Changing my URL

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  lainazza · Member · Apr 3, 2015 at 2:26 pm

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  How can I change the name of my website? When I set up my site it automatically selected the first portion of my personal email which happens to be my name, I would like to change it to the actual name of the site.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Apr 3, 2015 at 2:57 pm

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  The Site title (blog name) and/or the optional Tagline can be changed on the top of this page at any time. > Settings > General … “save changes”.

  That is exactly where search engine spiders look for the site title and removing it from there can cause issues with getting your content indexed. Note that the site title (blog name) and blog address URL do not have to be the same but it’s better for SEO (search engine optimization) if they are the same.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 3, 2015 at 2:58 pm

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  crushandgrind.wordpress.com doesn’t exist
  Do you want to register crushandgrind.wordpress.com?

  We cannot edit any blog URLs. If you want to change the .wordpress.com blog address ie. the URL starting with http:// then you must be logged in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog to do that and the URL you desire must be available. If so, then you can change the URL by using the guide http://en.support.wordpress.com/changing-blog-address/

  Be sure to locate the correct page http://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/dashboard-e1371648470893.png

  Changing a URL is a permanent and irreversible act. No changed or deleted blog URLs are recycled here, regardless of who registered and deleted them and no exceptions are made.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

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  lainazza · Member · Apr 3, 2015 at 10:40 pm

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  What is the point of a featured image? I have chosen something for a recent post and I am not seeing it on the main page, where does it actually go?

  Does the main photo on the theme page ever update for each post or does it stay the same?

  thanks for all the help,
  Elaina

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  timethief · Member · Apr 6, 2015 at 10:24 pm

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  Does reading this detailed theme description page help answer your Featured Images question? https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/resonar/
  The live demo site is here https://resonardemo.wordpress.com/

  Read more about setting featured images here https://en.support.wordpress.com/featured-images/#setting-a-featured-image

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  rachelmcr · Member · Apr 7, 2015 at 10:53 am

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  Hi Elaina,

  What is the point of a featured image? I have chosen something for a recent post and I am not seeing it on the main page, where does it actually go?

  The Resonar theme displays full-screen featured images on each of your posts, for example here:

  Meal Ideas

  Those featured images look best when the image is at least 2000 pixels wide and 1500 pixels tall.

  You can also make a sticky post to have it appear at the top of your blog page with a large featured image, like the one at the top of the Resonar theme demo.

  Does the main photo on the theme page ever update for each post or does it stay the same?

  Do you mean when you change the featured image on your post? If you choose a new featured image for you post, you may need to refresh the page in your browser or clear your browser’s cache to see that change on your computer.

  Please let me know if I can do anything more to help with that. :)