Starting my first post.
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I was told that my site was set up and to start blogging. When I pressed the start a post key nothing happened. Did I leave something out?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Try clicking on the “add” button next to “blog posts” at this page:
https://wordpress.com/stats/day/craigfiction.wordpress.com
That should take to you a post editor where you can create your blog posts.
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Can you direct me to a tutorial that will explain to me just how to set up and edit my blog. I have set it up. I think it’s right. When I call it up I get a black screen with one of my graphics in the upper left corner. When I click on follow in the lower right corner I get the whole page that I’ve set up. I would like to edit the page by inserting a link to Amazon. Of course I’ll want to add to the page in the future. So far I’m just guessing at what commands to initiate, and I’m not seeing anything that allows me to edit or add to the page. This is all brand new to me, and I guess I need more help.
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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 error message will be gone. http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/
For creating a post see here http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/#publish-a-new-post
For creating a page see here
http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/#create-a-new-pageFor editing see:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/edit-posts-screen/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/edit-pages-screen/On the bottom of your Admin page you will find a link to the step by step Learn WordPress.com blogging Tutorial prepared by Staff. http://learn.wordpress.com/
Here’s another helpful link to 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 on the bottom of your Admin page.
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I would like to edit the page by inserting a link to Amazon. Of course I’ll want to add to the page in the future. So far I’m just guessing at what commands to initiate, and I’m not seeing anything that allows me to edit or add to the page. This is all brand new to me, and I guess I need more help.
Bloggers at WordPress.com with their own books on Amazon can use a plain HTML affiliate link code from Amazon and then used that to link an image (book cover or Buy at Amazon button). See here https://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/images-the-three-link-options/ and note “Custom URL” to link to your book’s cover.
Affiliate marketing banners and any and all advertising outside of WordAds at WordPress.com are not allowed. No blogger initiated advertising is allowed on WordPress.com blogs. The only advertising program at WordPress.com is called WordAds and it’s for blogs on their own domains.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
http://en.wordpress.com/apply-for-wordads/
http://support.wordpress.com/advertising/Here’s what gets a blog suspended:
http://wordpress.com/types-of-blogs/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/affiliate-links/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/suspended-blogs/
http://en.wordpress.com/tos/1. WordPress.com allows bloggers to insert text affiliate links within post and page content to most third-party affiliate programs, provided they are not the primary content of the site in question.
2. Image affiliate links in posts and pages and any banners, affiliate links in sidebar or footer widget areas, are still considered to be advertising and are not allowed on WordPress.com blogs.
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