Posts and Pages

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  racheljoy28 · Member · Aug 17, 2011 at 9:38 pm

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  Hi,
  I was very happy with my one page site and had put all my content on a ‘page’. I then created a seperate ‘post’ which took over as the main page. So I deleted the post and then nothing was visible even though in the dashboard all my content was still on the ‘page’.
  So I’ve copied and pasted the content from the original page that doesn’t show anymore and put it in a post which comes up as my main page. Why can’t I understand this how to use them properly!! I prefer the different format of the content of the ‘page’, what I want to do is delete the post and have the page as my main site, but when I delete the post nothing comes up when I click on the url. Does anybody understand and can anybody help me get back to using my original page of content,
  Many Thanks,

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  timethief · Member · Aug 17, 2011 at 9:44 pm

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  I believe this will help you. Staff have provided help for those who want to structure their blog like a website. > http://en.support.wordpress.com/using-wordpress-to-create-a-website/

  What’s critical is:
  (1) a clear comprehension of the differences between pages and posts > http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/
  (2) a clear comprehension of the fact that there is only one dynamic page in a blog for posts and we cannot post to more than that one page. But we can create the appearance that we have posted to more than one page.

  We organize our posts by assigning Categories to them. When we publish a post it automatically appears on the running page for posts and also on the Categories pages and Archives pages. Note: There must be one published post in each Category in order for there to be anything to display.

  A custom menu allows you to display Categories in tabs along the horizontal navigation where normally only Pages tabs are displayed. If you wish you can also include Pages and custom links in your custom menu as well.

  These are the how-to instructions:
  How to create Pages > http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/
  How to create a custom menu. http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/

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  timethief · Member · Aug 17, 2011 at 9:47 pm

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  If you wish to create a static front page then you create two new pages one which will be the new front page and another that will be the running page for all your posts. Then on this page Settings > Reading you designate them
  Reading Settings
  Front page displays
  Your latest posts

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

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  racheljoy28 · Member · Aug 17, 2011 at 9:58 pm

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  Thankyou very much!

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  timethief · Member · Aug 17, 2011 at 10:00 pm

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  You’re welcome and best wishes with your blog. :)