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  lilikatebuggins · Member · Feb 18, 2016 at 9:52 pm

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  create a front page

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  timethief · Member · Feb 18, 2016 at 9:53 pm

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  https://lilikatebuggins.wordpress.com is no longer available. The authors have deleted this site.

  What is the exact URL starting with http:// of the site you refer to please?

  I’m asking because we cannot accurately answer questions posted here until we have confirmed the URL referred to and verified the hosting. And, that is why we are all prompted to provide the relevant URL when we create a new thread.

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  lilikatebuggins · Member · Feb 18, 2016 at 10:36 pm

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  Thank you for your concern but I didn’t actually mean to post to the forums I was trying to search help topics already in the WordPress user guide drop down menu.
  I was trying to make a front page for my blog Theninny.wordpress.com
  but have no clue as to how to begin. :)

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  timethief · Member · Feb 19, 2016 at 8:29 pm

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  Thanks for the URL https://theninny.wordpress.com/

  Note that your detailed theme description page with set up instructions is here https://wordpress.com/themes/twentysixteen/ and the live demo site is here https://twentysixteendemo.wordpress.com/

  By default, the URL of any site is the front page of the site like this * http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/ unless we change it.

  re: creating a static front page
  By default the front page of your blog displays all published posts (not pages) in reverse chronological order, with the most recently published post on top. That is for the convenience of your returning visitors, who come to read your latest post, and who are not likely to be happy with being compelled to click through the same static page with the same blah, blah, blah on it every time they visit the blog looking for the latest post.

  There must be a page for all posts published in the blog to display on. However, if you do not want all the posts to show on the front page, then you can create a static front page called for example “Welcome” for your site and a “Blog” page for posts.

  To do that create two static pages first http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/

  After you do that you go to > Settings > Reading and make the designation change there
  A static page (select below)
  Front page:
  Posts page:
  Then click “save changes”.

  The guide is here http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/