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based on memory, i now have access to admin for wordpress HPP ADVISORS' dashboard..
how to make a "Blogs" tab in the main home page

Thought for 13s
You should add the Blog through the site’s main navigation menu—not by editing the Home page itself.

I recommend using “Blog” rather than “Blogs,” and placing it between Case Studies and FAQ in the header shown in your screenshot.

1. Create the Blog page
In the WordPress dashboard, go to Pages → Add New Page.

Enter Blog as the page title.

Leave the content area blank for now.

Confirm the URL slug is:
blog

Click Publish.

WordPress pages can then be assigned to the site navigation and used as the page that displays published posts. 

2. Make it the official posts page
Go to:

Settings → Reading

Under Your homepage displays:

Keep Homepage set to the existing Home page.

Set Posts page to Blog.

Click Save Changes.

Be careful not to change the current Homepage selection. This step tells WordPress to automatically display published posts on the new Blog page.

3. Add Blog to the main header menu
Most likely method
Go to:

Appearance → Menus

Then:

Select the menu currently assigned as the Primary, Main, or Header Menu.

Under Pages, select Blog.

Click Add to Menu.

Drag Blog between Case Studies and FAQ.

Make sure Blog is aligned fully to the left and not indented beneath another item.

Click Save Menu.

WordPress’s menu editor supports adding pages and rearranging them using drag and drop. 

Your order would become:

Home | Elements Protect™ | Elements Optimize™ | Services | Case Studies | Blog | FAQ | Contact Us

If “Appearance → Menus” is not available
Go to:

Appearance → Editor → Navigation

Open the main navigation, add the Blog page, move it between Case Studies and FAQ, and click Save. Newer block-based themes manage navigation through the Site Editor instead of the traditional Menus screen. 

4. If the header was built with Elementor
After saving the WordPress menu, check the live website. If Blog does not appear:

Go to Templates → Theme Builder or Elementor → Theme Builder.

Open Header.

Click Edit with Elementor.

Select the navigation/menu widget.

Confirm it is using the same Primary or Main menu you edited.

Click Update.

Elementor headers may use a WordPress menu selected inside the header’s navigation widget. 

5. Publish the first article
Go to:

Posts → Add New Post

Add:

Article title

Featured image

Main content

Category, such as HPP Operations, Elements Protect, Elements Optimize, or Company News

Short excerpt

SEO title and description, when available

Once published, the article should automatically appear on /blog/.

Before announcing it, test the navigation on desktop and mobile and make sure the additional menu item does not force Contact Us onto another line.


Screenshot 2026-07-03 at 1.12.54 PM.png
that is now showing, but the "Contact Us" has shifted.. i need it still beside "FAQ"

Thought for 15s
The new Blogs item made the navigation wider than the header container, so Contact Us wrapped onto a second line. Elementor’s Wrap setting does exactly this when the items no longer fit. 

Fix it in Elementor
Go to:

WordPress Dashboard → Templates → Theme Builder → Header → Edit with Elementor

1. Select the main navigation container
Open Navigator and select the parent container that holds:

Main menu

Contact Us button

Under Layout, use:

Direction: Row

Justify Content: Space Between

Align Items: Center

Wrap: No Wrap

Content Width: Full Width

Width: 100%

For Max Width, increase it slightly—try:

1750px
Or use approximately:

94%
This should immediately place Contact Us back beside FAQ.

2. Reduce the menu spacing slightly
Click the navigation menu widget, then go to:

Style → Main Menu

Reduce either:

Horizontal Padding: try 12px–15px

Space Between: reduce it by around 5px–10px

Elementor allows the horizontal padding around each menu item to be adjusted, which creates room without making the menu look cramped. 

3. Change “Blogs” to “Blog”
Go to:

Appearance → Menus

Open the Blogs menu item and change its Navigation Label to:

Blog
That is also the more standard website label and saves a little horizontal space.

