WordPress.com Forums » Topic: How do i get my drop down menu to link to my posts? http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-get-my-drop-down-menu-to-link-to-my-posts WordPress.com Forums » Topic: How do i get my drop down menu to link to my posts? en Wed, 22 May 2013 02:28:03 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 raincoaster on "How do i get my drop down menu to link to my posts?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-get-my-drop-down-menu-to-link-to-my-posts#post-997299 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 20:49:16 +0000 raincoaster 997299@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Give us an example of a post which is categorized under this category: http://laurapaynesphotography.wordpress.com/category/portraits/south-east-asia-portraits/

Give us a direct link to that post.

]]> timethief on "How do i get my drop down menu to link to my posts?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-get-my-drop-down-menu-to-link-to-my-posts#post-997282 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 20:42:05 +0000 timethief 997282@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Pages http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/ that we bloggers create are static ie. they do not automatically update with new content. Only dynamic pages which are automatically created by the software when we publish a post ie. categories, tags, archives pages will update.

There is only one dynamic page for posts that automatically updates in a blog and all posts will display on that page. There is no way to exclude posts from the main posts (blog) page. By default the front page of the blog will display your posts (not pages) in reverse chronological order, with the most recently published post on top. If you do not want all the posts to show on the front page, then you can create a static front page http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/

Though there is only one dynamic page in a blog for posts and we cannot post to more than that one page, we can create the appearance that we have posted to more than one page. We organize posts by assigning Categories to them. You can create a custom menu and add the dynamic categories pages created by the software into the custom menu. Note that until there is one published post in any category there is nothing that can be displayed on the dynamic categories pages

Here’s a link to a custom menu walkthrough > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/08/11/wordpress-com-custom-menu-walk-through/

There are many common errors, misunderstanding and misconceptions when creating custom menus and you can read about them here > http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/custom-menus/

]]> timethief on "How do i get my drop down menu to link to my posts?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-get-my-drop-down-menu-to-link-to-my-posts#post-997278 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 20:39:55 +0000 timethief 997278@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If you have created a custom menu and then later add more dynamic Categories pages and dynamic sub-Categories pages then you will have to go here > Appearance > Menu and add them.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#adding-category-pages
Creating Sub-Menus > http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#changing-the-order-of-menu-items-and-creating-sub-menus

]]> laurapayneimages on "How do i get my drop down menu to link to my posts?" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-do-i-get-my-drop-down-menu-to-link-to-my-posts#post-997198 Mon, 03 Sep 2012 19:19:45 +0000 laurapayneimages 997198@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Hi.

I have set up a custom menu and when i click on the drop down post e.g. Zara under the portraits heading , it says the page cannot be found. All my posts are set up under categories not pages. How can i fix this?
Thanks for your help!

Laura

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