief — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 23:09:35 +0000

You're welcome.

raincoaster on "sorting posts"

raincoaster — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:44:56 +0000

They pay me $200 an hour to do that. Not often, but if I'm going to bother with that, they've gotta pay me up front.

timethief on "sorting posts"

timethief — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:40:04 +0000

You make a stab in the dark like I did. ;)

raincoaster on "sorting posts"

raincoaster — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:33:00 +0000

What criteria?

How can we answer the question when you haven't told us how you want to sort them?

timethief on "sorting posts"

timethief — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:32:45 +0000

Also see Categories and Tags.

timethief on "sorting posts"

timethief — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:30:54 +0000

. Blogs are essentially a reverse chronological publishing tool. WordPress by default shows posts in reverse chronological order (newest at top). For returning visitors, the is very convenient since they can see the latest post without having to page down through page after page of hundreds of posts they have already read.

See here for the option of creating a book-like structure > http://en.support.wordpress.com/write-a-book/ Perhaps that will work for you.

gonga00 on "A " table of contents" page with links to all posts published"

gonga00 — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:29:54 +0000

Thanks! I did add a page with the [archives] shortcode. Almost what I was looking for. The only option missing is how to present the contents.

carlosfmur1948 on "sorting posts"

carlosfmur1948 — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 22:23:14 +0000

how do I sort the entries according to my own criteria ?

instead listed in order from newest to oldest on your blog

timethief on "A " table of contents" page with links to all posts published"

timethief — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:48:23 +0000

You are also referring to chapters. Have you seen this? http://en.support.wordpress.com/write-a-book/

timethief on "A " table of contents" page with links to all posts published"

timethief — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 21:47:11 +0000

I created a Page and used the Archives shortcode. There's no partioning by categorries and tags but I don't want or need that. Have you seen this? http://en.support.wordpress.com/sitemaps/#create-a-site-index