I wanted to set up a website

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  savebebside · Member · May 7, 2014 at 1:16 pm

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  I thought I was trying a website – clicked on the ‘free website’ button – couldn’t get it to do anything at all so thought I’d try an upgrade as it offered a ’30 day money-back’ offer if not what I wanted. When everything got set up it turned out to be a blog! I certainly didn’t click on a ‘build your own blog button’! Not what I wanted at all! I’ve now paid £50 of money I can’t afford to get a blog I don’t want. How can I rectify this please? Thanks in advance.

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  shawnajroberts · Member · May 8, 2014 at 9:19 pm

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  Hi there!

  I’m more than happy to refund your payment. Just let me know if that’s what you’d like to do!

  Also, to set up your site to look more like a static website than a blog, here are a few tips:

  1. Set your front page to a static page:

  Set the Homepage

  2. Turn off comments across all pages:

  You can do this through Settings > Discussion. You can read more about the comment controls here:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/enable-disable-comments/

  3. Set up a custom header:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/custom-header-image/

  4. Create a custom menu:

  Menus

  Let me know if I can help with anything else!

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  savebebside · Member · May 9, 2014 at 11:03 am

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  Hi – thanks so much for your quick reply and advice. Unfortunately, although your advice is helpful, I really do need a website. I have been given the job of setting one up for a voluntary ‘protest’ organisation (no experience whatsoever!) and so I need it to be right. If you could refund my payment I would really appreciate it.
  Thank you again for your help. Kind regards.

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  shawnajroberts · Member · May 9, 2014 at 4:56 pm

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  Hi there!

  I’m sorry you didn’t find WordPress.com suitable for your website needs. I encourage you to check out these websites hosted here at WordPress.com to get an idea of what you’re able to do with a WordPress.com site!

  http://jonnyevansdesign.com/
  http://trueeast.wordpress.com/

  I’ve refunded your premium theme purchase. Please note, it normally takes around a week for a refund to appear on your bank statement.

  Please let me know if there is anything else I can help with!