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For the NUTR360 Brochure assignment, there are a couple of steps that you will need to complete (if you haven’t already) in order to get your six sections of your brochure grouped together.

First, you will need to learn how to create a category and assign those categories to a post. By creating a separate category for your brochure this will allow you to sort your brochure posts by simply clicking on that category.

Creating Categories

Categories will allow you to curate your posts into different sections of your research topic. In this case, they will be used to allow you to sort your brochure posts.

To begin creating a category, navigate to your Dashboard again. Once there, in the left hand column, hover your cursor over Posts and select Categories from the slide-out menu.

post categories

In the Name box, enter the name of the Category you’d like to create. For instance, this could be “Brochure.”

category add

You may leave the Slug box empty, as Sites will fill that in for you.

The Parent box is used for if you want to create a sub-category, so we will leave that alone for now. You can also leave the description field empty.

Once your category is named, simply click on the blue Add New Category button.

add new category

Your category will now be displayed over in the box on the right-hand side of the screen.

category listing

Adding a Category to a Post

Now that you have some categories made, the next step is to assign one to your posts. To do this, either create a new post, or edit a post that you’ve already created.

Once on the post page, look to the right-hand side of the page to find a box that says Categories. Here you should see all of the categories that you’ve made.

post page category

There will also be an Uncategorized option that will be selected by default, so click the checkbox to the left of it to deselect it.

CUCategorybox

Now, all you have to do is click the checkboxes next to each category that you would like to assign to your post. In this case you will choose the Brochure category, or whatever you chose to name it. A post can be assigned multiple categories.

Once you’ve assigned a category, publish or update your post by clicking the blue Publish or Update button located in the Publish box on the right-hand side of the page.

Sorting Your Brochure

To sort your posts into a brochure layout, you will need to set up your site menu. This is done by setting menus to pull in specific categories that you have created.

To get started, go to Appearance on the left hand navigation of your dashboard and select Menus.

appearance menus

You will see a box to enter your menu name. Type in Primary Nav to create the navigation for the top of your page. Click the blue create menu button.

primary nav

Once the menu is created, you will see Menu Settings appear, select the checkbox next to Primary Navigation Menu and then click the blue save menu button.

save menu

The next step is to define the categories that will be listed on your navigation.

Click on Categories to the left of the Menu option box. Then click on the tab that says View All to see the categories that you’ve created.

category section
view all categories

To add the categories to the navigation menu, checkmark the ones you want to add then click Add to Menu. For now, you can just focus on adding your Brochure category, whatever it may be titled.

add category to menu

You will now see the categories added to the menu structure. You can re-order your categories by clicking and dragging to arrange them in the order you want.

save menu

When you have added all of the categories you need, click on Save Menu. You can come back and edit your categories at any time.

Viewing Your Brochure

Now that you’ve assigned your Brochure category to the appropriate posts, it’s time to view your work.

To do this, simply go to your site’s home page and click on the hamburger menu in the upper right hand corner.

menu icon

This will then sort your brochure-specific posts into a single page that will act as your brochure. The posts are sorted chronologically, so that may effect the order in which they appear. It will look almost exactly like your homepage, but only include the posts for your brochure.

If you’d like to change the order, you will need to edit the date or time that they were published.

Editing the Published Time/Date

To edit when your post was published, go back to your Dashboard and navigate to Posts > All Posts on the lefthand sidebar.

all posts

You will now see a list of all your posts. Find the one that you would like to edit and click on it’s title. You will then see the familiar post editing page.

In the right hand corner, you will see the publish box. In that box is a Published on: section, where it will tell you the date and time it was published.

publish option

However, this can be edited by clicking on Edit right underneath that section. You can now change the date and time. Click OK to save it.

publish date

Now that the time is changed, simply update your post by clicking the Update button. By changing the date and time, you can control which order your posts appear for your brochure.