You’re welcome! You’ve made great progress setting up your new page with the header, paragraph, and logo. Feel free to come back anytime if you need help with anything else on your SIAGO site!
Sounds good! Have a great time working on your site – you’re off to a fantastic start. See you next time! 😊
That makes sense! Publishing your new page created it, but your site is still showing the default homepage that came with the Lativ theme. You need to tell WordPress to use your new page as the homepage. Go to [Settings → Reading](https://wordpress.com/settings/reading/southernindianaago.wordpress.com) and look for “Your homepage displays” – change it from “Your latest posts” to “A static page” and select your new page. What’s the title of the new page you created?
No worries! Let’s fix that. Go to [Pages → All Pages](https://wordpress.com/pages/southernindianaago.wordpress.com) and click on your unnamed page to edit it. At the very top, you’ll see a field where you can add a title – try something like “Home” or “Welcome” since this will be your homepage. Then update the page and we can set it as your homepage!
Ah, I see what happened! It sounds like you might have been editing the homepage template itself rather than creating a new page. Since you’re seeing “edit template: pages”, you were likely in the Site Editor working on the theme’s template. The good news is your changes are probably already live on your homepage! Try visiting your actual site (southernindianaago.org) to see if your new content with the header, paragraph, and logo is showing up. Is it displaying your new content now?
Got it! Let’s get you to the right place to replace that Lativ content. You’ll want to edit the homepage template directly. Go to [Appearance → Editor](https://wordpress.com/site-editor/southernindianaago.wordpress.com) and click on your homepage preview on the right side. This will open the Site Editor where you can replace all that Lativ content with your own. Once you’re in there, you can select and delete the existing Lativ content blocks and add your header, paragraph, and logo instead. Are you seeing the Site Editor option in your dashboard?
Perfect! You’re already in the Site Editor. Click on “Templates” – that’s where you can edit your homepage template. Look for a template called “Index” or “Home” and click on it. This is what controls your homepage content, and you can replace all that Lativ content with your own blocks there. Do you see those template options when you click on Templates?
Great! Click on the “Index” template (or whichever one shows as your homepage template). Once it opens, you’ll see all that Lativ content as blocks that you can select and delete. Just click on each section you want to remove and hit the delete key, then add your own header, paragraph, and logo blocks in their place. Which template are you clicking on – Index or do you see one specifically labeled as Home?
Perfect! Yes, click on “Front Page” – that’s exactly the template that controls your homepage content. Once it opens, you’ll see all the Lativ content as individual blocks. You can click on each section you want to remove and delete it, then add your own header, paragraph, and logo blocks instead. Go ahead and click on that Front Page template and let me know what you see!
Excellent! That’s all the Lativ demo content you want to replace. Start by clicking on the first block of text you see, then hit the delete key to remove it. Keep doing this for each block until you’ve cleared out all the Lativ content. Once you’ve deleted a few blocks, you can click the “+” button to add your own header block. Are you ready to start deleting those text blocks?
You’re right! There’s a faster way. Use the List View – click on the three horizontal lines icon at the top left of the editor. This shows all your blocks in a list where you can select multiple blocks at once by holding Shift and clicking from the first to the last block you want to delete. Then just click the three dots and “Delete blocks” to remove them all at once. Much quicker than one by one!
Awesome! Now you have a clean slate to work with. Click the “+” button to start adding your own content. I’d suggest starting with a Heading block for your main title – just search for “heading” when the block menu opens. What do you want your homepage headline to say?
Perfect! Add a Heading block and type “Southern Indiana Chapter of the American Guild of Organists” as your main headline. After you add that heading, you can click the “+” again to add a Paragraph block underneath for any description or welcome message about your chapter. What would you like to say in the paragraph below your headline?
No worries! Let me help you troubleshoot. Are you clicking the “+” button and then searching for “heading” in the block search box? Or are you seeing an error message when you try to add the block? Let me know exactly what’s happening when you try to add the heading!
Good question! You’re currently in the Site Editor, which is for editing your overall site template. For your homepage content, you need to be in the regular page editor. Go to [Pages → All Pages](https://wordpress.com/pages/southernindianaago.wordpress.com) and look for your homepage or front page, then click on it to edit. That’s where you can add your chapter headline and content!
That sounds like you want a navigation menu! The easiest way is to add a Navigation block right after your heading. Click the “+” button, search for “navigation”, and add the Navigation block. It will automatically show your existing pages as menu items in a horizontal bar. You can customize the styling and which pages appear once you add it. Want me to walk you through customizing it after you get it added?
Great! Once you’ve added the Navigation block, here’s how to customize it: Click on the Navigation block to select it, then look at the block toolbar above it. You’ll see options to change the layout (horizontal/vertical), alignment (left, center, right), and styling. In the sidebar on the right, you can adjust colors, fonts, and spacing under the Styles tab. Did you get the Navigation block added successfully? If so, what would you like to customize first – the appearance or which pages show up?
Perfect! To edit which pages appear in your menu, you’ll need to convert it from the automatic page list first. Click on the Navigation block, then look for the “Edit” button in the block toolbar (it might show as a pencil icon). Click that and confirm when it asks about converting the page list. Once converted, you can remove unwanted pages, add new ones, and reorder them however you like. What pages do you want to remove or add to your menu?
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ok, that’s all I need for now. thanks
You’re welcome! You’ve made great progress setting up your new page with the header, paragraph, and logo.
