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1. tamisanders
   Member
   Apr 19, 2010, 5:23 AM

   i KNOW this topic has been covered, i've read through the posts, but i'm still having a challenge.

   i just added a page to my blog - it is a set of directions i want to link to - but i don't want it to show up as a tab in my header. i am pretty sure that i did this last time by making the page a "child" of a "parent" page, then excluding it in my sidebar. i could view the page, copy and paste the link into my blog - so it could be viewed.

   BUT --- i just added the page, and when i click on "view this page" it just takes me to the parent page - with NO sign of my directions page. i tried clicking on the page {i hadn't excluded it yet} on my sidebar and again, it just takes me to the parent page.

   the page is saved and shows up with my other pages when view them, but i can't seem to view the actual page!

   my blog is http://www.tamisanders.com and my directions page is titled "life is good" and is under my "contact me" page.

   any help would be GREATLY appreciated!
   thanks,
   tami

   The blog I need help with is tamisanders.com.

2. raincoaster
   Member
   Apr 19, 2010, 5:30 AM

   I'm no expert on child pages, etc, but it seems to me if you hide it in your header by making it a child page AND you exclude it from your sidebar, not every theme includes a link to all sub-pages. You can, of course, just add one to the page by typing and adding a link as per usual. You may wish to hide it in your header but allow it in your sidebar.

3. panaghiotisadam
   Member
   Apr 19, 2010, 5:34 AM

   You're getting that problem because the permalink of that page is http://tamisanders.com/contact-me/1274/ (apparently you forgot to add a title before publishing the page, so the system added that number). BlogURL/parent/N means Nth page of "parent" (when you've used the nextpage tag to split a page into a sequence of numbered pages), so in your case it leads nowhere. Edit the child page to change the permalink to anything other than a plain number (click the "Edit" button next to the permalink below the title box, change the editable part, click OK, click Update Page).

4. tamisanders
   Member
   Apr 19, 2010, 5:39 AM

   thanks! that took care of it, i didn't know it would do that! i just thought a page number was "assigned" to each page - now i see where to edit it.

   NOW - i can't remember where to get the "page id" to exclude the sub page from my sidebar

5. panaghiotisadam
   Member
   Apr 19, 2010, 5:48 AM

   Pages > Edit: hover over title, check the number shown at the end of the permalink in the status/progress bar of your browser.

6. tamisanders
   Member
   Apr 19, 2010, 5:51 AM

   got it! thanks again for the help!

7. panaghiotisadam
   Member
   Apr 19, 2010, 5:51 AM

   But, as raincoaster said, if you exclude that child page from your sidebar, you'll have to add a link to it on the parent page.

8. tamisanders
   Member
   Apr 19, 2010, 5:52 AM

   i was having trouble because the address was not showing up in my browser, not sure why.
   i'd read the "hover" directions, but it wasn't working.

   but i clicked on the page and got the id from the link in the browser.

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