new menu?
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Hello,
I have been trying to add my latest post to my menu but after clicking on the menu button on the left column unlike before it now leads to somewhere else. Before I was directed to a page, where I could add the “children” and then attach my post to the children. Now i dont have this option. Can anyone help me out, please?
Thanks very much
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I suggest you assign categories to your posts and create a custom menu on your site. Then you can add the dynamic category pages into the custom menu. Thereafter, all published posts will automatically appear on the dynamic category pages.
You can create a custom menu and include multiple dynamic category pages that automatically display the published posts assigned to the the specific categories in reverse chronological order.
Dynamic category pages https://en.support.wordpress.com/category-pages/ created by the software when we assign categories to posts are also not the same as static pages https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/ we create.
You begin by assigning categories https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/ to your posts.
This is a one or the other situation. You have two choices on any blog
(1) All posts on the front page.
(2) Or 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 and sub-pages for static content, not for posts https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/
e. Add any custom links and other items like static pages and sub-pages into your custom menu
https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-custom-links https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-pages
and arrange them as you wish them to appear https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#changing-the-order-creating-sub-menusPlease see https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/
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Hi feketeandras1216gmailcom,
Before I was directed to a page, where I could add the “children” and then attach my post to the children. Now i dont have this option.
We recently retired the interface you’re referring to a few days ago, so now My Site > Menus points directly to the Menus section within the Customizer.
When you get there, click on any menu you want to modify. Next, click the Add Items button to choose from the available types of menu items on the right. Click one, and it will move to the left. If you drag it beneath another item and slightly to the right, it will create a dropdown from the item above it.
You can also use this area to create a new pages, posts, testimonials, and portfolio projects. For example, after you click Add Items, click on Posts. When it opens, at the bottom you’ll see an Add New Post section:
Just enter a title and press the +Add button to add it to your menu on the left. Keep in mind that this will publish a new empty post to your site. I’d recommend using this feature to add Pages, rather than posts, since any email followers of your site will be sent a post without any content.
For posts, I’d recommend going to My Site > Blog Posts > Add, and publishing when you’re ready. Afterwards, head over to My Site > Menus, and use the Add Items button to choose your post from the Posts section on the right. Then you can move it where you’d like it to appear in your menu.
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Is there any chance that old interface will come back? or have the option to use it?
the new menu customizer is confusing for me.
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@murdervalleysims – I’ve answered you in your own thread here: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/new-menu-customizer?replies=2#post-2930580
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