Need a quick bit of help

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    101cycling · Member ·

    I just signed up for word press to build a website but somehow I ended up with a blog page how can I change that to a website?

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

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    timethief · Member ·

    Hi there,

    Every day we get new people who do not understand that a blog is a website posting here. This is all semantics and blog structure.

    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 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/ For my step by step post see here http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/07/25/create-a-wordpress-website-step-by-step/

    Below are some helpful links for getting started.

    re: front page error message

    Apologies, but no results were found for the requested archive. Perhaps searching will help find a related post.

    Your site has not disappeared and there is nothing wrong with it. 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 that appears on every new WordPress.COM blog will be gone. http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/

    For creating a post see here http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/#publish-a-new-post
    For creating a page see here
    http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/#create-a-new-page

    For editing 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.

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    gracejiyoung · Member ·

    Hi there,

    Please note that the words site and blog are used interchangeably here on WordPress.com. There isn’t a separate sign up or theme for a site as opposed to a blog. They’d be exactly the same.

    I’m assuming the differences you want between a blog and site would be that you’d want a custom menu and static pages like a Home page, Contact Page, etc. And then you may want a separate page for all your posts (blog type posts).

    In order to do this you can create a Home Page by going to Pages > Add new in your Dashboard. This is a static page that would be the page your readers view the minute they visit your site. After you published that, create another page titled Blog, Posts or whatever you want if you want a separate page with all your posts. Leave this page empty, but publish it.

    Then go to Settings > Reading in your Dashboard. At the top where it says Front Page displays: select a static page and set the the Home page you just created as your Front Page, and the Blog or Posts page as your Posts page. If you don’t want a Posts page, you can leave that blank.

    Finally, if you want to create a Custom Menu you can by going to Appearance > Menus in your Dashboard. Please view the link for further instructions.

    Cheers!

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