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Hi, I am starting to correct my initial mistakes when originally setting up my site and I have some pages that are named under the keyword name. It would make sense to have (fo
Yes, if I'm understanding you correctly, your train of thought is right. You should put them into your menu in (folders) this will make it look more professional and easy to navigate.
Wishing you all of the best!
~Madelaine
Thank you. Any ideas on how I can change my existing pages (named as keywords) to more of a folder type name? Would I copy the content into a post then rename the page, but then what do I put on the page? Clearly I am a little confused eh?
Keep your pages titled as they are.
Created a new page and title it as your folder name that you want on your main menu. On that page, explain what that subject is about. NOW To get that "folder" to show up at the top of your menu:
1) Go to the editor and click on appearance-menu
2) Click on main menu.
3) Select the new "folder" you made and add it to menu.
From there you can drag existing pages beneath the folder in the editor, but make sure to put it a little off to the right side. I added a picture of what it will look like below
If you don't want the drop down menu, then let me explain an example. My website is for new Christians, so I have a folder where I tell the major bible stories. I don't have a drop down menu for every single story. I just leave a link to follow! I also included a picture of that so you know what I mean
My website is https://yourbasicbible Just in case you wanted to look at my website and see exactly how mine is set up
That's a lot of information so let me know if you need more help, or if you need me to explain something!
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Pages vs posts, keywords on posts only?
Hi, I am starting to correct my initial mistakes when originally setting up my site and I have some pages that are named under the keyword name. It would make sense to have (fo
website with the frontpage as a blog posting page. I am trying to link the posts to pages that (so to speak) oversee the topics? does that ake sene?
Well kinda, but if you us the post that is what's going to come up first. Is that what the issue is?
Well sort of. In going through everyones answers and fiddling about myself I think I have fixed the issues. I say issue/s because I firstly changed the name of some posts to the relevant page name leaving the url intact, which has then put the (previous post) as a page which I can use in my menu setup. From there I am starting to write posts with corresponding categories, from here I can start fine tuning my sidebars by category. As the keywords come up that I write about I can now write as a page to start a new content header or add as a post to an existing (header). In my mind this is making sense, what are your thoughts? my site is usbonlineforyou.com
Thank you for your comments so far also.
Yes, if I'm understanding you correctly, your train of thought is right. You should put them into your menu in (folders) this will make it look more professional and easy to navigate.
Wishing you all of the best!
~Madelaine
Thank you. Any ideas on how I can change my existing pages (named as keywords) to more of a folder type name? Would I copy the content into a post then rename the page, but then what do I put on the page? Clearly I am a little confused eh?
Keep your pages titled as they are.
Created a new page and title it as your folder name that you want on your main menu. On that page, explain what that subject is about. NOW To get that "folder" to show up at the top of your menu:
1) Go to the editor and click on appearance-menu
2) Click on main menu.
3) Select the new "folder" you made and add it to menu.
From there you can drag existing pages beneath the folder in the editor, but make sure to put it a little off to the right side. I added a picture of what it will look like below
If you don't want the drop down menu, then let me explain an example. My website is for new Christians, so I have a folder where I tell the major bible stories. I don't have a drop down menu for every single story. I just leave a link to follow! I also included a picture of that so you know what I mean
My website is https://yourbasicbible Just in case you wanted to look at my website and see exactly how mine is set up
That's a lot of information so let me know if you need more help, or if you need me to explain something!
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Hi, I have structured my site and received feedback and am happy with the layour, structure etc. but the images I have included, I am told are a little blurry. These are images
The simplest solution will be to find higher quality images. Editing low quality images takes time, compressing them with a plugin won't make them higher quality. There are so many resources on images within WA, you'll find something you like! Image + Picture Resources + search "images" in WA and more will turn up.
I did check out site and I do agree with you Anna images. Now now when you what's up man did you resizing at all? And you have the originals saving your computer?
Hi, image optimizing plugins won't change anything in your image, they only compress the image into a smaller file size.
Are you trying to change the background color in some of your images and adding layers to others by taking parts from different images? If so, you will need a good graphic imaging tool.
Below is example of one of your images I've cleaned up using gimp.
Thank you for that info. Where can i download gimp from? Are there other software i can use or is gimp recommended please. I agree the program certainly cleaned up that image.
Hi, Gimp (Graphic Image Manipulation Program) is the nearest you'll get to Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, etc, although it does have quite a steep learning curve but well worth the effort. It may not have quite the same range but, unless you are a professional graphic designer, it has everything you need. And it's free!
There are many other free graphic imaging tools you may find useful:
Paint.net
Active Pixels
PaintStar
Artweaver
PhotoPos Lite
are just a few of free programs you can find on the net, but they do take time to master.
You may find Canva a better option. As I have not used it personally, I can't vouch for it, but I believe it it is relatively easy to use. Hope this helps.
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My images are very unprofessional?
