Change from a 'blog' to a 'site'

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  loude027 · Member · Sep 17, 2015 at 2:47 am

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  Hey WordPress Community,

  I believe that when I created my WordPress site I chose to format my site as a ‘blog’, but I would rather have it formatted as a ‘site’. Is this something that I can change rather easily? I don’t necessarily need any content deleted, I just want the flexibility of having a site rather than a structured blog.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 17, 2015 at 2:57 am

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  A blog is a website.

  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, here’s a link to my step by step post too http://onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2013/07/25/create-a-wordpress-website-step-by-step/

  Note that every theme will have a detailed theme description page with set up instructions and a live demo site page that you can consult. Here’s an example:
  https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/baskerville/
  http://baskervilledemo.wordpress.com/

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  timethief · Member · Sep 17, 2015 at 2:58 am

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  Also note the support docs at:
  WordPress.com for Music. What are the best themes for music sites? You can use any theme for music, but a few stand out.
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/wordpress-com-for-music/

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  auxclass · Member · Sep 17, 2015 at 5:26 am

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  Or you can do like I do – I just tell folks I have a web site – if they call it a blog I just let it go – people will come to your site for interesting info and I don’t think most people care if it is a “web site” or a “blog”

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  loude027 · Member · Sep 17, 2015 at 12:36 pm

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  timethief and auxclass,

  Thanks for the responses! I do understand that a blog is a website. However, when I created my WordPress site I remember choosing between a “blog” format and a “site” format, and I believe that a site format would better suit what I am looking to do.

  I’ll take a look at timethief’s instructions as it sounds like that is exactly what I need. Thanks again for your help!