Need help sharing
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I do not have social media I want to share my wordpress page with. However, I would like to use it when looking for jobs, but I can’t find a way to put in a link on my resume, or even just how to tell someone where to visit it. Also, it says my account is private, which I don’t want it to be. Can you help me with these 2 things, please?
WP.com: Yes
Correct account: YesThe blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi there, I’m able to access your above site, so it’s public, but it looks like you have your site set up to show an empty static front page at https://danmiddlegould.wordpress.com/ which is the link you’d share with others.
If you want to display your blog posts at that address instead, you need to change a setting in the Customizer. https://wordpress.com/support/customizer/
Go to your site’s Dashboard, then click on Appearance>Customize. When that window opens, click on the Homepage Settings tab. From there, change the setting under “Your homepage displays” from A Static Page to Your Latest Posts. https://wordpress.com/support/customizer/#homepage-settings Remember to save your changes by clicking the Save Changes button at the top.
I’d also suggest trashing the 3 example blog posts on your blog page so they don’t appear to the public. You can do that by going to your Posts Dashboard, clicking the 3 dots on the right of those posts (individually) and clicking “trash”. Trash is deleted after 30 days. There’s good starter information in there for you as a new site owner, but Blogging U mentioned there is pretty defunct.
Since it looks like you’re just getting started (hello and welcome), you might be interested in some additional resources https://wordpress.com/forums/topic/new-to-wordpress-com-resources-to-get-started/
Hope that helps, but post back here if you have other questions.
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Hello,
Thank you so much for your help!
I just have 1 more question. You suggested deleting the 3 posts from my page. Is that because you didn’t like them (which is fine. I’m new at this) or because they don’t belong there?
Thank you again! This was really giving me a headache
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Hello again, you’re welcome! I’m referring to the 3 example posts that came with your theme, Introduce Yourself (Example Post) and appear at the very start of your blog:
https://danmiddlegould.wordpress.com/2020/07/27/example-post-3/
https://danmiddlegould.wordpress.com/2020/07/27/example-post-2/
https://danmiddlegould.wordpress.com/2020/07/27/example-post/All of them contain the same text, which is information for you, the new blogger. They don’t need to be visible to the public, unless you want them to.
I understand about the headache, but like anything new, there’s a learning curve involved. WordPress.com runs courses at wpcourses.com (the intro course is free) as well as webinars every month https://wordpress.com/webinars/ as well as video WP101’s at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiR2d9r3QkBwuNVS8nqGNgg
Our support site is quite good too https://wordpress.com/support/ and of course our community forums for questions. :)
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So glad I asked. I didn’t even know those were there. Thank you again for all the info! You’re the best!
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