Are some themes better for creating a Web Site than others? As opposed to a blo

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  thecrawfordfamily · Member · Feb 17, 2013 at 6:42 pm

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  Hi Happiness Engineer,

  I want to make a WordPress Web Site. Are some themes better suited for making a website (as opposed to a blog) than others? Thank you. Willard Crawford.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 17, 2013 at 6:43 pm

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  Technically you can use any theme here http://theme.wordpress.com/ but I prefer to use only themes with a top horizontal menu.

  Strictly speaking a blog is a website but let’s differentiate. The main difference between a blog structure and website structure is the communication style. Blogs are post based structures that provide for and encourage interactive communication. Websites are page based structures that operate as a one-way noticeboards.

  A WordPress blog can either be structured as a page based website or its conventional post based structure can be retained.
  For more on the characteristics of Posts and Pages see http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2010/05/12/better-blogging-at-wordpress-com-pages-and-posts/

  Also see > Using WordPress.com to Create a Website http://en.support.wordpress.com/using-wordpress-to-create-a-website/

  Here’s a link to a custom menu walk-through > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/08/11/wordpress-com-custom-menu-walk-through/

  There are many common errors, misunderstanding and misconceptions when creating custom menus and you can read about them here > http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/custom-menus/

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