Switching Website to Blog

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  kristinapackmanmft · Member · May 29, 2017 at 9:28 pm

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  Hello,

  I accidentally chose website when I set up my blog and cannot figure out how to switch to a blog format now.

  Thanks!

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

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  timethief · Member · May 29, 2017 at 9:30 pm

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  Every theme has a detailed theme description page and like this one at https://wordpress.com/theme/twentysixteen/ and that’s where set up instructions for it and the live demo site link is found.

  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 >

  Five Step Blog Setup
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/five-step-blog-setup/

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

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  kristinapackmanmft · Member · May 30, 2017 at 5:18 am

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  Thank you!

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  timethief · Member · May 30, 2017 at 10:40 pm

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  You’re welcome and best wishes.