Blog page on CMS website

  • Resolved Jerry

    (@gerard749)


    9 years, 10 months ago

    My site is set up as a website not a blog. I want to have one page that functions as a blog. I added a Post, gave it a Title and a Category and posted to the page. The post has posted ‘By’ and ‘Published’ date below the title the way a blog looks. In my settings > reading the setting ‘Blog pages show at most’ is set to 10.

    I do not know how to add a second post to the blog page with its own posted ‘By’ and ‘Published’ date. When I try to add ‘New Post’ a second blog page/post is created (with new title required) and a link is put in the original blog page to the new post – new blog page.

    Thank you for your time.

    Jerry

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  • Tanath Fedo

    (@tanath-fedo)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    What is “Front page displays” (first field on the “Reading” dashboard page) set to?

    “A static page” should be checked, and a page named “Home” should be selected for “Front page” and a page named “Blog” selected for “Post pages”

    Create those pages if you don’t have them already.

    Thread Starter Jerry

    (@gerard749)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    Thank you for your response.

    in Front page displays a static pages is selected but the page name in not home page. It is the websites landing page. Only once, but at some time in the future I would very much like to change which page is the landing page.

    in Posts page: the select option only gives me the static pages – not the blog/post page. The Post page only appears in ‘All Posts’ in the admin menu, not in ‘All Pages’

    Thank you for your time

    Jerry

    Tanath Fedo

    (@tanath-fedo)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    Create a new PAGE (not post) and name it “Blog”. Leave it blank, be sure to press “Publish”.

    Go to Settings > Reading and select that new page you named “Blog” as the second field value (Posts page).

    I think this is what you need to do, but you’re not being to clear as to what you want to do, and what you have now.

    Thread Starter Jerry

    (@gerard749)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    Thank you for your response. Sorry about the delay in responding.

    I created a new page titled ‘Blog’, left the page blank and published it. In Settings > Reading > Post pages I selected the page I titled ‘Blog’. In Settings > Reading I left a static page checked and below > Front page I left my landing page selected. When viewed the page I titled ‘Blog’ has no content, no page title and I am not logged into my website but I am still logged in when I view the static pages on my website.

    I have a website that has all static pages and I would like to add one page that is a blog page – functions like a blog.

    Thank you for your time

    Jerry

    Thread Starter Jerry

    (@gerard749)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    Hi,

    It appears the problem I am having does not have to do with putting a blog page on my site but with something else. Possibly a conflict with another plugin or the fact my sites landing page is not named home so on a test site I am going to try different things and try to work it out that way.

    Thank you for your time, thank you for your help.

    Jerry

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