Title: Blog vs. Website
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Blog vs. Website

 *  [Timbomania](https://wordpress.org/support/users/timbomania/)
 * (@timbomania)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blog-vs-website/)
 * Hello,
 * I’m the rankest beginner at WP, so please be gentle. I’m willing to RTI, but 
   I’m still puzzling over the instructions.
 * I do know a bit about HTML and CSS. My ISP has set up a WP template for me. I
   rolled my own website years ago with a simple HTML editor. It now looks old and
   clunky. I want to move the content to a crisp but uncomplicated new WP-based 
   site. After getting that online, I want to add some new pages, content and menu
   items.
 * So, I can look at my dummy WP site, and I figured out how to access /wp-admin/
 * I guess the next step is to choose a suitable template, customize it a bit, then
   add extra pages, and so on.
 * At the moment, I have the vague notion that WP is equally suitable for designing
   web sites or blogs. Is this correct?
 * If so, are some templates better suited for blogs, others better suited for websites?
   If yes, how do I find one or the other?
 * Thanks in advance,
 * Tim

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 *  Moderator [cubecolour](https://wordpress.org/support/users/numeeja/)
 * (@numeeja)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blog-vs-website/#post-1839153)
 * Don’t worry too much about the difference between a blog & a website; Most themes
   are good for either. First make sure you understand the difference between posts&
   pages.
 * To setup WP without the focus on the blog, you can set a specific page as the
   home page rather than a summary of latest posts: [http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page](http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page)
   You can still use the blog functionality by creating a page called news (for 
   example) and setting that as the posts page.
 *  [isay81](https://wordpress.org/support/users/isay81/)
 * (@isay81)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blog-vs-website/#post-1839162)
 * What if you didn’t want any pages to have the Blog Feature?
 *  [Samuel B](https://wordpress.org/support/users/samboll/)
 * (@samboll)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blog-vs-website/#post-1839163)
 * > What if you didn’t want any pages to have the Blog Feature?
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Creating_Your_Own_Page_Templates](http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Creating_Your_Own_Page_Templates)
 *  [11m2](https://wordpress.org/support/users/11m2/)
 * (@11m2)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blog-vs-website/#post-1839255)
 * I am using the Dynamic Widgets plugin to determine which sidebars are displayed
   with which part of the site – so the blog looks different from the website. So
   far, it’s been my favorite plugin.
 * You have a plugin that let’s you exclude pages from the top navigation as well.
   The more I work with WP, the more I like it.

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