Title: Theme not functioning properly
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Theme not functioning properly

 *  Resolved [modith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/modith/)
 * (@modith)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-not-functioning-properly-1/)
 * Hi,
 * I’ve looked through the threads here, but I still can’t figure out how to make
   the demo page of Sela match my site: [http://postcardsfromablonde.com/](http://postcardsfromablonde.com/)
 * I want the homepage to be a static (dynamic) page featuring a large photo with
   three to five (3-5) most recent posts underneath and the social media menu to
   either be featured in the bottom gray footer as in the demo or following the 
   curser along the lefthand side.
 * Then, I want my posts page “Journal” to be a grid page such as featured in the
   demo here:[https://selademo.wordpress.com/page-templates/grid-page/](https://selademo.wordpress.com/page-templates/grid-page/).
 * I’m really new to WordPress and any html/coding. I basically don’t know anything,
   but I’ve been reading around and trying every suggestion.
 * Any help is really appreciated.
 * Thank you!

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 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-not-functioning-properly-1/#post-6742047)
 * Hi modith, looks like you’re on your way.
 * The Sela demo does not display the most recent posts, but you can accomplish 
   that using a widget, which I see you’ve already done.
 * If you’d like to get a social media icons menu displaying at the bottom footer
   like on the demo, here’s how to set it up:
    [https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/social-links-menu/](https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/social-links-menu/)
 * > Then, I want my posts page “Journal” to be a grid page such as featured in 
   > the demo here: [https://selademo.wordpress.com/page-templates/grid-page/](https://selademo.wordpress.com/page-templates/grid-page/).
 * The three pages on the demo are being displayed using three text widgets, one
   each in the First, Second, and Third Front Page Widget areas. Here’s an example
   of the HTML:
    [https://cloudup.com/cUloX3zGcL0](https://cloudup.com/cUloX3zGcL0)
 * Let me know how it goes.
 *  Thread Starter [modith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/modith/)
 * (@modith)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-not-functioning-properly-1/#post-6742057)
 * Thank you, Kathryn.
 * Yes, that helped a lot, but I still can’t get my category pages to display the
   child page in grid format. I don’t think I can apply widgets to those pages. 
   Do I need to set them up as a landing page or something? If so, can you point
   me in the right direction? Or is it as simple as changing a setting on my posts?
 * I’d like it to look like this: [https://selademo.wordpress.com/page-templates/grid-page/](https://selademo.wordpress.com/page-templates/grid-page/)
 * but instead it looks like this: [http://postcardsfromablonde.ipage.com/category/ireland/](http://postcardsfromablonde.ipage.com/category/ireland/)
   
   and [http://postcardsfromablonde.com/journal/](http://postcardsfromablonde.com/journal/)
 * Thanks again!
 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-not-functioning-properly-1/#post-6742094)
 * > I still can’t get my category pages to display the child page in grid format
 * That’s not how this theme is designed – there isn’t a simple way to display the
   category in a grid.
 * The grid page template is designed only for static pages, not post archives.
 *  Thread Starter [modith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/modith/)
 * (@modith)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-not-functioning-properly-1/#post-6742182)
 * Thank you, Kathryn. You’ve been very helpful.
 *  Moderator [Kathryn Presner](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zoonini/)
 * (@zoonini)
 * [10 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/theme-not-functioning-properly-1/#post-6742184)
 * You’re very welcome.

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