BLOGGER help

Hi. I have a blog using Blogger.com
I am looking to modify a few things. I feel like this should be easy, but I just can't figure it out for the life of me.

What I am trying to do is get my 'home' section to have clips of each of my blog posts, (instead of the entire post) then when they click on the excerpt it will take them to the full blog posting. .
I also want to add pages on the top to distinguish my different posts so have like sections for 'yoga', 'recipes', 'DIY' etc. . I have the pages made, (not published) but I don't know how to get the 'home' content to link to the page it will be on. . .

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Namaste.

loveofasparrow.com

i suggest move to a paid host for help. I recommend www.mxhub.com . They can help secure your blog as well.

Thanks.
I don't have the money to have a paid host. I am just getting comfortable with blogger so i should keep that for now. but when i am ready to move to the upgrade i will keep that in mind. thanks again.

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