Delete Everything

  • Unknown's avatar

    We are struggling with setting up our website and have tried several different options. Will you please delete everything so that we can start from scratch?

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

  • Unknown's avatar

    You must be logged in under the username account that registered the site first. Then to empty the site content and start over using the same URL ie. blog address you have two options:
    (1) Doing this quickly and easily yourself http://en.support.wordpress.com/empty-site/
    (2) Waiting in a queue and having Staff do it for you.

    Staff can empty the whole blog for you. That will remove all data including posts, pages, tags, categories, comments, and uploaded files and once deleted, the data cannot be recovered.

    If you are sure you want Staff to proceed, and you are prepared to wait then type modlook into the tags in the sidebar of this thread for Staff attention, and post here again to:
    (1) confirm the URL of the blog you want them to empty;
    (2) confirm that you know content deletion is irreversible.

    IMPORTANT NOTE: Deleting public blogs and/or blog content from them does not remove indexed content from the SERPs (search engine page results). Google and Bing only clear their caches of deleted indexed content that produces a 404 (page not found) every 3 – 6 months. To completely remove an entire page from Google search results after it produces a 404 (page not found):
    https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/6332384?hl=en&ref_topic=1724262&vid=0-635749429504660340-12158368555624983465&rd=1

  • Unknown's avatar

    We are looking for a website not a blog site.

  • Unknown's avatar

    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/

    Build Your Website in Five Steps

  • @ehessler it likely just needs to be configured as a website then. Do you want a welcome page instead of a list of posts?

    Also, you’ve chosen a theme designed for restaurants. It’s a bit harder to set up like that unless you’re doing food menus. Would a theme like selademo.wordpress.com or edindemo.wordpress.com work for you?

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