I want to close this account now!

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    nbrwk333 · Member ·

    Hi, I am an artist who needs a website. I don’t want to blog though and I don’t want it connected to Facebook. Is wordpress good for me?

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

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    timethief · Member ·

    I don’t have any connections to Facebook and I have blogged here for 9 years. Connecting yo any social networks is a voluntary act.

    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/

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

    Also note that every theme has a detailed theme description page with set-up instructions and a live demo site as well.
    Example:
    https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/ryu/
    http://ryudemo.wordpress.com/

    Lastly, as themes are only “skins” I advise creating and publishing some posts and pages before you tackle site structure. Know that it will make the process easier if you do.

    re: the front page error message found on every new .wordpress.com blog

    Nothing Found
    It seems we can’t find what you’re looking for. Perhaps searching can help.

    There is nothing wrong with your site. By default the front page of the blog is the only page that will display all published posts on it. As soon as you publish a post not a page the front page error message and searchbox that appears on every new WordPress.COM blog will be gone. http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/

    I recommend using the step by step tutorial linked to the bottom of your Admin page https://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 linked to on the bottom of your Admin page.

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    timethief · Member ·

    If you want to delete the blog or make it private and deactivate your account please read on.

    To delete a free hosted WordPress.COM blog you must be logged in under the exact same username account that registered the blog.
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/delete-site/

    Deleted blog URLs are not recycled, regardless of who registered and deleted them and no exceptions are made.
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/

    Alternatively, to change blog visibility to private go to > Settings > Reading scroll to Blog Visibility and choose option 3 . See the guide here http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

    Registering an account here required
    (1) your consent to the Terms of Service http://wordpress.com/tos/ and all policies made under it found in the support docs like this one http://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/,
    and
    (2) an email address.

    Any personal information you posted anywhere was posted voluntarily. Both the email address and personal information can be removed or replaced at any time.

    Here’s how to deactivate your account:
    Although username accounts are not deleted, so you cannot be impersonated and have your reputation affected by anyone registering the same username in the future, there are steps you can take that amount to removing all personal information and result in leaving only a throwaway email address behind. http://en.support.wordpress.com/deleting-accounts/

    1. You can go to My Account->Edit Profile and remove all data except the account name and an email address. Create a throwaway email address and change the account email to that throwaway address. This only leaves the username behind.

    2. To unsubscribe from email sent to you from WordPress.com, go here and click on “Block all subscription emails from WordPress.com”:
    https://wordpress.com/settings/notifications/

    3. To ensure the account is locked up tightly, visit this site, generate a password of 15-20 characters, and change the account password to it:
    http://www.thebitmill.com/tools/password.html

    4. To hide your Gravatar profile, login and on the bottom right hand corner of your Gravatar profile page you will find a “hide” button visible only to you that you can click.

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    auxclass · Member ·

    There are a lot of artists and photographers with sites here – there are themes that are optimized for showing images and galleries – nice place for artists actually – the staff takes care of your site for updates and such – leaving you more time to create things –

    don’t get hung up on names with “web site” vs. “blog” – put some content on your site and see how it looks and check out a few themes if you don’t like the look you have – – – remember – your site looks bad until you add some content

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