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Ok I missed Ronchicago’s post. And it seems that will work. The whole linking the perma-link manually. Seems there would be a automated way to do this. But it is what it is.

thanks whooami….

ALso from one of the links posted above it seems part of my journey is not possible

Pages cannot be associated with Categories and cannot be assigned Tags. The organizational structure for Pages comes only from their hierarchical interrelationships, and not from Tags or Categories.

Thats from the Pages link posted above. Which now confuses me more. So I have a “About Us” section and a static home page (not controlled by WP). I need a section for press releases that I can write posts to as press releases come out. By definition, those press releases would be posts. But I need those only accessible from the About Us page as a sub nav almost. So I would imagine making a sub page off of the About Us page would satisfy the need for the navigation element. But how does one associate posts with only a certain section seems to be beyond me. It is possible right?

btw I just ordered the “WordPress for dummies” book. Is that any good? Will it help me with 2.7?

OK thanks folks for the push in the right direction. I think I am understanding a bit better. Now I think it is a matter of bending WP to do what I need it to. For example: In my example I have the “About Us” page. This page needs to have a sub nav item/section called “Press Releases”. I have created the category and placed a few sample press releases there so that is working to some degree. But I only want to see that category when I am on the about us page. So in a sense it will act like a sub nav item. Which is why my gut said to make a actual sub page and parent it to the “About Us” page. It showed up correctly in the nav/pages list. But I understand the categories thing and why it was suggested. But how do I get the category to only show up on the pages I need them to? I know very little PHP but it seems this should be a easy thing to do.

Sorry for all the noob questions but I am just starting out with WP. All help greatly appreciated.

Ok so if I understand correctly. Let say I have a Page called “About Us”. Then nested in that I have a Page called “Press Releases”. About us is a Page that does not change much so the editting of that is okay and straightforward. So on the Press Release Page. I make a category called “Press” (for example). Then I make posts and assign them the category “Press”. Now how do I associate that the category “Press” to only show up on the “Press Release” Page. I am sorry, I just forcing my self to make sure I am understanding.

I really do appreciate the help.

Found info on “amember”…Looks awesome. If WP can do the subnav thing. I think we have a winner.

Thanks. as for #1 so in WP pages can have subpages which in turn will have a nav under teh main nav? I guess that is more my question using WP terms.

This is a good example of the nav structure and tabs I am referring to. I have not seen this done with WP.
https://www.weswapbooks.com/uk/

#2 amember plugs into WP? I will search for that term now.