{"id":390,"date":"2017-05-01T03:58:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T03:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nickiong.com\/simplesprout\/?p=390"},"modified":"2021-04-13T19:29:33","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T19:29:33","slug":"how-to-make-your-wordpress-com-blog-a-little-more-fancyfor-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nickiong.com\/simplesprout\/2017\/05\/01\/how-to-make-your-wordpress-com-blog-a-little-more-fancyfor-free\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Make Your WordPress.com Blog a Little More Fancy\u2026For Free!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Last time we talked about\u00a0redirecting your WordPress.com subdomain on your own domain name<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you\u2019d like to stick with the WordPress.com infrastructure, that\u2019s ok. There are plenty of things you can do in order to make it your own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Theme<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Think of themes in WordPress as the skin of your website. Theme controls everything from font to design and everything in between. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You\u2019ll be able to choose from many themes (paid to free!) by going to Appearance > Themes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Make it a website<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

By default, your WordPress.com site is a blog, so it is set to have a stream of your latest posts. If you\u2019d prefer more of a website (with a traditional homepage, other pages, and specific page for your blog feed), you can convert your blog to a website in just a few easy steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First, you\u2019ll need to create the page you\u2019d like to use as your homepage. In order to do this, go to Pages > Add New <\/strong>and create your page. My recommendation would be to create a page called \u201cHome.\u201d Add your content and publish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then, create a page for your blogposts to go. Here, my recommendation would be to create a page called \u201cBlog.\u201d Do not<\/em> add any content here. Publish the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last but not least, go to Settings > Reading<\/strong> and change \u201cFront page displays\u201d from \u201cyour latest posts\u201d to \u201cA static page.\u201d Then, select the page for your front page (\u201cHome\u201d) and your posts page (\u201cBlog\u201d). And you\u2019re done!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can add additional pages to your site by going back and simply adding more pages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n