How make category page act like a blog

  • Resolved jaredhump

    (@jaredhump)


    15 years, 9 months ago

    I wanted to be able to “blog” to another page other than the home page. I found the easiest way to do this was to create a category, exclude it from the main page, and make it directly link through one of my headers.

    I was able to change the new category page to display the full content. Now I am struggling with getting this new page to look like my main blog.

    Please see https://www.jaredhumphrey.com. That is the main blog. The new “blog” I set up for categories is located at the Running link. Notice how the Running page displays that same title below, followed by several page breaks. I guess what I’m really saying is I want to edit out the page name ‘Running’ from displaying and get rid of the page breaks so the posts are at the top.

    Any help is appreciated!

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  • Why not just use this technique: How can I have a static front page and posts display on a page called Blog?

    You will also want to understand the WordPress Hierarchy.

    Thread Starter jaredhump

    (@jaredhump)

    Thanks for the quick response MichaelH.

    The only thing with having a static front page and a separate blog page is that I can’t post to both, at least that’s the way I understand it. I just wanted to be able to keep my running posts separate so they wouldn’t clog up so much space but still be able to “post” to that category so it shows up on my new page, only filtered to that category.

    That’s they way I came across the most when I looked into blogging on multiple pages.

    Look in your category.php file (or if you’ve set up a specific template for it, the category-x.php file, where “x” is the category ID), for something along the lines of this:

    <?php single_cat_title(); ?>

    It should be easy to see what you need to cut from the template.

    HTH.

    Thread Starter jaredhump

    (@jaredhump)

    Thanks jonimueller! I removed a couple lines, added a page break, and poof, just how I imagined!

    I see this thread has been resolved, but I have the exact same question and don’t know much about wordpress. Basically, I don’t understand the process described above, but I would really like to set up one of my pages as a “page of posts.”

    Like Jared, I don’t want a static front page. I want to have the regular blog homepage, and then a separate page where I can write posts from time to time.

    I would really appreciate it if someone could give me some basic instructions about how to get this working! Thanks.

    @thejestingfool: you really should open a new thread and repost your question.

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