Newbie: if you know what I mean
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I’m new to wordpress.com. I’m not a techie. I don’t understand some of the setup questions.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Your blog is private. Volunteers cannot view it and help you. We don’t even know which theme you have set up questions about. Moreover, every theme here is unique.
re: the front page error message found on every new .wordpress.com blog
Nothing Found
It seems we can’t find what you’re looking for. Perhaps searching can help.There is nothing wrong with your site. 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 front page error message and searchbox that appears on every new WordPress.COM blog will be gone. http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/
I recommend using the step by step tutorial linked to the bottom of your Admin page https://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 linked to on the bottom of your Admin page.
re: website or blog
A blog is a website.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, and as others do not backlink to pages, 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/
Here’s a link to my step by step post too http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/07/25/create-a-wordpress-website-step-by-step/
re: changing themes
https://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/#switch-themesThemes are just “skins” on WordPress.COM hosted blogs. You can quickly and easily change themes on any WordPress.COM hosted blog to another one found here http://wordpress.com/themes/ and no data will be lost or negatively affected by the change. The only time you may have to do some work is if you are changing to a dramatically different theme and have done any CSS editing.
Provided you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the blog go to Dashboard > Appearance > Themes, Browse themes until you find one you like and click the “activate” or the “preview” link, or type in the name of the theme you want to use when it appears.
After you change your theme all you need to do is use the customizer https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/ and re-install custom menus and widgets where you want them to appear. The widget contents and settings will be the same as they were prior to changing themes.
Note that every theme will have a detailed theme description page with set up instructions and a live demo site page that you can consult. Here’s an example:
https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/gateway/
http://gatewaydemo.wordpress.com/The link to the detailed theme description page is in the footer of the front page of your site.
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thank you. I’m going to try some of the links you posted and although I have difficulty understanding directions on pages and understand more one on one talk me through it directions, I’m going to give it a try.
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thank you. I’m going to try some of the links you posted and although I have difficulty understanding directions on pages and understand more one on one talk me through it directions, I’m going to give it a try.
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I require written instructions. I don’t operate by phone at all. I find that anyone trying to talk me through anything on a phone is bound to result in failure.
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