Why my edits don't show up on site

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  davekaplan492 · Member · Feb 21, 2017 at 3:51 pm

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  I’ve started to use this free wordpress site. I’ve made changes to the site but the changes to text aren’t showing up. Why?

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

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  timethief · Member · Feb 21, 2017 at 8:02 pm

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  Which edits exactly did you make?
  Provide the Page and/or Posts URLs please.

  Every theme has a detailed theme description page like this one at https://wordpress.com/themes/goran/ That’s where set up instructions for it are found. The live demo site is at https://gorandemo.wordpress.com/

  I will type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for a Staff follow-up. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Also subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond and be patient while waiting. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.

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  supernovia · Staff · Feb 22, 2017 at 1:24 am

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  @davekaplan492 are you making the changes via the Customize > Widgets or somewhere else?

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  davekaplan492 · Member · Feb 22, 2017 at 1:39 am

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  just made some changes to text. I go back to the main page and the text in contact is the generic text that came with it.

  from what I’ve seen is wordpress.com is a little more confusing to set up than using a wordpress.org site which I have done many times.

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  davekaplan492 · Member · Feb 22, 2017 at 1:46 am

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  also : I get these emails…

  Dave <(email visible only to moderators and staff)>
  7:35 AM (10 hours ago)

  to me
  Name: Dave

  Email: (email visible only to moderators and staff)

  Website: https://backroadjourney.wordpress.com

  Comment: info

  Time: February 21, 2017 at 3:35 pm
  IP Address: 73.240.195.13
  Contact Form URL: https://backroadjourney.wordpress.com/contact?iframe=true&theme_preview=true
  Sent by a verified WordPress.com user.

  What are these about. are they spam?

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  supernovia · Staff · Feb 22, 2017 at 6:43 pm

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  @davekaplan492 I didn’t understand your answer: are you making the changes via the Customize > Widgets or somewhere else?

  If you haven’t been using Customize, can you try that, and be sure to save your changes?

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  supernovia · Staff · Feb 22, 2017 at 6:43 pm

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  also : I get these emails…

  That’s what you’ll get when someone submits a comment on your comment form. It looks like you sent yourself a test.

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  davekaplan492 · Member · Feb 23, 2017 at 12:16 pm

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  I’m using the interface that comes with WordPress.

  Nobody can help me understand your confusing interface, I’ll go back to WordPress.org or use Blogger instead.

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  supernovia · Staff · Feb 23, 2017 at 5:39 pm

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  Okay. It sounds like you may be used to some other plugin. If it helps, these videos show how to find and use the customizer.
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/video-tutorials/#customize-your-site