Can I start over please?
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I need to start over my content thanks! :)
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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The site here appears to be empty https://clevergirlrollerderby.wordpress.com/
Every theme has a detailed theme description page with set up instructions like this one https://wordpress.com/themes/revelar/ and a live demo site like this one https://revelardemo.wordpress.com/
re: switching themes
Themes are just “skins” on WordPress.COM hosted blogs. You can quickly and easily change themes on any WordPress.COM hosted blog to another one found here http://wordpress.com/themes/ and no data will be lost or negatively affected by the change. The only time you may have to do a lot of work is if you are changing to a dramatically different theme with different features and/or if you have done any CSS editing.
Provided you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the blog go to Dashboard > Appearance > Themes, Browse themes until you find one you like and click the “activate” or the “preview” link, or type in the name of the theme you want to use when it appears.
The theme customizer https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/ provides a preview function for exactly that purpose ie. so you can view what a theme will appear like prior to changing one.
re: the front page error message found on every new .wordpress.com blog
There is nothing wrong with your blog.
By default, the front page of the blog is the only page that will display all published posts on it. As soon as you publish a post, not a page, the error message will be gone. http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/
For creating a post in the New editor see here http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/#publish-a-new-post
For creating a page in the new editor see here
http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/#create-a-new-pageFor editing in the new editor see:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/edit-posts-screen/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/edit-pages-screen/On the bottom of your Admin page you will find a link to the step by step Learn WordPress.com blogging Tutorial prepared by Staff. http://learn.wordpress.com/
See also the “Video Quick Start” tutorial http://en.support.wordpress.com/video-quick-start/
The support documentation is all found at the Support link http://en.support.wordpress.com which is also on the bottom of your Admin page.
A blog is a website. The difference between blog and website is simply structure and semantics.
A blog is a post based website designed for interactive communication. As the posts are frequently updated and appear on the front page of the site it’s very attractive to search engines.
What most people call a website is merely a page based site that functions as a one-way noticeboard. As the structure is page based and as pages are for static content that rarely changes, and as pages do not have RSS feeds, and as others do not backlink to pages, it is not as attractive to search engines as a post based blog structured site is.
Any WordPress blog can be restructured from being post based to being page based – no upgrade required. For greater clarity read > http://en.support.wordpress.com/using-wordpress-to-create-a-website/
See also:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/five-step-blog-setup/
https://en.support.wordpress.com/five-step-website-setup/
and my post at https://onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2013/07/25/create-a-wordpress-website-step-by-step/ -
You can follow this guide on how to empty your site of all content:
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I want to share something with you. Lately, we have a rash of bloggers posting who are thrown off course by the front page error message that appears on every blog until we actually publish a post, not a page. Unlike the blogger above, they are asking to have sites cleared when there is no blogger created content in the sites. In those cases, they need help with setting up. The site here appears to be empty https://clevergirlrollerderby.wordpress.com/
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I’ve noticed the increase as well. I’ll keep my eye on that and make sure that when a user is asking to empty their site, there’s a legitimate reason for that request. Thanks!
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staff-doublebassd
Hi there.
This thread is not a perfect example. What I have seen is many threads with volunteers providing the empty site support doc link. When I enter the sites there is either no content at all and the front page error message is displaying or there is just a little bit of content, so in some cases it’s clear to me that they need help with is setting up. -
Yeah, good observation. You’re right. In those scenarios it’s better to provide links such as these:
https://learn.wordpress.com/get-published/
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/01/04/publish-your-first-post/https://en.support.wordpress.com/five-step-blog-setup/
The key is to be sure volunteers (and staff like myself) know what the user is really asking. Many times they are not sure what they are wanting and it is up to us to decipher that.
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Agreed. :) The thing is that I’m multitasking from my business and practicing my new music while I answer threads here. I cannot ghost every “empty site” thread that every new Volunteer posts into; some of them are bound to slip through the cracks.
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Definitely, same here. But, I wasn’t directing that towards you as much as volunteers in general. You’re pretty thorough =)
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Understood re: other Volunteers. I’m going to stop fretting and practice my one-octave arpeggios without worrying about this at all. :) Have a great day. :)
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