Verify my email address

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  zarkomihic · Member · Jun 29, 2014 at 10:06 pm

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  Hi
  I am struggling with publishing my first post. My email address is not verified yet. Don’t know how to verify it,
  since I have already tried number of times.

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

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  phantomcoast · Member · Jun 29, 2014 at 10:42 pm

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  Hi there!
  Sometimes these emails get sent to your spam folder. Try checking there and if you still don’t see it, I will tag this thread for the staff to assist you.

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  zarkomihic · Member · Jun 29, 2014 at 10:55 pm

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  Thank you for your response
  At the start I got an email from wordpress, but there was nothing about verifying my email address, just notification that I can start customising my blog.
  The other thing I would like to ask you. Is wordpress.com only blogging site or I can create my blog, and web site at the same place?
  Thank you, Zarko.

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  phantomcoast · Member · Jun 29, 2014 at 11:42 pm

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  Hi! You can use your wordpress.com site as a blog or a website. You can also choose to create a website on WordPress.org, however it is a bit more complicated to use. When using WordPress.com, you don’t have to pay for hosting, download software, or manage a web server. WordPress.com is an excellent choice to run a website on if you’re looking to have much of the technical work taken care of. Please see the following link that will help explain the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org sites and they can help you choose which version would be better suited for you.

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

  Let me know if this helps and if you have any other questions!

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  zarkomihic · Member · Jun 29, 2014 at 11:51 pm

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  Thanks again
  I want to use it as web site. Your info helps me to decide which way to go. Much appreciated.
  Cheers
  Z.

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Jun 29, 2014 at 11:55 pm

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  @zarkomihic
  A blog is a website. This is all semantics and blog structure. 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 website 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, it is not as attractive to search engines as a post based blog structured site is.

  Any WordPress blog can be restructured from being post based to being page based – no upgrade required. For greater clarity read > http://en.support.wordpress.com/using-wordpress-to-create-a-website/

  The only themes we can use on free hosted WordPress.com blogs are found here http://wordpress.com/themes/
  There is no upgrade you can purchase that changes that.

  On one hand, none of the characteristic “blog” features like categories, tags, authors, dates, etc. can be removed from a free hosted WordPress.com blog, without purchasing an annually renewable custom design upgrade and doing the required CSS editing.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#frequently-asked-questions
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/editing-css/

  On the other hand, one can edit a WordPress.org theme free of charge. http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Jun 29, 2014 at 11:56 pm

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  I am struggling with publishing my first post.

  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-page

  For 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/

  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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  zarkomihic · Member · Jun 30, 2014 at 12:02 am

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  Thanks.
  Very kind of you, explaining the basics, semantics.
  Cheers
  Z

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Jun 30, 2014 at 12:03 am

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  You’re welcome.

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  zarkomihic · Member · Jun 30, 2014 at 4:00 am

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  Hi there
  I am still unable to publish on wordpress. Drafts allowed only. The message that keeps reappearing is “Please verify your email address”, and resend confirmation button doesn’t work. I seems it is quite common issue with novices there. I have nothing in junk mail folder and not using gmail address. I have reset my Safari browser as well.
  Can you help me please?
  Thanks,
  Zarko

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  izabelfeih · Member · Aug 3, 2014 at 7:08 am

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  Hi? how can I verify my email? in order for me to Published a post.