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newbie need help on wordpress ?

by mahmoud747
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im very new to wordpress , i have a top menu which includes home, privacy and contact us

all what i need is to put all other links on my site in the right side menu under name like links or categories or whatever
and if someone clicks on home in the top menu would go back to home page
which have general info about the site

the problem is when i create a new page it shows up in the top menu besides home,contact us and privacy
and if i create a post it shows up in the home page and if i created a new post it shows up in the same page above the older one

can any one help me guys ?
thanks in advance
#newbie #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author AgentHomes
    Sounds like Wordpress is doing what I should do.

    If you want to create links to certain pages etc, you'll either need to change your theme or adding in a plugin to do what you want it do to.
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  • Profile picture of the author Always-A-Warrior
    send me a pm and I'll see what I can do for you ok.
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    Next time post it to:
    1. Wordpress Support Forum
    2. Web Design (here on WF)
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    • Profile picture of the author Drez
      You have a couple of things to do. Here's some quick direction, but you should refer to the Wordpress docs.

      1. Under "Appearance" you select "menus" and create a NAV menu. You can insert (or exclude) pages, categories or external links there. The menu items can also be ordered however you wish.

      2. Sounds like you want a "static" page for your home page. This is set up under the Settings>Read section.

      When you do this you'll also set up a PAGE that will direct people to the blog entries. (You might place a NAV menu item to the blog in the header)

      Hope this helps.
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      • Profile picture of the author xtrapunch
        Originally Posted by Drez View Post

        You have a couple of things to do. Here's some quick direction, but you should refer to the Wordpress docs.

        1. Under "Appearance" you select "menus" and create a NAV menu. You can insert (or exclude) pages, categories or external links there. The menu items can also be ordered however you wish.

        2. Sounds like you want a "static" page for your home page. This is set up under the Settings>Read section.

        When you do this you'll also set up a PAGE that will direct people to the blog entries. (You might place a NAV menu item to the blog in the header)
        Drez has offered you the correct solution. For adding links in the sidebar, you can use a text widget.
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  • Profile picture of the author Linda_C
    Hi

    You don't need a plugin. Here's what to do...

    1) Go into Appearance --> Editor --> header.php

    In the "navigation" (or nav) you will see a line something like this:

    < ?php wp_list_pages('title_li=&depth=1'); ? >

    There will be links above and below it.
    Delete just that line. This will prevent new pages from going into the navbar.

    2) Then, go into your widgets.

    Drag "pages" and "posts" into the sidebar.
    Drag in "categories" if you want, too.

    This will put a list of pages and posts into your sidebar. Also categories if you want.

    Voila. Done. Have fun.



    P.S. Make a copy before you change anything. Just copy/paste all the header.php into a notepad so you can paste it back if you mess up.
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    • Profile picture of the author thecableguy
      If you want a static homepage create the PAGE first, then go to Settings/Reading and select it as the front page.

      Create posts not pages or it will be added to your menu unless you use a plugin like page links manager.

      Use your widgets.
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  • Profile picture of the author mahmoud747
    thank u guys for helping
    i will try , and see if it works
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