How to set up a blog

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  toujoursanonyme · Member · Dec 16, 2016 at 5:07 pm

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  Hi,

  I have tried to set up a blog numerous times, but I can’t figure out how to do anything. I can’t tell what I am editing / writing, where the text is going, and how to ensure that each page looks the way I want it to. I’m lost. Pls help.

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  timethief · Member · Dec 16, 2016 at 5:24 pm

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  You can start by setting up your theme and publishing some content as the site is already public and available to search engine spiders.

  Every theme has a detailed theme description page and this one is at https://wordpress.com/themes/pique/ That’s where set up instructions for it are found. The live demo site is at https://piquedemo.wordpress.com/

  You must be logged in under the exact same username that registered the site to be able to access the site. The Admin login link to the dashboard for every blog hosted by wordpress.COM is:

  http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/

  Replace NAME_OF_BLOG in that URL with the actual name of your blog.

  To use the customizer see here https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/

  For creating a post in the New editor see here http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/#publish-a-new-post
  For creating a page in the new editor see here
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/#create-a-new-page

  For editing in the new editor see:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/edit-posts-screen/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/edit-pages-screen/

  On the bottom of your Admin page you will find a link to the step by step Learn WordPress.com blogging Tutorial prepared by Staff. http://learn.wordpress.com/

  See also the “Video Quick Start” tutorial http://en.support.wordpress.com/video-quick-start/

  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.

  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/

  Note: If you still have issues with getting started with your theme and blogging then type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for a Staff follow-up. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Also subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond and be patient while waiting. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.