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1. jomonto
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Hello everyone.

   I have a single HTML page that I would like everyone to see for the next two weeks, when they visit our club's site. I have created the page, saved it as "index.php" and placed it in the root of my wordpress folder.

   When I go to the site, this temp page comes up just fine.
   I of course also renamed the original index.php file to kounty.php

   So on the temp page - I briefly thank sponsors (it's a tournament) - and then created a link to go to the regular club website. I have a "href=" html anchor calling the kounty.php file.

   When you click on the link, it takes you to the original club site, It's my theme and layout... but I also get:
   "Sorry, no posts matched your criteria."

   Is this NOT the correct way to make this happen, should I be doing this another way?

   Thanks for your time and assistance,

   john-

2. Otto42
   Moderator
   Posted 4 months ago #

   You shouldn't replace the index.php file. Instead, you should make a new file, call it front.html or something, then use a DirectoryIndex directive in .htaccess to make that your default page. This assumes you're using non-default Permalinks, of course.

3. jomonto
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Otto42-

   I tried that too (forgot to mention) - with the same results.
   Let me research the "non-default Permalinks" - not sure about that.

   thanks,

   john-

4. Otto42
   Moderator
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Default permalinks look like this:

   http://example.com/?p=42

   Non default permalinks look like this (or similar):

   http://example.com/2009/07/07/the-meaning-of-life-the-universe-and-everything

   Look at the Settings->Permalinks page in your WordPress admin.

5. dbmartin
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Are you essentially creating a welcome screen/page thanking sponsors? When someone visits your site, they see this screen, and on the screen there's a link into the site? Or are you linking to an external site?

   If you're just wanting to set a welcome screen, you could create a new page and set it as your Front Page under you WP Dashboard Settings (Settings » Reading Settings » Front Page Displays).

6. jomonto
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   Ok-

   I am apparently using 'non-default Permalinks'
   Custom structure: /%postname%/

   I will replace the original index.php, change the temp file to index.html and return with all the results again.

   thanks,

   john-

7. Otto42
   Moderator
   Posted 4 months ago #

   dbmartin's way is equally valid, and works entirely with WP.

   Basically it's a three step process.
   1. Create a new Page in WordPress with your front page content.
   2. Create a new Page in WordPress which will be blank, but which will have a name of "blog" or something.
   3. Set it up on the Settings->Reading page.

   The root will now be your welcome page, and the blog posts will show up on http://example.com/blog/ or whatever. You'll have to make a link to that in your front page content.

8. jomonto
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   I apologize-

   Had to walk away for bit...
   Right now, I guess I'm really using WP as a CMS.
   I already am using a static page with the settings you described .
   http://brctennis.com

   So maybe this is why things are askew... maybe I just can't do what I'm trying ?

   thanks again,
   john-

9. dbmartin
   Member
   Posted 4 months ago #

   So you want this thank you page to show before the main page of brctennis.com?

   I use WP as a CMS for a lot of my sites, so it's definitely flexible enough to do what you need it to do. I may just be having difficulty understanding exactly what you want to do.

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