Title: help with links please
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# help with links please

 *  [motdaugrnds](https://wordpress.org/support/users/motdaugrnds/)
 * (@motdaugrnds)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-links-please/)
 * I truly apologize for having to ask. I do hope someone has patience with me.
 * I have created a sub-domain, named it inspirations and activated the Adventure
   theme. I set it up to be 2 columns to the one static page & the one posting page.
 * You can see the static/front page at [http://inspirations.motdaugrnds.com](http://inspirations.motdaugrnds.com)
 * You can see page for posts at [http://inspirations.motdaugrnds.com/category/let-us-talk/](http://inspirations.motdaugrnds.com/category/let-us-talk/)
 * I want it to be a simple blogging site consisting of only one static/front page(
   without posting permitted on this page) but with a link to the posting page; 
   and I only want one post page (permitting the public to post on this page) with
   a link to my primary domain, i.e. [http://motdaugrnds.com/inspirational](http://motdaugrnds.com/inspirational)
 * This is what I have done so far:
 * I created my “static/front page” with two columns. On the left are simple comments.
   On the right is the link to my “posting page” I moved the header down to the 
   bottom because I could not get the black to change to a less intimidating color.
   The “menu” is showing in that black header with two hyperlinks. One is a link
   to my youtube channel and the other is a link that takes viewer back to this 
   same static/front page. (I’ld like to remove the link that goes nowhere except
   to take viewer back to same page.)
 * I created my “post” page (It showed up with 2 columns as well.) It has the same
   2 hyperlinks in the black banner as is on my static/front page; and it has the
   very same link in the right column that goes nowhere…just takes reader back to
   this same posting page. Also I cannot find a way to let people post to this page.
 * Can anyone direct me as to how to get the link to my primary domain on both the
   static/front page as well as on the posting page?
 * Can anyone direct me as to how to take off the links (on both pages) that go 
   nowhere except to return the viewer to the same page they were viewing when they
   clicked it?
 * I’ve pretty much given up on getting this sub-domain to look any better; but 
   I would like links that do not make me look foolish.

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 *  [DivByZRo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/divbyzro/)
 * (@divbyzro)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-links-please/#post-4181365)
 * Hi motdaugrnds,
 * I’ll try to help you if I can.
 * The links that take you back to the same page are designed that way so
    that 
   you can navigate to those pages from any page. The sidebar isn’t supposed to 
   change when you change pages.
 * Same with the black banner. It has the main navigation for the site and will 
   be present on every page.
 * **— Part I —**
 * To be able to link to your inspiration site you can add the link to the sidebar.
 * From the Dashboard click on ‘Appearance’ then ‘Widgets’. Under the list of available
   widgets find the ‘Text’ widget. Drag it over to the ‘sidebar’ box and drop it
   in.
 * The Text widget will open up a window. You can put a title or leave it
    blank.
   In the text area type this link: `<a href = "http://motdaugrnds.com/motdaugrnds/
   inspirational/">My Inspirational Home</a>`
 * You can change the ‘My Inspirational Home’ to anything you want. Click
    the ‘
   Save’ button.
 * This link should now be in the sidebar.
 * **— Part II —**
 * You’d like people to be able to post to the page. To allow people to
    leave comments
   check that you have the right settings.
 * 1. In admin click on ‘All Posts’ then click on your “Hello Everyone”
    post. This
   will open the post editor. At the top of the window click on ‘Screen Options’.
   If Discussion and Comments aren’t ticked, do that. This turns on comments. Click
   the ‘Update’ button on the top right.
 * 2. On the left of the admin window find ‘Settings’ and click ‘Discussion’.
 * In the Discussions Settings window choose if you want people to enter
    a name
   and email before commenting or be registered etc.
 * Good luck!
 *  Thread Starter [motdaugrnds](https://wordpress.org/support/users/motdaugrnds/)
 * (@motdaugrnds)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-links-please/#post-4181370)
 * DivbyXRo, I did exactly as you suggested; and you can go look for yourself to
   see what occurred.
 * There is still no way for the public to discuss/comment and the “text widget”
   only put part of that coding on the sidebar.
 * Now what?
 * I returned and edited the coding you said to place there, replacing it with a
   typical html coding for such a hyperlink, i.e. with the
 * <a href= parenthesis and the regular URL to my primary domain followed by the
   target_blank thingy and the typical ending of such a hyperlink. It gave me this
   on that sidebaar:
 * [My Inspirational Home](http://motdaugrnds.com/inspirational)
 * Yeah, this worked! Thank you so much for letting me know about that “text widget”.
 * In re-reading your post, I find you changed the coding you had suggested; so 
   guess we’re both still learning, which is just fine. 🙂
 * Now to find out why there is still no way for the public to make comments or 
   have discussions…as that part of what you told me to do didn’t work either.
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-links-please/#post-4181371)
 * Hi there – it looks like your theme doesn’t display the comment form on the category
   archive template – that’s what’s used here:
 * [http://inspirations.motdaugrnds.com/category/let-us-talk/](http://inspirations.motdaugrnds.com/category/let-us-talk/)
 * To comment on a post, people need to click on the individual posts – i.e. here:
 * [http://inspirations.motdaugrnds.com/2013/09/18/46/](http://inspirations.motdaugrnds.com/2013/09/18/46/)
 *  Thread Starter [motdaugrnds](https://wordpress.org/support/users/motdaugrnds/)
 * (@motdaugrnds)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-links-please/#post-4181380)
 * This theme also seems to change at times, i.e. today the youtube hyperlink now
   showing in the header at the bottom was not showing up. (The “inspirations” link
   was way over to the left side in that header.) That is why I placed the youtube
   hyperlink in on the sidebar via a text widget. Now, however, I see the youtube
   link is showing up in he header at the bottom of the page; so I wind up with 
   2 links to the same spot. (Seems this theme is determined to make me look like
   an idiot.
 * Even when I use your new link that nicely shows a place for the public to post,
   the link on the sidebar that returns one back to this same page turns up a page
   where there is no place to post.
 * WPyogi, how do I get that comment on a posting page like you did?
 *  [WPyogi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpyogi/)
 * (@wpyogi)
 * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/help-with-links-please/#post-4181383)
 * >  WPyogi, how do I get that comment on a posting page like you did?
 * I clicked to the post’s own page – comments don’t display on the category template
   in that theme. Changing that will be quite involved and require coding, so I’m
   not sure that’s for you :). You’d need to ask on the theme’s own forum in any
   case –
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/theme/adventure](http://wordpress.org/support/theme/adventure)

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