Want to create a website, not a blog.

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  powerarchitects · Member · Jan 21, 2015 at 7:35 pm

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  I want to create a website, not a blog. For some reason, when I go to start creating, it keeps directing me to set up a blog. Can someone help me with where to start building just a website??

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  timethief · Member · Jan 21, 2015 at 7:36 pm

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  Hi there,

  Every day we get new people who do not understand that a blog is a website posting here. 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 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 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/

  Here’s a link to my step by step post too http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2013/07/25/create-a-wordpress-website-step-by-step/

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  timethief · Member · Jan 21, 2015 at 7:38 pm

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  You must, of course, register a blog so you can restructure it https://signup.wordpress.com/signup/

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  timethief · Member · Jan 21, 2015 at 7:39 pm

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  A self-hosted WordPress site might be right for you. WordPress.org offers free software that you can install on a web server. You can upload and install themes and plugins, run ads, conduct ecommerce and edit the database. Learn about the differences here. http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  auxclass · Member · Jan 21, 2015 at 7:43 pm

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  Why not do as I do – I just tell folks that I have a “website” – I don’t think many people care all that much about how a site looks (as long as it is not some horrid piece of junk) as long as they can find what they want on your site

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  timethief · Member · Jan 21, 2015 at 7:44 pm

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  @auxclass
  Your are right. This is all semantics and structure. :)

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  isteadnetball · Member · Jan 26, 2015 at 9:01 pm

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  just want to build a website. you couldn’t have made it harder if you tried.

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  timethief · Member · Jan 27, 2015 at 8:03 pm

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  We are Volunteers. We did not make anything hard and we do not find it hard to restucture any WordPress.COM blog when we use the guide I linked to above http://en.support.wordpress.com/using-wordpress-to-create-a-website/

  That said we are also very savvy bloggers and we know how little interest search engines have in page based structures.