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WordPressincludesa handytoolforbuildingmenusthatyoursite’svisitorscanusetonavigate their way

aroundyoursite.It’sgreatformakinglistsofoptionsandcanalsocreatedrop-downmenus

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In thesidebar,clickAppearance,

thenMenus.^1 Choosethemenu

youwanttoworkwithfromthe‘Select

a menutoedit’box^2 andeitherclick

Select^3 or‘createa newmenu’.^4

Thelatterletsyoustartfromscratch–

justgiveyourmenua nameandclick

CreateMenu.^5

2

Openthevariousheadingsin the

columnonthelefttoviewthePages,

Posts,CategoriesandTagsyoucanadd

toyourmenu.^1 Ticktheboxestoadd

options,^2 thenclickthe‘AddtoMenu’

button.^3 Theoptionsappearin thelist

ontheright.^4

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Onceyou have a list of options

you’rehappy with, you can drag

anddropto rearrange them. To turn a

menuoption into a drop-down, drag

theitemyou want in the menu below

theheading,thendragit totheright.

Waitfortheindenteddottedboxto

appear^1 before dropping it. Click Save

Menu.^2

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Web-building Helpdesk

Q

How do I get search engines to

list my websites? I have two

sites hosted on Google Sites

and I have verified both, but only one of

them appears in search results.

John,viaemail

A

You’d think that Google would be

able to see sites hosted on its own

servers but apparently this is not

the case. The best option is to create a link

to the unlisted site on the homepage of the

the listed site. We see you’ve already done

that but the link you’ve used is a bit odd –

presumably,

created by

Google Sites

• and redirects
  from somewhere
  else. Manually
  update it to
  ensure it links
  straight to your
  unlisted site. Google should then do the rest.
  Andy Shaw, Technical & Reviews Editor

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