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As you've no doubt noticed by now, every time you create a post, it shows up in the center of your blog space. That might be okay with you, especially if you've set your blog to accept a large number of posts, but if you want to simplify your layout--and the navigation--consider setting your blog to accept only one post (go to "Customize," then "Settings," then "Formatting"--then set the "Show" number to one post), and then create and link to separate pages in your blog (as I've done with our "Agenda" and "Writing Prompt" and "Links" lists in this blog).
- Click on the "New Post" option located in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.
- Title your post. Put something--anything--in the post body.
- Once you have completed your post, click on the orange "PUBLISH POST" button at the bottom left of the screen. (You can always go back to revise your post--even after you publish it.)
- Select "View Blog," and click on the title of your post that should appear front and center on your blog's homepage (okay, topish left).
- Once you arrive at the page you just posted, right click once in the browser's address line, and from the resultant pop-up menu, select "Copy."
- To place the link, go to "Customize," and edit one of the links page elements you have already created, or create a new links section by clicking on the "Adding a Page Element" links and adding "Links List." Title your Links List (Assignments, Essays, Problem Sets--whatever you need), paste the URL you copied in step five, and title the "New Site Name" (Assignment #425, Persuasive Essay, Calculating Sine Problem Set, etc.). Click on the orange "Save Changes" button, and then view your blog to see what you've created. Note: you can also link to another website (blog, image, video feed, etc.) by starting again at step six and pasting that link into the URL space.
- Don't forget to create a new post to displace the post you created in order to make your new page.