4. Check the Contact Us button
Select the button and go to:

Advanced → Layout

Set:

Width: Inline (Auto)

Remove any unnecessary left or right margins

Make sure it is not set to 100% width

Then click Update.

Your final row should remain:

Home | Elements Protect™ | Elements Optimize™ | Services | Case Studies | Blog | FAQ | Contact Us

The safest combination is No Wrap + wider parent container + slightly smaller menu-item spacing.


cant' seem to find templates

Thought for 11s
That’s okay—you likely aren’t using Elementor Theme Builder for the header. The Templates/Theme Builder option generally appears with Elementor Pro, so the header is probably controlled by the active WordPress theme instead. 

Try this route:

Fix the header through Customize
Go to:

WordPress Dashboard → Appearance → Customize

Then look for one of these options:

Header Builder

Header

Primary Header

Main Header

Menu / Primary Menu

Inside the header settings:

Select the main menu.

Find Menu Item Spacing, Horizontal Spacing, or Menu Padding.

Reduce it slightly—try around 10–15 px.

Select the header row or container.

Change its width to Full Width, Stretched, or increase the Content Width.

Make sure the Contact Us button is positioned in the same primary header row.

Click Publish.

Also change Blogs to Blog under:

Appearance → Menus → Blogs → Navigation Label

That saves a little space and is the more standard label.

If you see “Editor” instead of “Customize”
Go to:

Appearance → Editor → Design → Navigation
or
Appearance → Editor → Patterns → Header

Open the header, select the row containing the menu and button, and set:

Orientation: Horizontal

Justification: Space between

Wrap: Off, if available

Width: Full width

Modern block themes manage headers and navigation through the Site Editor rather than a Templates menu. 

The quickest fix will probably be renaming Blogs to Blog and reducing the menu spacing slightly.


Screenshot 2026-07-03 at 1.28.08 PM.png
could this be it?

Thought for 12s
Yes—this is exactly the right place. The likely culprit is this rule:

margin-left: auto !important;
Because Contact Us is the last menu item, that rule pushes it as far right as possible. When the menu becomes too wide, the button drops to the next line.

Replace the block around lines 30–34 with this:

@media (min-width: 1024px) {

  .main-navigation .menu,
  .main-navigation .nav-menu {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    width: 100%;
  }

  .main-navigation .menu > li,
  .main-navigation .nav-menu > li {
    flex: 0 0 auto;
  }

  .main-navigation .menu > li:last-child,
  .main-navigation .nav-menu > li:last-child {
    margin-left: 16px !important;
  }

  .main-navigation .menu > li > a,
  .main-navigation .nav-menu > li > a {
    padding-left: 10px;
    padding-right: 10px;
    white-space: nowrap;
  }
}
Keep your existing .contact-button a styling underneath it.

Also remove this selector from the old code:

.main-navigation ul > li:last-child
That selector is too broad and can affect the last item inside dropdown menus as well.

Then click Publish and check the full website—not only the Customizer preview, since the preview area is narrower because of the left sidebar. The menu should display as:

Case Studies | Blog | FAQ | Contact Us


can you make the code more speific for the contact us

Thought for a few seconds
Yes. Since Contact Us already uses the contact-button class, target that class directly instead of using last-child.

Delete this old rule:

.main-navigation .menu > li:last-child,
.main-navigation .nav-menu > li:last-child,
.main-navigation ul > li:last-child {
    margin-left: auto !important;
}
Replace it with:

/* Keep Contact Us beside FAQ */
@media (min-width: 1024px) {

    .main-navigation .nav-menu {
        display: flex;
        align-items: center;
        flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    }

    .main-navigation .nav-menu > li.contact-button {
        margin-left: 16px !important;
        flex-shrink: 0;
    }

    .main-navigation .nav-menu > li.contact-button > a {
        display: inline-block;
        white-space: nowrap;
        background-color: #1f3a5f;
        color: #ffffff !important;
        padding: 10px 16px;
        border-radius: 4px;
        font-weight: 600;
    }

    .main-navigation .nav-menu > li.contact-button > a:hover {
        background-color: #2c5282;
        color: #ffffff !important;
    }
}
This specifically targets only:

li.contact-button
It will no longer treat every last menu item as the Contact Us button.

