Try out ncvp theme
Even after inhibiting the loading of a lot of block stuff on each page, site looks quite good. In particular, Home page works, although the styling of the list of posts may be a bit lacking.
Posts by ncvp
Reduce canonical WP
Something basic with the master at localhost/wp/wp and distributed around to the various default cloud sites
Move away from block editor
Now it's clear that I don't need full site editing and only need the block editor for the Home and Blog pages, convert all other pages and posts to the classic editor.
Different menus on different pages
If these can be made to work smoothly I may not need a hybrid site, like my new garden, but look carefully at Planting Plans. This may be another case like CAS membership form with payment where I can use a shortcode to basically dump code on a WP page and not worry about registering […]
Raw embedded images post
These images are all stored in single image galleries. The first image pops out with Fancybox effect. The other two don't. There's limited controll of the size of images, and there doesn't seem. Not ideal. The mobile display is good. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Nunc vel massa tincidunt, aliquam elit id, […]
Post with an image
If you don't want the image to pop out with a Fancybox effect use a gallery shortcode with link="none". To get a pop out link="file" The advantage of using single image galleries in this way is that the code is very simple and there are no urls to interfere with copying.
Setting 'allow comments' flag
You can't seem to do this from the normal edit page, but have to go to the quick edit page. Irritating. OK I've found it now. Check 'Discussion' in screen options.
Now anyone can register
I set this flag so a register button now appears above the log-in button at the bottom of the left-hand menu. Let's see what happens
Second level page
The root is level 0. We never see it. The pages in the top menu are level 1. This menu is effectively static. The menu item for this level two page appears at the extreme left of the side menu.