creating a simple website

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  pastelmajesty · Member · Apr 11, 2017 at 3:03 am

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  I just want to create a simple, free website … or just a web page only so that I can post a few of my art images….’that’s all’. But, every time I try, wordpress automatically sends me to the ‘Blog’ creation process….Every Time! VERY frustrating! Is there anywhere on this planet where I can create my own free art website???? I’ve spent the last TEN years trying to make my own, but keep failing. Are the ‘web site Gods’ pissed off at me??

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  timethief · Member · Apr 11, 2017 at 3:05 am

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  Set Up Your Blog in Five Steps https://en.support.wordpress.com/five-step-blog-setup/

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  timethief · Member · Apr 11, 2017 at 3:10 am

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  Every theme has a detailed theme description page. This one is at https://wordpress.com/theme/twentysixteen and that’s where set up instructions for it and the live demo site link is found.

  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 by default to being page based and visa versa – no upgrade required.

  Reference Links
  Set Up Your Blog in Five Steps
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/five-step-blog-setup/

  Build Your Website in Five Steps
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/five-step-website-setup/

  Using WordPress.com to Create a Website
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/using-wordpress-to-create-a-website/

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  timethief · Member · Apr 11, 2017 at 3:12 am

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  All support docs are at https://en.support.wordpress.com/ where we have a search box.

  These support docs are useful for getting started:
  Get started https://en.support.wordpress.com/start/
  Quick Start https://en.support.wordpress.com/video-quick-start/
  Using the theme customizer https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/
  Tutorials https://en.support.wordpress.com/tutorials/