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1. loginname
   Member
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   hey

   I'm just starting to learn how to use WordPress. I see that when I post a new post it's placed n the frontpage of the site, and earlier posts appear underneath it - This is not what I want

   - What I want is that each page I create should have a unique URL, so that I can use links to individual pages ()
   - On the right/left side a menu where the user can clicks on the page he wants to use (internal linking)...

   any ideas how to do this?

2. jessn
   Member
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   Instead of writing a new post, write a new page.

3. stvwlf
   Member
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   Yes, use pages. And set your permalinks to a custom permalink of /%postname%

   Settings / Permalinks in Admin

4. MichaelH
   moderator
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   I see that when I post a new post it's placed n the frontpage of the site, and earlier posts appear underneath it - This is not what I want

   Then use a static front page option--one technique is described at How can I have a static front page and posts display on a page called Blog?

   - What I want is that each page I create should have a unique URL, so that I can use links to individual pages ()

   Pages do have URLs you can use and posts have URLs as well. For posts you will want to understand Template Hierarchy and how WordPress uses single.php to display individual posts.

   - On the right/left side a menu where the user can clicks on the page he wants to use (internal linking)...

   Look at some widgets such as the Page widget to give access to Pages or the Category widget to give access to categories.

   Review WordPress Semantics to understand other WordPress lingo.

5. loginname
   Member
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   MichalH wrote:
   "Page do have URLs you can use and posts have URLs as well. For posts you will want to understand Template Hierarchy and how WordPress uses single.php to display individual posts."

   I see individual pages has unique URL, but they don't have a URL I want. querystring like Page?id=4 isn't very SEO optmizied IMO, instead I would like to specify that for example the url of this page should be domain.com/fancycars.php (in that way I can use my keywords i optimize for in the file name).

   This can maybe have somehting to do with urlrewrite or something like that.

   Sorry I'm new to wordpress so maybe my question don't make sense.. I'm just getting along and hope that I know enough within a week to create my own wordpress site.... as for now I'm experimenting on my computer...

6. stvwlf
   Member
   Posted 2 weeks ago #

   querystring like Page?id=4 isn't very SEO optmizied IMO, instead I would like to specify that for example the url of this page should be domain.com/fancycars.php (in that way I can use my keywords i optimize for in the file name).

   I explained how to do that earlier:

   set your permalinks to a custom permalink of /%postname%
   Settings / Permalinks in Admin

   That's not going to give you .php at the end but you can add that too - its not really necessary though

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