Hi, I have structured my site and received feedback and am happy with the layour, structure etc. but the images I have included, I am told are a little blurry. These are images
The simplest solution will be to find higher quality images. Editing low quality images takes time, compressing them with a plugin won't make them higher quality. There are so many resources on images within WA, you'll find something you like! Image + Picture Resources + search "images" in WA and more will turn up.
I did check out site and I do agree with you Anna images. Now now when you what's up man did you resizing at all? And you have the originals saving your computer?
Hi, image optimizing plugins won't change anything in your image, they only compress the image into a smaller file size.
Are you trying to change the background color in some of your images and adding layers to others by taking parts from different images? If so, you will need a good graphic imaging tool.
Below is example of one of your images I've cleaned up using gimp.
Thank you for that info. Where can i download gimp from? Are there other software i can use or is gimp recommended please. I agree the program certainly cleaned up that image.
Hi, Gimp (Graphic Image Manipulation Program) is the nearest you'll get to Adobe Photoshop, Dreamweaver, etc, although it does have quite a steep learning curve but well worth the effort. It may not have quite the same range but, unless you are a professional graphic designer, it has everything you need. And it's free!
There are many other free graphic imaging tools you may find useful:
Paint.net
Active Pixels
PaintStar
Artweaver
PhotoPos Lite
are just a few of free programs you can find on the net, but they do take time to master.
You may find Canva a better option. As I have not used it personally, I can't vouch for it, but I believe it it is relatively easy to use. Hope this helps.
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Hi, a few days ago I was having issues with asking for site comments, at that stage I had 3 + 1 points acrued. I raised a support ticket, as of yesterday I managed to ask for
Your best bet is to earn another credit, sometimes a comment might not be approved or you can make an error and hit the wrong button, I have done that several times ,hitting earn 1 credit instead of the submit button; sometimes after spending about half an hour reading content. Good Luck.
Site comments issues, I lost a point but get no feedback?
Hi, a few days ago I was having issues with asking for site comments, at that stage I had 3 + 1 points acrued. I raised a support ticket, as of yesterday I managed to ask for
Your best bet is to earn another credit, sometimes a comment might not be approved or you can make an error and hit the wrong button, I have done that several times ,hitting earn 1 credit instead of the submit button; sometimes after spending about half an hour reading content. Good Luck.
Hi, I have made a .doc, .pdf and txt file to temp budding commentors to comment when viewing my site. At this stage I don't want to capture emails (I know everyone says the mon
You can place PDF or DOC files on a hidden page on your site with this: Creating A Downloadable File Link On Your Website Does that answer your question?
Hi Nathaniell, Thanks for the info' I will play around with this for a while. This definately allows a visitor to download stuff from my page but I was hoping (as in an aweber style setup where an email is asked for) for a capture scenario, a similar style "care to comment, I offer a gift if you would like to" sort of idea.
I am figuring that will prompt (If I can work it out) more comments and thus more indexing and more traffic?
Anyway it's an idea
Thanks so far
Danny
Oh, I thought you didn't want to capture emails. There are many email capture services that can do this. Optin Monster is one that I use that may have this feature (not sure). I think Thrive has a feature that does something like this too.
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Gifting a prospective commenter without getting email?
Hi, I have made a .doc, .pdf and txt file to temp budding commentors to comment when viewing my site. At this stage I don't want to capture emails (I know everyone says the mon
You can place PDF or DOC files on a hidden page on your site with this: Creating A Downloadable File Link On Your Website Does that answer your question?
Hi Nathaniell, Thanks for the info' I will play around with this for a while. This definately allows a visitor to download stuff from my page but I was hoping (as in an aweber style setup where an email is asked for) for a capture scenario, a similar style "care to comment, I offer a gift if you would like to" sort of idea.
I am figuring that will prompt (If I can work it out) more comments and thus more indexing and more traffic?
Anyway it's an idea
Thanks so far
Danny
Oh, I thought you didn't want to capture emails. There are many email capture services that can do this. Optin Monster is one that I use that may have this feature (not sure). I think Thrive has a feature that does something like this too.
See more comments
Are you talking your website? Or blogging?
website with the frontpage as a blog posting page. I am trying to link the posts to pages that (so to speak) oversee the topics? does that ake sene?
Well kinda, but if you us the post that is what's going to come up first. Is that what the issue is?
Well sort of. In going through everyones answers and fiddling about myself I think I have fixed the issues. I say issue/s because I firstly changed the name of some posts to the relevant page name leaving the url intact, which has then put the (previous post) as a page which I can use in my menu setup. From there I am starting to write posts with corresponding categories, from here I can start fine tuning my sidebars by category. As the keywords come up that I write about I can now write as a page to start a new content header or add as a post to an existing (header). In my mind this is making sense, what are your thoughts? my site is usbonlineforyou.com
Thank you for your comments so far also.
Not sure that can be done. Or at least don't know sorry. Donna did you search it.