Why do all of your sites look like a blog? I just want a website.

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  saltcity88 · Member · Jul 13, 2018 at 5:52 pm

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  Also, how do you add forms? It all looks static (plus blog entries, which who has time for that).

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  timethief · Member · Jul 13, 2018 at 5:54 pm

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  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 >

  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/

  Note that you can browse free themes under the Business subject by using this link https://wordpress.com/themes/free/filter/business

  re: switching themes
  Themes are just “skins” on WordPress.COM hosted blogs.
  Note that switching themes https://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/#switch-themes can be easily done, provided you are logged in as Admin under the same username account that registered the site, you to

  http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/themes.php

  *Replace NAME_OF_BLOG in that URL with the actual name of your blog. wp-admin/themes.php

  We have a preview function. No content is lost when switching themes on WordPress.COM hosted blogs. It does not matter if the site is private or public. Use the customizer https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/

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  themagicrobot · Member · Jul 13, 2018 at 6:04 pm

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  I’ll throw one more link onto the heap: https://en.support.wordpress.com/forms/

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  timethief · Member · Jul 13, 2018 at 6:08 pm

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  @themagicrobot

  Thanks for the assist here. :)