• Hi~
    I am very new to all this blogging stuff and am completely computer illiterate. I was wondering if someone could tell me how I can get my page public. When I type in my blog name on yahoo, the page comes up but not what I have put on it. In otherwords, I’ve written a page through the dashboard thing and clicked publish. When I view the page it shows everything there, but when I search the web and click the link only the theme shows. Could someone tell me what I am doing wrong? Thank you for your time and help in advance.
    Dessa

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  • Did you go to Options > Privacy Options and select :

    I would like my blog to be visible to everyone, including search engines (like Google, Sphere, Technorati) and archivers

    What is your URL?

    Thread Starter Dessa

    (@dessa)

    Yes did..the URL is dessasdiary.com
    Thank you for helping me.

    You are right, your post is not getting published. If you go to Manage > Posts, do you see it there? If it is there, you should be able to click the “view” link associated with your post. If you can see your post and it looks fine I would suggest that your theme’s index page is missing “the loop” .

    Switch back to the default theme and see if your post is there. If it is, it is your current theme that needs some work.

    Thread Starter Dessa

    (@dessa)

    I did what you said, in the post view it’s all there including apparntly, the rest of the theme. When I switch to the default themes it shows nothing as well. So I am completely at a loss….I really don’t know what to do at this point. I know this may seem a bit bold, but would you be interested in helping me create this thing? I could pay you if you wanted. I am so dumb when it comes to this stuff and am very frustrated with it all. I just wanted to do something simple and even that is elusive. *sigh*

    Thread Starter Dessa

    (@dessa)

    Thank you all for your help.
    Sincerely,
    Dessa

    I looking at your original post you say you have published your “Page.”

    In your Dashboard you have two options under “write.” You can write a “post,” or your can write a “Page.”

    A post is what is displayed on the index or front page (note non-capitalized (“page”) of your blog.

    On the other hand a “Page” (Note it’s capitalized) is used for static content, say a short bio for example.

    I suspect you may have selected “Page” for your entry and not “Post.”

    Because your theme by default has no section for “Pages” in its sidebar ot a nav bar across the top or above the header image I can’t verify if this is true.

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