Is Hatch available without a blog?

• 

  suzannestedman · Member · Sep 26, 2013 at 1:00 am

  • Copy link
  • Add topic to favorites

  I want a website without a blog

• 

  timethief · Member · Sep 27, 2013 at 3:12 am

  • Copy link

  No. There is no such thing.

  A blog is a post based website designed for interactive communication.

  A website is a page based site designed to operate as a one way means of communication ie. a noticeboard.

  Any WordPress blog can be restructured from being post based to being page based. For greater clarity read > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/07/25/create-a-wordpress-website-step-by-step/
  Then see here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/using-wordpress-to-create-a-website/

  The only themes we can use on free hosted WordPress.com blogs are found here http://wordpress.com/themes/

  On one hand, none of the characteristic “blog” features like categories, tags, authors, dates, etc. can be removed from a free hosted WordPress.com blog, without purchasing an annually renewable custom design upgrade and doing the required CSS editing.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#frequently-asked-questions
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/editing-css/

  On the other hand, one can edit a WordPress.org theme free of charge. Read the comparison > WordPress.com and WordPress.org: The Differences http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

• 

  timethief · Member · Sep 27, 2013 at 3:12 am

  • Copy link

  By default the front page of your blog displays all published posts (not pages) http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/ in reverse chronological order, with the most recently published post on top.

  However, if you do not want all the posts to show on the front page, then you can create a static front page called for example “Welcome” for your site and a “Blog” page for posts. To do that create two pages http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/

  After you do that you go to > Settings > Reading and make the designation change and click “save changes”.

  Set the Homepage

• 

  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Sep 27, 2013 at 4:10 am

  • Copy link

  @suzannestedman

  There is no obligation for you to make any posts at all. If you want a “standard” website without a blog then you can certainly set that up on WordPress.com. Just choose to have a static front page, don’t select a page for a blog, don’t make any posts.
• 

  suzannestedman · Member · Sep 28, 2013 at 10:03 pm

  • Copy link

  Thank you!