Old blog on wordpress.com integrated with new wordpress.com website

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  jason2002181 · Member · Feb 20, 2018 at 10:55 pm

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  Hello — I have a client who has a wordpress.com based blog with a few hundred posts. He would like to create an actual website for himself now and integrate the blog into it.

  Is this possible to do entirely on wordpress.com, or possible to do at all?

  Thanks,
  Jason

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  timethief · Member · Feb 20, 2018 at 10:57 pm

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  I have a client who has a wordpress.com based blog

  What is the URL of the site please?

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  timethief · Member · Feb 20, 2018 at 10:58 pm

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  If you are migrating from a self hosted WordPress.ORG site to WordPress.COM please see: Moving from a Self-Hosted WordPress to WordPress.com
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-from-self-hosted-wordpress-to-wordpress-com/ https://en.support.wordpress.com/coming-from-self-hosted/
  Otherwise see: Importing Content from Another Platform

  Import a Website

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  jason2002181 · Member · Feb 20, 2018 at 11:03 pm

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  Thanks for the quick response timethief. The website is:

  
  https://creditorsrights101.com/

  The blog is already on WordPress.com and, while the client hasn’t gotten me any more detail, my assumption for now is that he wants to remain on WordPress.COM with the new website but also integrate the exiting blog into it.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 20, 2018 at 11:05 pm

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  A blog is a website. The difference between blog and website is simply structure and semantics.

  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 page based to being post based – no upgrade required. For greater clarity read >

  Build Your Website in Five Steps
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/five-step-website-setup/

  Making a Business Website
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/making-a-business-website/

  Using WordPress.com to Create a Website
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/using-wordpress-to-create-a-website/

  See also Five Leads for Self-Help with WordPress.com https://dailypost.wordpress.com/2016/01/14/help-with-wordpress-com/

  Note that you can browse free themes under the Business subject by using this link https://wordpress.com/themes/free/filter/business

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  timethief · Member · Feb 20, 2018 at 11:06 pm

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  re: switching themes
  Themes are just “skins” on WordPress.COM hosted blogs.
  Note that switching themes https://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/#switch-themes can be easily done, provided you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the site, you to

  http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/themes.php

  *Replace NAME_OF_BLOG in that URL with the actual name of your blog. wp-admin/themes.php

  We have a preview function. No content is lost when switching themes on WordPress.COM hosted blogs. It does not matter if the site is private or public. Use the customizer https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/

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  jason2002181 · Member · Feb 20, 2018 at 11:21 pm

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  So right now, this person only has a post-based blog. He wants to start a business around it and feature related static content more along the lines of a traditional website but keep his blog intact.

  So you’re saying that if he switches to a theme that has page-based things like homepage, about page, contact page, etc, the blog will become another area of the new site and maintain all post content? That is to say it will automatically integrate into the new theme’s page-based structure?

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  gemmacevans · Member · Feb 21, 2018 at 7:15 pm

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  Hi jason2002181,

  So you’re saying that if he switches to a theme that has page-based things like homepage, about page, contact page, etc, the blog will become another area of the new site and maintain all post content?

  Most WordPress.com themes support the ability to add static pages and a separate page for blog posts on the same site. This support documentation shows how that could be set up:

  Set the Homepage

  You’ll notice there is an option to set a static homepage and a posts page.

  Your client is welcome to contact us directly if they need any help makes changes to creditorsrights101.com and we’ll be happy to take a look.

  Just let me know if you have any other questions.

  Thanks!