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1. KerriM
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Okay, I feel like this should be simple, but I just can't seem to figure it out.

   I'm creating a completely wordpress driven site, but one in which the blog is not the primary content.
   - My home page has no "pages" or "posts"— it's pretty much completely hard coded with content fed from elsewhere on the site.
   - The site consists of many pages (e.g. /about/, /contact/, etc.)
   - I want the Blog portion of the the site to all be contained within the "/blog/" subdirectory

   I am able to change <i>individual</i> blog posts to that subdirectory simply by editing the permalink structure to "/blog/%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%/", and that works just fine.

   The problem I'm having is that I can't figure out how to get the main blog summary page to show up under "http://site.com/blog".

   I know I'm missing something really obvious.

2. doodlebee
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   WordPress does not contain directories. If you want your blog in the "blog" section, create a category called "blog" and make it your default. When you post, it'll post to that category. You won't need to edit the permalink structure for anything to do this.

3. KerriM
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks for the response. Yes, bad terminology on my part. I realize there are no actual directories— it was short hand for the "path parts".

   How do I make that particular category my "default"? I don't see any options for this. I am trying to avoid the editor having to select the "blog" category every time they want to make a post, so if there is a way to set "blog" to default, then that would be perfect.

4. Rev. Voodoo
   Volunteer Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   settings->writing default post cat

5. doodlebee
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   in the back end, under "settings > Reading" (or Writing - I forget which one) there's a spot to set your default category. You have to be sure the category is created first. The default is "Uncategorized." You can just rename that category to "blog" and you don't have to do anything else.

6. KerriM
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Yes! Thank you. It was under Writing (I kept looking under Reading where the rest of the similar settings were).

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