Sorry, not publishing the page had problems with some browsers. After some in depth testing, here is solution seems to work consistently ;-):

1. Publish the page in WordPress.

2. Use the ID generated in step1 in the menu item href wherever it is(for example, href=”http://noname/?
page_id=19″). It is in Header.php in my case.

3. Excluding page 19 from the menu bar after the page is published by using exclude parameter
TAG ?php wp_list_pages(’title_li= &exclude=19′); ? TAG

Thanks for everything, I will be back soon.

Thanks for showing me how to navigate in WordPress, which is still very new to me.

Uh, I’ve just figured out the problem and I am so happy that it’s working now :-).

In a default theme, in order to load a page linked to a mouse over menu item or any menu item, here are the steps:

1. Create a page and save it. Do not publish it because it will create an extra menu item(which is not what I want). (login to WordPress, go to Manage->Pages).

2. Place the page id NUMBER that was created in step 1 in the desired URL path for the Mouse Over menu item. For example:

Mytest

I’d recommend looking for a theme you like rather than doing a static front with a call to show recent posts. That can be done for sure, but it’s advanced! More than I could explain here. Also, if I knew something of what you were planning to do, maybe I could help better that way. You have to settle sometimes between what you envision and what is possible. Keep me posted on the codex and one of these days, gimme your link ;) I’ll promise to keep it under wraps!!!

codex.wordpress.org/wp_list_pages
Thanks, Damien.

Thanks very much for the detailed info and instructions, which had me created a HTML page with the default theme in it. I’ve just begun to learn PHP, CSS and HTML :-). My other programming lanugage skills may make my learning easier here.

Here are my additional questions and goals:

1. After selecting the new page as a static page in the Front page field, my latest posts can No longer be picked in the Front page displays, have I understood it correctly?

2. By the Theme default, there is a new menu item created along with the newly created page. Instead of creating the new menu item “mytest”, I’d prefer the new page being invoked whenever one clicks on the “MYTEST” popup menu items. (I’ll also try the WordPress Forums)