AHHHHHHHHHHHH! Home Page Screw-up

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    johnmccain99 · Member ·

    One more time, slowly.
    I too, deleted my Home Page and get the “Not found Here” message on the page that starts my blog.
    I found an answer by Raincoast on an identical question and everything was fine UNTIL:

    The original post was just that, a blog post and placeholder. It’s not the whole blog itself, although it appears that way at the start. Deleting it is a normal thing to do, but yes, it does cause problems. The way to fix them is just to make a regular blog post, which then goes in and fills up some space so that people don’t get a 404 error or anything when trying to click on it. Just something quick, even just a “Hi there” and picture, should work fine.

    To set a static page is not difficult. First, you have to write one. Do this same as you would for a blog post (Dashboard –>Write) but you’ll see two tabs above the white space for typing: the Write Post tab, which will be selected, and the Write Page tab, which won’t be. Click on the Write Page one, and whatever you type will become a static page.

    HERE

    To set that page as the front of your blog, you go to Dashboard –> Options –> Reading and indicate the proper page for it to be the start page.

    I CAN’T FIND: DASHBORAD>OPTIONS>READING
    CAN SOMEONE PROVIDE SIMPLE STEPS SO THAT MY BLOG STARTS OUT WITH A PAGE THAT LOOKS INTENTIONAL???

    The HOME tab will always lead back to the blog posts in any theme that has the tab automatically. The blog page is considered to be the heart of the blog, and where most people always want to be. You can switch to a theme that doesn’t display tabs and call your static page HOME if you want, which would be my suggestion, or if you know CSS you could buy the CSS upgrade and change what the HOME tab says to BLOG or something.

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    teck07 · Member ·

    Link 2 your WordPress.COM blog please starting with the prefix http

    Also by linking your name to your blog it will serve the purposes…
    If you need to ask a support question in the forum then it will make it easier for the volunteers to see what blogging platform your using & will aide them in giving you a more accurate answer to your issue.
    http://teckline.wordpress.com/2008/09/03/how-to-link-your-blog-to-your-name/

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    jomariajomariajomaria · Member ·

    It’s…
    Dashboard >> Settings >> Reading

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