Title: Using WordPress as a CMS
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Using WordPress as a CMS

 *  Resolved [seopractices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seopractices/)
 * (@seopractices)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-as-a-cms-2-2/)
 * Suppose you have WordPress running at [http://example.com/](http://example.com/).
   Suppose further that you want your blog to be located at [http://example.com/blog/](http://example.com/blog/).
   How can this be done? I have tried several solutions that I’ve found but non 
   of them seem to work. I would really appreciate any help with this issue.
 * This is what I did:
 * 1. Created a blog.php page with the following code and uploaded in the theme 
   Directory that I’m using:
 * <?php
 * /*
 * Template Name: Blog
 * */
 * // Which page of the blog are we on?
 * $paged = get_query_var(‘paged’);
 * query_posts(‘cat=-0&paged=’.$paged);
 * // make posts print only the first part with a link to rest of the post.
 * global $more;
 * $more = 0;
 * //load index to show blog
 * load_template(TEMPLATEPATH . ‘/index.php’);
 * ?>
 * 2. The I Logged into WordPress and created a page named “Blog” with template “
   blog”.
 * 3. Updated permalinks structure to begin with “/blog/”.
 * 4. set front page via Administration > Options > Reading panel.
 * For some reason it does not work for me. The site is mercadeoxinternet.com
 * Thanks in advance.

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 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-as-a-cms-2-2/#post-956894)
 * 1. Create a [Page](http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages) called **Blog** and a [Page](http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages)
   called **About**.
    2. In [Administration](http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels)
   > [Settings](http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels#Reading) > [Reading](http://codex.wordpress.org/Settings_Reading_SubPanel)
   check the Front page displays, **A static page**, then for Front page select **
   About** and for Posts page select **Blog**. 3. [Administration](http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels)
   > [Settings](http://codex.wordpress.org/Administration_Panels#Permalinks) > [Permalinks](http://codex.wordpress.org/Settings_Permalinks_SubPanel)
   select Custom Structure and use **/%postname%/**
 *  Thread Starter [seopractices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seopractices/)
 * (@seopractices)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-as-a-cms-2-2/#post-956899)
 * Michael, thanks for your help. What I want is the blog to display as [http://www.mecardeoxinternet.com/blog/](http://www.mecardeoxinternet.com/blog/)
   
   I want also a static home page
 * My problem is that for some reason the url:
    [http://www.mecardeoxinternet.com/blog/](http://www.mecardeoxinternet.com/blog/)
   is showing me an error, the rest is working fine and I don’t know why. I did 
   work for me in the beginning though.
 *  Thread Starter [seopractices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seopractices/)
 * (@seopractices)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-as-a-cms-2-2/#post-956903)
 * I have used the instructions that appear on this page:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Making_Your_Blog_Appear_in_a_Non-Root_Folder](http://codex.wordpress.org/Making_Your_Blog_Appear_in_a_Non-Root_Folder)
 * I just can’t get it to work right, thanks.
 *  [MichaelH](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michaelh/)
 * (@michaelh)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-as-a-cms-2-2/#post-956909)
 * I did in fact duplicate my procedures above.
 * WordPress is installed in the web-root folder meaning wp-config.php, wp-content,
   wp-admin, wp-includes are in the web-root folder.
 *  Thread Starter [seopractices](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seopractices/)
 * (@seopractices)
 * [17 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-as-a-cms-2-2/#post-956953)
 * Thanks Michael, issue solved.

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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