Simple Wordpress pages question
  • forwardslashdublinforwardslashdublin
    Using wordpress.com, and want to do something quite simple but I can't figure out how.

    Basically, I want to set up 2 pages to link to categories I already have organized, which I just realised would be a lot simpler than what I have now.

    Basically this is what I want to set up:


    But, firstly, I can't figure out how to link the page name to the category, I tried just linking to it within the page name, but that doesn't work.

    Secondly, when I go to the category link all the posts come up in shortened form, and I'd like them to be in their full form.

    Any help appreciated!
  • TimTim
    I don't really understand what you want to do here...
  • Sean RSean R
    If you have categories on your site it will automatically build 'pages' for them. That's all that's happening on the blog link you provided. Do you mean you don't know how to link to those category pages from your main page?
  • forwardslashdublinforwardslashdublin
    Sean R said:

    If you have categories on your site it will automatically build 'pages' for them. That's all that's happening on the blog link you provided. Do you mean you don't know how to link to those category pages from your main page?



    Yeah, I know it's really simple, but <href = > in the title of the page doesn't work, and I can't see any other way to do it...
  • Sean RSean R
    So you mean you put a link in your header and the link doesn't show up? Or you aren't sure where to put the links?
  • forwardslashdublinforwardslashdublin
    Well when I put the link in the page title, the HTML doesn't show up, as if the link worked, but it doesn't actually link to the category, it still just links to the page.
  • LOOSELIPSmikLOOSELIPSmik
    I don't really understand what you want to do here...

    ^the thing you never want to hear tim 'tech god' walrus say. 
  • TimTim
    Ooooooh...I think I get what you mean (hopefully).

    When you talk about "pages to link to categories" do you just mean links to categories that show up in your top menu where your pages currently do? Is that what you mean?

    If so all you need to do is go into your wordpress dashboard then go Appearance >> Menus
    >> Create a new menu (let's call it "Main")
    >> Theme Locations (top left) and select Main as your primary navigation.
    >> Add links to anything you like into that menu (ie. tick the categories you want and click add to menu)
    >> Save Menu

    That should be you sorted on the first point if I've grasped what you're after.

    The second point on your archive/category "pages" showing only shortened form - that is not something you can change without editing the PHP of your theme files, which is not something you can do on wordpress.com as far as I know. The change is very simple, but you need to be self-hosted to get access to do it.
  • NateNate
    Should have just asked me :)

    To get a "page" to appear as a category just create a new page and title it 

    <a href="/category/charts/">Charts</a>
  • forwardslashdublinforwardslashdublin
    Ooooooh...I think I get what you mean (hopefully).

    When you talk about "pages to link to categories" do you just mean links to categories that show up in your top menu where your pages currently do? Is that what you mean?

    If so all you need to do is go into your wordpress dashboard then go Appearance >> Menus
    >> Create a new menu (let's call it "Main")
    >> Theme Locations (top left) and select Main as your primary navigation.
    >> Add links to anything you like into that menu (ie. tick the categories you want and click add to menu)
    >> Save Menu

    That should be you sorted on the first point if I've grasped what you're after.

    The second point on your archive/category "pages" showing only shortened form - that is not something you can change without editing the PHP of your theme files, which is not something you can do on wordpress.com as far as I know. The change is very simple, but you need to be self-hosted to get access to do it.


    Oh that works!

    Thanks.

    Annoyingly, my theme only supports one menu, so I'm gonna have to mess around with themes for a bit now!
  • forwardslashdublinforwardslashdublin
    Uh oh, after trying three different themes, it seems most only support one or two menus, and the ones that support 2 treat one menu of static pages as one of those menus, so I'm still stuck!


  • apocketfullofseedsapocketfullofseeds
    wordpress.org is beckoning with a long and sleepless finger
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