Actual page for each category?
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I am using a theme that has a page template that lays out it’s sub-pages in a grid format. I would like to create an actual page for each of my post categories, so that a visitor can pick that subject from the grid on that page (the ‘all stuff’ page on my blog) and see all the related posts in that category.
Is this possible? I am familiar with wordpress.org sites and know this can be done with shortcodes, but I am really struggling to find out how to do this on my wordpress.com blog site. Can anyone help me?
I know how to add a menu item that directs the visitor to a view of posts for that category only – but this is not an actual page… I really want to continue using my current theme (Goran).
Thanks peeps :-)The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Are you aware of dynamic category pages https://en.support.wordpress.com/category-pages/ that automatically update with new posts when they are published with the category assigned to them, and how to add them into a custom menu that you create?
This is a one or the other situation. You have two choices on any blog
(1) All posts on the front page.
(2) A static front page http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/ and all posts on a different page.By default the front page of a blog displays all published posts in reverse chronological order with the most recently published post on top. When we publish a post on WordPress software the software automatically creates the same entry in the Archives, and on the dynamic (automatically updating) Categories and Tags pages in accord with the Categories and Tags we assign to that post.
So when we create custom menu and add the dynamic (automatically updating) category pages to that custom menu we create the appearance (not the reality) of posting to more than one page.
You need to be aware that:
1. There are differences between posts and pages described here
https://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/2. There are differences between static pages we bloggers create https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/ that will not automatically update, and dynamic category pages created by the software when you publish a post which will automatically update https://en.support.wordpress.com/category-pages/.
3. We organize posts by category assignment prior to publication. http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/ and when we publish posts the dynamic category pages they automatically display on are determined by the categories we assign to them.
So the process you need to use is:
a. Assign Categories to your Posts. https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories
b. Create a custom menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#1-create-a-custom-menu
c. Add only the dynamic category page links into the custom menu that you want to appear in that menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-category-pages and arrange them as you wish them to appear https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#changing-the-order-creating-sub-menus
d. Create pages for static content, not for posts https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/
e. Add any custom links and other items like static pages into your custom menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-custom-links and https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-pages
Here are some tips that you may find helpful when it comes to assigning categories and tags to your posts http://onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2013/03/15/quick-blog-post-tagging-tips/
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Thank you timethief for taking so much time and trouble to answer my question – unfortunately, whilst useful stuff, it does not actually create the situation I was looking for.
Since posting the question, and having given it much though, I did a search on ‘shortcodes’ and came across this page: https://en.support.wordpress.com/display-posts-shortcode/
which gives me just the answer I was hoping for. I’m posting it here for anyone else who has the same issue.
I now have both a menu that directs visitors to a ‘virtual’ page for each category of posts, as well as an ‘actual’ page that shows all posts in a given category – and although they are separate entities, the result for the blog visitor amounts to the same. Yay!
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