Problems stopping a static page and reverting back to my home page as default

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    newens · Member ·

    So here is my issue. A week or two back I followed the directions on Bluehost youtube tutorials to create a static front page in order to load to an, “About” page instead of my, “Home” page where I post things blog style. The tutorial can be accessed here:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EkrvfhFrrY

    Now I have many followers and I would like to revert back so that my, “Home” page is the default page that loads when someone accesses my website and the, “About” page is just an alternate page accessible via the, “About” tab. I have tried everything I could think of which amounted to trying two main things, ha ha. 1) Under Settings > Reading > Front page displays:, I tried setting both the front page and posts page to my, “Home” page. WordPress said I cannot do that and it then defaulted to my, “Artists” page probably due to an error. 2) I tried selecting “Front Page Displays: Your Latest Posts” as an option (rather than the static page option) and thought it might revert to the home page. Instead, it now loads some Home page where there is a comment spot for users to comment and some gibberish but all of my posts on my previous, “Home” page are gone and only that remains. Luckily, when I revert back, my posts are still there.

    Please help me resolve this. My site can be visited here to get a clearer picture (although I do not continually keep the bad home page up for obvious reasons):

    http://www.christianelectrospot.com/

    I searched around and no one else seems to have this problem. Please let me know if some one has had it and if there is already a solution.

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

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    justjennifer · Member ·

    Here’s the thing. Since your WP site is self-hosted, you’ll need to look for help over at http://wordpress.org/support/ If you don’t have a username there, you’ll need to register for one.

    WordPress and WordPress.com (where we are) are separate entities. For better understanding, you can check out http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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    newens · Member ·

    Oh okay then, I was unaware there was a difference, how confusing. Ha ha. Thank you

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