Im lost!
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How do I do a social search please? Dumb question I know but I just can’t figure out where or what to do!
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What do you mean by social search? To do a Twitter search for example one goes to the Twitter site.
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For the blog linked to your username your detailed theme description page with set up instructions is at https://wordpress.com/themes/boardwalk/ and it the live demo site is here https://boardwalk.wordpress.com/
re: the front page error message found on every new .wordpress.com blog
There is nothing wrong with your blog.
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 error message will be gone. http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/
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-pageFor 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.
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/
https://en.support.wordpress.com/five-step-website-setup/
and my post at https://onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2013/07/25/create-a-wordpress-website-step-by-step/ -
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You can set up subscriptions by email. See here for installing the follow blog widget https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/follow-blog-widget/
You can also use the Blog Subscription Shortcode https://en.support.wordpress.com/blog-subscription-shortcode/
To auto-post to social networks see here https://en.support.wordpress.com/publicize/
Add a Social Links Menu – Social media icons can be displayed on your site in different ways. https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/social-links-menu/
To add social network icons for sharing to the bottom of your posts and pages see here https://en.support.wordpress.com/sharing/
The Social Media Icons Widget lets you add icons for the most popular social networks to your sidebar or other widget area. https://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/social-media-icons-widget/
This Add Social Media Buttons to Your Sidebar or Footer guide will walk you through how to add a horizontal line of social media buttons to your sidebar or footer, using whatever icons you prefer.
https://en.support.wordpress.com/add-social-media-buttons-to-your-sidebar-or-footer/ -
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What I posted ought to get you well underway with your site. I suggest bookmarking the link to this thread so you can refer back to it when needed. You’re welcome.
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