If it still drops below, reduce this value slightly:

margin-left: 16px !important;
Try:

margin-left: 8px !important;
Then click Publish.


this is the whole code in there:

/*Change color of site description 12184080-hc | sd */
body.has-header-image .site-description{
color: white;
	/*font-weight: thin*/
}

/*Highlight heading links for posts start hc-19488526-vk*/
h2.entry-title a{
    color: #33649d;
    text-decoration: underline;
}

h2.entry-title a:hover{
    text-decoration: none;
}
/*Highlight heading links for posts end hc-19488526-vk*/
.menu-optimize {
  margin-top: 18px;
  padding-top: 12px;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,.08);
}
.main-navigation .menu,
.main-navigation .nav-menu,
.main-navigation ul {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  width: 100%;
}

.main-navigation .menu > li:last-child,
.main-navigation .nav-menu > li:last-child,
.main-navigation ul > li:last-child {
  margin-left: 2 !important;
}
.contact-button a {
  background-color: #1f3a5f;
  color: #ffffff !important;
  padding: 10px 16px;
  border-radius: 4px;
  font-weight: 600;
}

.contact-button a:hover {
  background-color: #2c5282;
  color: #ffffff !important;
}
/* Increase dropdown menu width */
.main-navigation ul ul {
  width: 320px;
}

/* Allow text to wrap inside dropdown items */
.main-navigation ul ul li a {
  white-space: normal;
  line-height: 1.4;
  padding: 12px 16px;
}

Thought for 11s
Yes. The current rule is too broad because it targets whatever happens to be the last menu item, and this value is invalid because it has no unit:

margin-left: 2 !important;
Replace the entire CSS with this cleaned version:

/* Change color of site description */
body.has-header-image .site-description {
  color: white;
}

/* Highlight heading links for posts */
h2.entry-title a {
  color: #33649d;
  text-decoration: underline;
}

h2.entry-title a:hover {
  text-decoration: none;
}

/* Optimize dropdown separator */
.menu-optimize {
  margin-top: 18px;
  padding-top: 12px;
  border-top: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.08);
}

/* Main desktop navigation */
@media screen and (min-width: 1024px) {

  .main-navigation .menu,
  .main-navigation .nav-menu {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    flex-wrap: nowrap !important;
    width: 100%;
  }

  /* Keep all main menu items on one row */
  .main-navigation .menu > li,
  .main-navigation .nav-menu > li {
    flex: 0 0 auto;
  }

  /* Reduce spacing slightly so the full menu fits */
  .main-navigation .menu > li > a,
  .main-navigation .nav-menu > li > a {
    padding-left: 10px;
    padding-right: 10px;
    white-space: nowrap;
  }

  /* Specifically position only the Contact Us menu item */
  .main-navigation .menu > li.contact-button,
  .main-navigation .nav-menu > li.contact-button {
    margin-left: 12px !important;
    flex-shrink: 0;
  }

  /* Contact Us button appearance */
  .main-navigation li.contact-button > a {
    display: inline-block;
    background-color: #1f3a5f;
    color: #ffffff !important;
    padding: 10px 16px;
    border-radius: 4px;
    font-weight: 600;
    white-space: nowrap;
  }

  .main-navigation li.contact-button > a:hover {
    background-color: #2c5282;
    color: #ffffff !important;
  }
}

/* Increase dropdown menu width */
.main-navigation ul ul {
  display: block;
  width: 320px;
}

/* Allow text to wrap inside dropdown items */
.main-navigation ul ul li a {
  white-space: normal;
  line-height: 1.4;
  padding: 12px 16px;
}
The important change is:

.main-navigation .menu > li.contact-button,
.main-navigation .nav-menu > li.contact-button