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Hello. I am so confused a new word needs to be invented to really describe. I read that its so simple to create a website using WordPress. Do I need Dreamweaver? Do I need to learn HTML? (whatever that is) Is a blog a website too? I created that already. I have watched videos…no success because a different version of WordPress appears than the one I have. In reading things about “how to” I get lost soon into the descriptions. Thanks for any help or leads to other sources. Rick
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WordPress.com free hosted blogs and WordPress.org installs for self hosting are different. What you are viewing is probably videos for a WordPress.org install despite the fact there’s a WordPress.com free hosted blog linked to your username. Please start by reading this > WordPress.com vs WordPress.org: The Differences.
On the bottom of your Admin page you will find a link to the learn wordpress.com tutorial that applies to the blog linked to your username. http://learn.wordpress.comNext please note that a blog is a website and WordPress blogs can be left in their conventional post based structure or they can become page based structures. Better Blogging at WordPress.com: Pages and Posts
You can create a page based site if you wish. You
can create static pages, create a custom menu and add the pages to it if
you wish. Or you can have a static front page.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#adding-pages-to-your-menu
Pages are static and are for content that rarely changes. They sit
outside of the blog structure and you cannot post to multiple pages in
any blog. There is only one main page for posts in a blog and all posts
will display on the main blog page. There is no way to exclude posts
from the main posts (blog) page.
The front page of the blog by default will display your posts (not pages)
in reverse chronological order, with the most recently published post
on top. If you do not want all the posts to show on the front page, then
you can create a static front page “Welcome” for your site and a “Blog”
page for posts.
Choice 1 static front page
Choice 2 running page for all posts on front page
Which do you choose? It’s one or the other.
If you choose Choice 1 static front page then you have to create two pages as I said above. After you do that you go to > Settings > Reading and make the designation change and click “save changes”.
You may want to read Better Blogging at WordPress.com: Pages and Posts
so you are clear on the differences between pages and posts, and the
consequences of choosing to have a page based site with a static front
page when it comes to search engine ranking.
We organize our posts by assigning Categories to them. When we
publish a post it automatically appears on the running page for posts
and also on the Categories pages and Archives pages. Note: There must be
one published post in each Category in order for there to be anything
to display.
A custom menu allows you to display Categories with drop-downs to
sub-categories in tabs along the horizontal navigation where normally
only Pages tabs are displayed. If you wish you can also include Pages
with drop-downs to sub-pages and/or custom links in your custom menu as
well. You are in charge of what appears in a custom menu. You choose the
order in which to display any and/or all the foregoing in your custom
menu. You choose which to display and which to hide.
Please see: custom menu > http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/
custom menu walkthrough > http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2011/08/11/wordpress-com-custom-menu-walk-through/
There are many common errors, misunderstanding and misconceptions when
creating custom menus and you can read about them here > http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2011/12/19/custom-menus/
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