Blog/first post

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  isbix · Member · Mar 22, 2021 at 9:49 pm

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  I created another page, selected blog format. wrote it up, reviewed it, and hit publish. Now I can’t find it. I created a table of contents with the setting to automatically add new posts, but this was after creating the blog…

  I have the text and images saved, and can recreate it if that is my best option.

  Thank you!

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  supernovia · Staff · Mar 23, 2021 at 1:10 am

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  Hi! I can see a page:
  https://wordpress.com/pages

  Did you mean to create this as a post instead? Also, where would you like it to appear?

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  isbix · Member · Mar 23, 2021 at 1:22 am

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  I’m not picky…tried to get a table of contents set up, thinking that would allow navigation to the second page. That’s the real question I suppose; how do I make it part of my site? what are my choices?

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  staff-totoro · Staff · Mar 23, 2021 at 2:33 am

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  Hi there,

  The concept of pages and blog posts is a bit confusing if this is your first time setting up a WordPress site, so we explain in more detail here for your reference: https://wordpress.com/support/post-vs-page/

  In your case, it seems you created your blog post “as a page” which is not normally the correct order of operations. Instead you would create that as a blog post here: https://wordpress.com/posts/opportunisticcook.wordpress.com

  And then those posts will populate a page called your “blog feed page” which the dynamic page that shows new posts automatically. In this case you look to have (without realizing) created your blog post as a page, and then set that page to be your “blog feed” page. This has two effects:

  1) it hides any content you used to have on that page
  2) instead it shows any blog posts you have currently. Since you have none, it shows a blank page instead.

  To fix this I suggest the following:
  1) I moved your page content to a “draft” blog post here: https://wordpress.com/posts/opportunisticcook.wordpress.com
  2) if you publish that post it will show up in your blog feed for the site.
  3) instead of the page you have set now as a blog feed, I suggest setting up a new page here: https://wordpress.com/customize/opportunisticcook.wordpress.com
  4) You can then add your blog page and your homepage to a site menu, so that if someone visits your homepage they can get to your blog (and vice versa)

  Since steps 3 & 4 are difficult to explain in words, you can follow the steps in the video I shot here at this link: https://d.pr/v/KC9rss

  Hope that helps. Please let us know if you have any more questions.

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  staff-totoro · Staff · Mar 23, 2021 at 2:34 am

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  Hi again,

  I forgot to add that if you are not sure where to get started with your site you may want to consider registering (for free) to one of our daily webinars here: https://wordpress.com/webinars/

  We have a 101 level “getting started” webinar that I think will be a big help to you!

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  isbix · Member · Mar 23, 2021 at 2:38 am

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  Excellent, thank you!