I’ve finished tweaking my “front/home” page, which used to be the “contents” page, now renamed “page” properly. Fourteen pages are now linked on the front page. Linking the “page” to itself as the fifteenth page doesn’t make sense. There are currently fifteen (15) static pages.
I had to shorten each sentence of the main links to fit the narrow width of certain WordPress.com themes, which I keep switching. I found that I needed both templates for Archives and Links. That frees up the bottom/side bar from clutter. Plus I can “track” through my blog stats if these pages are being viewed.
All the extra pages are now grand/children of the About page. The other parent pages are found as part of the main menu: POSTS, PAGES, LINKS, and ARCHIVES, which are capitalized, just to differentiate them from the About page.
There are currently seven widgets in the sidebar. I’ve gotten tired of reading through all the links and decided to reduce the clutter to a more manageable size. Plus it much easier to read, too. My motto: “Simple is better. Bigger is not better.”