Title: most basic navigation
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# most basic navigation

 *  [THUFIR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thufir/)
 * (@thufir)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/most-basic-navigation/)
 * I’m reading the “Absolute Beginners Guide to WordPress”, 2014, by Tris Hussey.
 * In the meantime, I cannot find the terminology for navigation with the menu. 
   What are the items in the menu called and how are specific items in the menu 
   linked to pages?
 * For example, the menu looks like:
 * home menu1 menu2 menu3
 * In a horizontal banner. How do I link menu1 to an actual page?

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 *  [kmessinger](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kmessinger/)
 * (@kmessinger)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/most-basic-navigation/#post-5453972)
 * If you go to settings, appearance, menus and play around a bit you will figure
   it out.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Menu_User_Guide](http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Menu_User_Guide)
 *  Thread Starter [THUFIR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thufir/)
 * (@thufir)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/most-basic-navigation/#post-5454007)
 * thank you kmessinger. How do I wire a specific page to a menu item?
 *  [Jac Fatale](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jac-fatale/)
 * (@jac-fatale)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/most-basic-navigation/#post-5454020)
 * When you are under settings, appearance, menus on your left hand side you will
   see a box with Tabs that say Pages, Catagories etc. Be sure to click view all,
   select the pages you want on your menu and click add to menu.
 * They will be added to the bottom of the list in the main field and now you can
   drag them to where you want them in your display.
 * If you slide them up/down the appear sooner/later in your navigation bar.
    If
   you slide them right/left they become either a top, sub or sub sub link.
 * Hope that helps
 *  Thread Starter [THUFIR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thufir/)
 * (@thufir)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/most-basic-navigation/#post-5454047)
 * thanks. I’m also looking at
 *  [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-add-pages-in-navigation-bar-in-magazine-basic-theme?replies=9](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-add-pages-in-navigation-bar-in-magazine-basic-theme?replies=9)
 * and I’ll go through your directions carefully.
 *  Thread Starter [THUFIR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thufir/)
 * (@thufir)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/most-basic-navigation/#post-5454049)
 * ok, when I bulk edited the pages, and marked them as published, then I was able
   to add the pages.

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