Could someone help me with pages please?

@danmtl

Dont setup your sections as pages. pages are static

Set them up as categories, those are dynamic and will include any posts you make that are assigned to the same category

so Photos/Videos should be a category not a page

How about just using categories?

in this case, how would i set up my blog to have the same look and feel as the one i have right now, but with my tabs at the top being different categories?

danmtl: That really depends on how your theme is making those tabs at the top of the page. It may be as simple as replacing a call to wp_list_pages with a call to wp_list_categories. But without knowing what your theme is already doing, there’s no easy way to tell you how to change it.

this works… im almost there! at this point, is it possible for me to set up my blog so that i can input a new entry and it wont appear in the main section called home but only in the categories called videos for instance?
also, is it possible to have both pages AND categories appear in my top venue? right now i just did as you suggested and changed wp_list_pages with a call to wp_list_categories but is it possible to have both?

thank you so much for all your help.

Yes, it is possible to have your categories and pages show up in tabs or sidebars or whereever. What you will need to do is learn php and edit the templates. Start in the codex with Intro to templates, template tags or the loop.

The code I use is something like this:

<h3><?php _e('Gluten Free Subjects:') ?></h3>
<ul>
<?php wp_list_pages('title_li=&sort_column=post_title&include=40&depth=1'); ?>
<?php wp_list_categories('title_li=&include=20,118&hide_empty=0');?>
				</ul>

– placed in my sidebar template.

And to have your home page NOT display the current posts, set it up as a static page – in admin>>options>>reading. Start there. And then you’ll need to read the codex LOTS, and design the category templates the way you want…

I was able to have both categories and pages in my tabs.
I guess i shouldn’t of asked here as i just fooled around a bit until i got it. But thank you for the help.

This still leaves me for my second problem which sorta brings up a new one.

my site is now designed the following way.
HOME (which is basically my news section)
VIDEOS (a categorie)
INTERVIEWS (another categorie)

I want to be able to post entries in my main blog which is entitled HOME in my bar, but it makes me choose a category, and I dont want a home and a news category.
I would also like to post entries in my video categorie that will not appear in my main (home) section and same for interviews. I want to force my viewers to click on the interviews category to see interviews and not just have them view them in my “home” feed.