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  nerdhum · Member · Sep 9, 2017 at 2:10 pm

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  I was wondering if I chose the website template and I pay for it, could I later turn it into a blog.

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

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  timethief · Member · Sep 9, 2017 at 7:42 pm

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  The only themes that are licensed and available for used on wordpress.COM hosted sites that do not have a Business plan are here https://wordpress.com/themes/

  There is no FTP access to wordpress.COM hosted sites.

  Please read:
  FTP access http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
  Blogger installed plugins http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/
  Uploading Custom Themes or Third Party Themes
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/

  Business Plan http://wordpress.com/pricing

  The Business upgrade includes:
  • Google analytics
  • Footer Credit Options https://en.support.wordpress.com/footer-credits/
  • SEO Tools https://en.support.wordpress.com/seo-tools/
  • The ability to install most plugins https://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/ including woocommerce and the ability to install third party themes. https://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/#uploading-custom-themes

  Every theme has a detailed theme description page and like this one at https://wordpress.com/theme/twentyseventeen 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 site can be restructured from being page based (website style) to being post based (blog style) – no upgrade required. For greater clarity read > Five Step Blog Setup
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/five-step-blog-setup/

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  timethief · Member · Sep 9, 2017 at 7:44 pm

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  Any WordPress blog can be restructured from being post based (blog style) to being page based (website style) no upgrade required. For greater clarity read:

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

  Making a Business Website
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/making-a-business-website/

  Using WordPress.com to Create a Website
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/using-wordpress-to-create-a-website/

  See also Five Leads for Self-Help with WordPress.com https://dailypost.wordpress.com/2016/01/14/help-with-wordpress-com/