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  cmnlibrary · Member · Jan 21, 2016 at 6:26 pm

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  My pages are defaulting to the home page and the other option is about… which appears to look the way I want it however it links me back to the home page. Do I need to create my different pages on the home menu to get them to link properly?

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  timethief · Member · Jan 21, 2016 at 6:31 pm

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  By default, the URL of any site is the front page of the site like this https://cmnlibrary.wordpress.com/ unless we change it.

  re: creating a static front page
  By default the front page of your blog displays all published posts (not pages) in reverse chronological order, with the most recently published post on top. That is for the convenience of your returning visitors, who come to read your latest post, and who are not likely to be happy with being compelled to click through the same static page with the same blah, blah, blah on it every time they visit the blog looking for the latest post.

  There must be a page for all posts published in the blog to display on. 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 first http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/

  After you do that you go to > Settings > Reading and make the designation change and click “save changes”.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/

  A static page (select below)
  Front page:
  Posts page:

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  timethief · Member · Jan 21, 2016 at 6:35 pm

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  I see you have Welcome post https://cmnlibrary.wordpress.com/2016/01/22/welcome/, not a page. Pleas read:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/

  There is no automatic way to make a post https://cmnlibrary.wordpress.com/2016/01/22/welcome/ into a static page and visa versa. We create the opposite and copy and paste the text into it and then delete the original.