created pages won’t display

What are your permalink settings?
Do you have a link?

my permalink settings are set to the default. I can preview my pages from where they are created, but not from the actual site. https://www.soupornuts.com

Because the Page links are hardcoded in the top menu (probably, header.php)

If they weren’t, you could see your Pages:
https://soupornuts.com/?page_id=3

what can I do?

Many things… ??
The simplest: set your permalinks to something esle than the deafult, and it should work.
Otherwise, open the nav_menu.php file and edit it.

I changed by permalinks to something other than the default, but it made no difference.

I have no idea what your second suggestion means. I am new, so be please be patient.

You didn’t do it properly.
Lots of good info:
https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Using_Permalinks

Sorry, I couldn’t find this before. Now my site displays neat 404 pages in copyblogger style when I click about and archives. Can you be a little more specific about permalinks?

1. Always click on the Profile (right top) to find all your topics.
2. No, I can’t be more specific than the Codex article. Read it while your admin is open at permalink settings and follow the instructions.

So far, I have changed my permalink structure and it works great with anything that I post. However, no pages that I create will become visible on the site and the fixed pages (about and archives) only return a 404 message.

I still do not understand why the about and archives pages will not display.