{"id":229,"date":"2014-09-22T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-22T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lcn.com\/blog\/?p=229"},"modified":"2021-07-12T16:58:59","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T15:58:59","slug":"using-wordpress-create-website-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lcn.com\/blog\/using-wordpress-create-website-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Using WordPress to Create a Website (not a blog)"},"content":{"rendered":"

You’ve likely heard of WordPress. After all, it’s the most popular blogging platform available<\/a>. However, WordPress isn’t just for blogging. It is a useful content management system and can be used for creating websites with ease.<\/p>\n

If you want to join the masses and create a website without having to invest in web design software or hire a web designer, using WordPress is well worth considering.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now’s the bit where we tell you we offer fantastic WordPress hosting with a one-click installer to get you set up in no time.<\/p>\n

Check out our range of WordPress packages<\/a> <\/strong>here!<\/p>\n

So, what’s the difference between a website and a blog, and by extension, the difference between a web page and a blog post?<\/p>\n

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Websites vs Blogs<\/h2>\n

By definition, a website is “a place on the world wide web that contains information about a person, organisation, etc., and that usually consists of many web pages joined by hyperlinks” while a blog is “a website on which someone writes about personal opinions, activities, and experiences.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

Though those definitions imply that the difference has a lot to do with business versus personal usage, that’s not quite accurate. After all, a business can have a blog and a person can have a website.<\/p>\n

With a website, the pages tend to be more static in nature. For example, a business website might have a home \/ welcome page, about us page, products and services page, and a FAQs page, all of which remain unchanged for months at a time.\u00a0<\/p>\n[Tweet “A website is usually static, whereas a blog is constantly updated with new articles”]\n

In contrast, a business blog is constantly being updated with new entries. The “home” page of a blog typically displays the latest entry. Blogs are more dynamic than websites. Blogs also tend to encourage visitors to interact by leaving comments.<\/p>\n

Using WordPress, you can create two types of content: pages and posts. Pages are traditional, static web pages while posts are time-stamped entries that are placed on blogs.<\/p>\n

If you will be using WordPress to create a standard website and not a blog, any time you create a new page, you’ll choose the “add new page” option rather than “add new post.”<\/p>\n

Related: The complete\u00a0guide to WordPress<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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To Create a Website Using WordPress<\/h2>\n

First you need to install WordPress onto your web hosting<\/a> package. This can be done manually, or if you host with LCN.com, you can use our one-click install application.<\/p>\n

Even installing manually is fairly simple; you\u2019ll need a few things first:<\/p>\n