Building A custom CMS style site Unique front page design

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    15 years, 9 months ago

    WordPress as a CMS,
    I am already aware to do this there is a simple built in feature where u make two pages one for the blog and one for the homepage and you know the rest…

    My question is, I want to build a front page on my domain (index.php is used for the blog set up of course) I want to build a unique template with a different header design and body style. How can i achieve this?

    My wordpress is set up like this mydomain.com/blog so by default when you go to my domain.com you see the CMS style frontpage and a navigation link would direct to the blog, any ideas how i can create this or do I have to build the page in the core and have all these links pointed from my wordpress site to the front?

    I don’t think the above option would work well so I think That would mean building a page and having a custom template. Now the problem is DO I include a custom header style into this front page template?

    One more thing I’m willing to tackle the coding aspect of setting up a front page with a template any ideas of a good way? I found one but my blog is giving me a 404 error.

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  • kickass

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    15 years, 9 months ago

    In admin, in Settings you simply follow the directions to show your blog at toplevel instead of from its directory.

    And you simply create a home.php template following the instructions in codex, and then go into admin/settings/reading and set it to show “a static page”. Done deal.

    And all this info is in the Docs.

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    15 years, 9 months ago

    I’m not sure what you meant.

    Ok so I would have to make a home page and use a home.php template or something as the front page?

    Thread Starter 4star

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    15 years, 9 months ago

    I think I figured it out. thanks… Its a great idea to go research your questions on google.. You’d be surprised how many people who have the same ideas… and how many other site really help out.

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