Can you put Posts onto Pages in Blogger?
The standard, but unsatisfactory, answer is
"Sorry, that's not how Blogger works. So called "static" pages in Blogger are meant to be used for reference information that doesn't change often, which you don't want to be part of your regular post-feed, but which you do want users to have easy access to."
Basically, this is part of the difference between post and pages.
Luckily it's easy to set up your blog so that it looks like your posts are on different pages [tweet this],
.... even though you and I know that this isn't how Blogger works.
The only aspect that some people don't like is that their posts all show up on the "home page" was well as the topic pages, but even this can be worked around, at least sometimes.
Follow these steps:
1 Categorise your posts by adding Labels to them.
2 Make a "pages look alike" menu bar:
There are (at least) are three ways of doing this - choose which ever one suits your blog best:
a) With a Labels Gadget:
Use the usual add-a-gadget approach to put a Labels gadget into the spot where you would put the Pages gadget if you wanted to make a horizontal menu bar with it.
If your blog has some Labels that you don't want to have "pages" for, then set it to show only some of your Labels:
b) With a Linked-list gadget:
Use the usual add-a-gadget approach to put a Link-list gadget where you would put the Pages gadget if you wanted to make a horizontal menu bar with it.
Add a link to the list for each Label that you want a "page" for. The HTML to use for each Label value is
http://YOUR-BLOGS-URL/search/label/THE-LABEL-NAME
You can also add other items (eg individual Posts, or even Bllogger's static "pages" if you really must have them - see why I don't like them!) - see the menu bar at the top of this site for an example of this.
c) With a Pages gadget:
Use the usual add-a-gadget approach to put a Pages gadget into the menu bar area.
Use Label-links described above the Linked-list gadget option, as website links to add to your Pages gadget.
3 If you don't want all posts to appear on the "home page" was well as the topic pages, set your home page to show zero posts, by setting "Number of posts on main page:" = 0 on:
Post-Sept-2011-Blogger (aka the new interface) Layout > Blog Posts (edit),
Pre-Sept-2011-Blogger (aka the new interface) Design > Page Elements > Blog Posts (edit)
Alternatively, you could use a technique similar to Showing a Gadget only on the Home Page to not show the Blog Posts gadget on the home page. the condition to use is != instead of ==) If you do try this, then I strongly recommend that you consider the various options for giving your blog a home page, and make sure you accept the disadvantages of editing your template.
Job Done
Don't forget to test your blog, to make sure that the menu bar is working how you expect it to and that it looks OK, in all the browsers that your readers are actually using.
I'm keen to hear if this approach works for you.
- It is a "good enough" alternative to "real pages"?
- Are there any other side-effects of using Labels to "pretend" to be web-page titles?
Related Articles:
Using Labels to group your Blogger Posts
Adding external and internal URLs to your pages-gadget / menu bar
Giving your blog a home page
The difference between posts and pages
Showing a Gadget only on the Home Page