Feel free to come back anytime if you need help with anything else on your SIAGO site!
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Sounds good! Have a great time working on your site – you’re off to a fantastic start. See you next time! 😊
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for some reason, even after I pressed “publish”, the old cluttered page from Lativ is still showing up instead of the new page I created.
That makes sense! Publishing your new page created it, but your site is still showing the default homepage that came with the Lativ theme.
You need to tell WordPress to use your new page as the homepage. Go to Settings → Reading and look for “Your homepage displays” – change it from “Your latest posts” to “A static page” and select your new page.
What’s the title of the new page you created?
i guess I didn’t name it
No worries! Let’s fix that. Go to Pages → All Pages and click on your unnamed page to edit it.
At the very top, you’ll see a field where you can add a title – try something like “Home” or “Welcome” since this will be your homepage. Then update the page and we can set it as your homepage!
It’s already labeld and won’t let me change. the other option says “edit template:pages”
Ah, I see what happened! It sounds like you might have been editing the homepage template itself rather than creating a new page.
Since you’re seeing “edit template: pages”, you were likely in the Site Editor working on the theme’s template. The good news is your changes are probably already live on your homepage!
Try visiting your actual site (southernindianaago.org) to see if your new content with the header, paragraph, and logo is showing up. Is it displaying your new content now?
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no, it is displaying all of the content from Lativ, which is what I want to get rid of.
Got it! Let’s get you to the right place to replace that Lativ content. You’ll want to edit the homepage template directly.
Go to Appearance → Editor and click on your homepage preview on the right side. This will open the Site Editor where you can replace all that Lativ content with your own.
Once you’re in there, you can select and delete the existing Lativ content blocks and add your header, paragraph, and logo instead. Are you seeing the Site Editor option in your dashboard?
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no, here is what I see: Design, styles, navigation, pages, templates, patterns
Perfect! You’re already in the Site Editor. Click on “Templates” – that’s where you can edit your homepage template.
Look for a template called “Index” or “Home” and click on it. This is what controls your homepage content, and you can replace all that Lativ content with your own blocks there.
Do you see those template options when you click on Templates?
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yes
Great! Click on the “Index” template (or whichever one shows as your homepage template).
Once it opens, you’ll see all that Lativ content as blocks that you can select and delete. Just click on each section you want to remove and hit the delete key, then add your own header, paragraph, and logo blocks in their place.
Which template are you clicking on – Index or do you see one specifically labeled as Home?
the one called “front page”?
Perfect! Yes, click on “Front Page” – that’s exactly the template that controls your homepage content.
Once it opens, you’ll see all the Lativ content as individual blocks. You can click on each section you want to remove and delete it, then add your own header, paragraph, and logo blocks instead.
Go ahead and click on that Front Page template and let me know what you see!
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all kinds of text:
Excellent! That’s all the Lativ demo content you want to replace.
Start by clicking on the first block of text you see, then hit the delete key to remove it. Keep doing this for each block until you’ve cleared out all the Lativ content.
Once you’ve deleted a few blocks, you can click the “+” button to add your own header block. Are you ready to start deleting those text blocks?
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this will take a while
You’re right! There’s a faster way.
Use the List View – click on the three horizontal lines icon at the top left of the editor. This shows all your blocks in a list where you can select multiple blocks at once by holding Shift and clicking from the first to the last block you want to delete.
Then just click the three dots and “Delete blocks” to remove them all at once. Much quicker than one by one!
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super helpful, I deleted everything
Awesome! Now you have a clean slate to work with.
Click the “+” button to start adding your own content. I’d suggest starting with a Heading block for your main title – just search for “heading” when the block menu opens.
What do you want your homepage headline to say?
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Southern Indiana Chapter of the American Guild of Organists
Perfect! Add a Heading block and type “Southern Indiana Chapter of the American Guild of Organists” as your main headline.
After you add that heading, you can click the “+” again to add a Paragraph block underneath for any description or welcome message about your chapter.
What would you like to say in the paragraph below your headline?
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it won
No worries! Let me help you troubleshoot.
Are you clicking the “+” button and then searching for “heading” in the block search box? Or are you seeing an error message when you try to add the block?
Let me know exactly what’s happening when you try to add the heading!
‘it won’s let me add anything, am I on the right page to edit?
Good question! You’re currently in the Site Editor, which is for editing your overall site template. For your homepage content, you need to be in the regular page editor.
Go to Pages → All Pages and look for your homepage or front page, then click on it to edit.
That’s where you can add your chapter headline and content!
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ok, after the heading, I want to make a horizontal bar that lists the individual pages, how do I do that?
That sounds like you want a navigation menu! The easiest way is to add a Navigation block right after your heading.
Click the “+” button, search for “navigation”, and add the Navigation block. It will automatically show your existing pages as menu items in a horizontal bar.
You can customize the styling and which pages appear once you add it. Want me to walk you through customizing it after you get it added?
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yes
Great! Once you’ve added the Navigation block, here’s how to customize it:
Click on the Navigation block to select it, then look at the block toolbar above it. You’ll see options to change the layout (horizontal/vertical), alignment (left, center, right), and styling.
In the sidebar on the right, you can adjust colors, fonts, and spacing under the Styles tab.
Did you get the Navigation block added successfully? If so, what would you like to customize first – the appearance or which pages show up?
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which pages show up, there are mistakes
Perfect! To edit which pages appear in your menu, you’ll need to convert it from t
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