No option for a static front page on my blog, but there is for my new one, why?

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  skip2theend · Member · Sep 28, 2011 at 10:49 am

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  I’ve been running SquabbleBox for 6 months now and it’s going well, but I’ve always wanted to create a static page for the homepage…an option that ISN’T available under the “Reading” tag. However, for my new company-related blog, I do have the option. Could anyone explain to me why I can do it with one but not the other? I would like both to have a static homepage with a link the blog feed. Thanks.

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

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  airodyssey · Member · Sep 28, 2011 at 11:12 am

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  Hi. In order to assist you, we need the URL of your blog, starting with http:// please. Thanks.

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  skip2theend · Member · Sep 28, 2011 at 11:24 am

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  With domain: http://www.squabblebox.co.uk
  Without: http://www.squabbleboxuk.wordpress.com

  Cheers.

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  skip2theend · Member · Sep 28, 2011 at 2:16 pm

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  Any ideas? lol

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  timethief · Member · Sep 28, 2011 at 5:21 pm

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  Are you an Administrator of the blog in question? Unless you are you will not be able to change the structure of the blog. Check here please. http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/

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  skip2theend · Member · Sep 29, 2011 at 8:08 am

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  I am the administrator and I’ve set the others back to contributors, but still don’t have the option to set a static front page. It’s just a little bizarre that I can do it with one blog but not the other lol

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  thesacredpath · Member · Sep 29, 2011 at 9:17 am

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  Log out, clear your browser cache and cookies, restart your browser and then take another look. It could be a cookie or caching issue with your browser.

  If the above does not work, try a different browser to see if it is browser related.

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  skip2theend · Member · Sep 29, 2011 at 9:46 am

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  It still isn’t working, tried both suggestions, but thanks for replying. It looks like I’m stuck with it!

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Sep 30, 2011 at 12:06 am

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  The option won’t appear until you actually have published pages to set as your static front page. You currently have 0 pages.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 30, 2011 at 1:22 am

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  ~~macmanx
  Well that makes sense. :)

  @skip2theend
  If you do not want all the posts to show on the front page, then you can create a static front page for your site. You must create two pages. One will be come the static front page. The other will become a “blog” page for your posts to display on. http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/

  Set the Homepage