Change format from blog to alternate style

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    resqteacher · Member ·

    The Blog format is not going to work for my portfolio. Is there a better format that anyone can suggest and, if so, how can I change the current blog format to the alternate style?

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    timethief · Member ·

    Perhaps a theme switch will provide what you want. Every theme has a detailed theme description page with set-up instructions and a live demo site. Here’s an example of the detailed theme description page here https://wordpress.com/themes/twentysixteen and a live demo site here https://twentysixteendemo.wordpress.com/

    Switching themes can be easily done, provided you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the site. 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.

    For uploading images into posts and pages see here http://en.support.wordpress.com/images/adding-images-to-posts-or-pages/

    For troubleshooting images see here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/images/troubleshooting-images/

    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/

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