Class 6 – Create a Menu Bar

Watch the following Video:

(1) Connect your Home page to the menu bar, make sure to click on “Save Menu”

(2) Click on “Custom Link”

  • At the URL location, type in your WordPress site’s web address
  • At the end of the address, add “admin” after “/”
  • In the Link field type in “ADMIN”
  • Click Add to Menu
  • make sure to click on “Save Menu“

(3) open a new browser, and type in your WordPress site’s web address

  • click on each of the menu links to see what happens.

(4) go back to the Appearance – Menu dashboard

  • Click on “Categories“
  • Click on “View All”
  • Check Mark on all the boxes
  • Click Add to Menu
  • make sure to click on “Save Menu“

 

You can move the menu items around by pickup and drop.  this will re-arrange your menu items.  Give this a try.

You can also make sub-menus (drop down menu) by moving an menu item to the right/below another item.  Give this a try.

(5) we are now going to set your Home page as the Front Page of your wordpress site.

  • go to Settings – Reading
  • under static front page – select your Home page