It can't jump to somewhere it can't see - and until More is clicked the jump has no end so it doesn't work

The moral of the story: don't use page jumps AND the more tag.

With more volunteers around in the afternoon, I hope someone who can really help you will see this.

On the second point, I am lost in the woods. Sorry. :(

Second - I absolutely could not get the top of the page code as shown in the FAQ to work. I tried every combination that I could think of. Any tips on this?

Page jump within a page:
This is the link that will take you to the place on the page you want to jump to: <a href="#codeword">this is the text that will be used as the link</a>

This goes at the place you want to jump to: <a name="codeword">

Page jump to codeword in another page:
This is the link that will take you to the codeword on the other page: <a href="http://pagetolinkto#codeword">this is the text that will be used as the link</a>

This goes at the place on the landing page where you want to jump to: <a name="codeword">

mmm I didn't think that was what was meant. If so then "yes" we can have "page jumps" AKA "anchor tags" on wordpress.com blogs http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/07/06/how-do-i-page-jump/

Perfect - just what I wanted to do... Read the instructions which were straightforward enough but just get the following easy tiger message. Do I need an upgrade? Doubt it but It doesn't seem to work. Any help greatly appreciated.

Kaspar

Resulting message when testing a new page jump link:

Easy, tiger. This is a 404 page.

You are totally in the wrong place. Do not pass GO; do not collect $200.

That's what I want to do. Those posts seem to be isolated in those Categories rather than part of the Home Page Blog (or maybe I'm misreading them).

All posts are allocated to their respective categories and are available via the cat / sub cat link in the sidebar. A selection of the most recent postsappears by default on the *home* page. The number that appear is set by the user in admin. So it is not correct to describe posts as *isolated* in their cats. They are not. For the sake of completeness I just mention that at WP org things can be hacked differently. Not so here at WP com.

Secondly: You have immensely confused this dialogue (Yes I know that is a split infinitive) by introducing the word *pages*. Pages are a completely different entity from posts anyway and their *categorisation* is both discrete and distinct. Hope that makes things clearer. :)

References: understanding blogrolls, links and categories
http://faq.wordpress.com/2007/09/21/the-difference-between-tags-and-categories/

I do not recommend a static home page to you because it will not address your issue nor will it make your blog at all like the one you pointed to. If you want to read about them then use this link http://en.forums.wordpress.com/search.php?q=static+front+page

Maybe I should rephrase or try to illustrate the question. If you go to HL's Journey at: http://hljourney.wordpress.com/2007/09/19/principle-2, and look at the sidebar you'll see Categories. There's a drop down menu with 30+ listings of different Categories. That's what I want to do. Those posts seem to be isolated in those Categories rather than part of the Home Page Blog (or maybe I'm misreading them).

Rather than have 9 million listings as separate Pages on the sidebar, I want to organize similar topics and posts under separate Categories. I figured out how to do a dropdown menu for Categories, but not how to add several categories into that dropdown menu. Is that doable?

Could use please explain what a static home page is?

Thank you. http://www.hevencense.wordpress.com

(1) Is there a way to create new Categories and post to the Category so that the new entry shows up ONLY in the dedicated category?
A: No

TT could I just re write this question?

(1) Is there a way to create new Categories and post to the Category so that the new entry shows up ONLY in the dedicated category but not on the front page?
A: YES. Use a static home page.

Is there a way to create new Categories and post to the Category so that the new entry shows up ONLY in the dedicated category? I don't want every post to show up as part of the regular blog on the Home Page. This is probably something simple, but I've missed it (clueless rookie).

http://faq.wordpress.com/2007/02/20/having-a-static-page-at-the-front-of-the-blog/

(1) Is there a way to create new Categories and post to the Category so that the new entry shows up ONLY in the dedicated category?
A: No

(2) I don't want every post to show up as part of the regular blog on the Home Page.
To be clear this is not a slice and dice separate sheep from goats situation. This is an all posts on one page scenario. Only one page on a blog will automatically update with each new posts you make.

You can change which page the posts are displayed on and that's it.

You can create as many other static pages as you choose. But they are not dynamic and will not automatically update.

I don't want every post to show up as part of the regular blog on the Home Page.

Seems straight forward. But God knows................

Longer answer: A blog has only one page that will automatically update with each new post you make. No other pages are dynamic. They sit outside the blog structure. They are intended for static content that rarely if ever changes and they can only be updated by editing.

Alternative: You can hire a web host and download a free template from wordpress.org and hack it to suit.

Thanks.
http://www.hevencense.wordpress.com