New static homepage

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  kymfashion · Member · Jun 29, 2013 at 2:57 pm

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  Hi, I am trying to build new site. When I follow the instructions for static page . “Now head to Settings >> Reading and scroll until you see “Front page displays”: this is where you’ll find the option to switch your homepage” I see no option for front page displays under reading??? I click reading under setting and a reading settings page comes up. Was something changed??

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  justpi · Member · Jun 29, 2013 at 3:04 pm

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  The option cannot show up when you don’t have any publicly published pages.

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  kymfashion · Member · Jun 29, 2013 at 3:07 pm

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  thank you just got it

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  timethief · Member · Jun 29, 2013 at 3:08 pm

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  There is only one dynamic page in a blog for posts (not pages) http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/ and we cannot post to more than that one page. The front page of the blog by default will display your posts (not pages) in reverse chronological order, with the most recently published post on top. 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 (one for the front page and one for the posts) 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/

  Front page displays
  __ Your latest posts

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