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  • Resolved imhighvalue

    (@imhighvalue)


    Here in the demo of Simple Skeleton, this is done very nicely here:
    http://themes.simplethemes.com/skeleton/news/

    All of the latest POSTS (aka the BLOG part of the website) are linked to from the menu. You click on “Sample Blog” on the menu, and then you see the list of blog posts, with a thumbnail image beside each.

    However, it is completely unclear HOW to do this, for the user, from within the theme.

    Here is what I have tried, and each one has a problem:

    1) I created a category “blog” and gave every single post that category, and then created a menu linking to the category “blog”. The problems with this are that
    –a) this creates a messy url structure. Instead of just being http://www.mysite.com/blog, it shows up as http://www.mysite.com/category/blog/
    –b) none of the image thumbnails show up next to the blog snippet. (I tried with both an image inserted into the post AND with a featured image).

    2) Using the “latest posts” shortcode suggested here: http://themes.simplethemes.com/skeleton/documentation/

    I inserted the short code [latest excerpt=”true” thumbs=”true” width=”50″ height=”50″ num=”5″ cat=”blog″] right into the page, but it just shows up AS the shortcode on the page.

    So [latest excerpt=”true” thumbs=”true” width=”50″ height=”50″ num=”5″ cat=”blog″] just shows up right there on the page. Nothing else.

    I am using the latest version of wordpress, which is 4.1, and latest Smpl Skeleton version. Should I downgrade to an eariler wordpress version?

    Please PLEASE help. I need a “blog” on my blog…It’s kind of the point!

    Thanks in advance for the help.

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  • Thread Starter imhighvalue

    (@imhighvalue)

    Figured it out!

    1) create a blank page. name it “blog” (or whatever you want)
    2) in wp panel go to settings > reading > Reading Settings >
    Front page displays > choose “A static page (select below)” > then under “posts page” select that same blank page, ie “blog”
    3)go to Appearance > Menus > select the blank page “blog” to add to the menu. You can give it another name on the menu – ie My Blog. Save the menu.

    Now when you click on whatever you called it, ie “my blog”, you will see all your latest posts!

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