static link as home page; how to create virtual directory?

  • idiotprogrammer

    (@idiotprogrammer)


    13 years, 7 months ago

    Hi, there.

    I want to use a static page as the home page and then put a link called News at the top.

    The codex here says
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page

    When you create a static front page for your site, you must also create a way for WordPress to show your most recent posts in a “virtual directory” called blog, news, or whatever else you choose to call it. This is true whether or not you are actually using Posts in WordPress.

    Okay, that makes sense. But how do you make a virtual directory consisting of your recent posts?

    I’m guessing that you are not doing it with .htaccess but using a handcrafted URL that will show all the recent posts (not excerpts).

    Also, I’m guessing that someone has also documented this, but I’m too stupid to find it 🙂

    Can someone point me in the right direction or offer their two cents about how to accomplish this?

    The trick is that I do not know want the News directory of recent posts to be excerpts but full posts.

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  • @mercime

    (@mercime)

    13 years, 7 months ago

    Simply, create a new Page (Page > Add New) and just put in the Title of that page only – e.g. News or Blog, or whatever you prefer – then Publish that Page. Go back to Settings > Reading, and choose “News” or “Blog” or whatever Title you published earlier, then Save.

    Thread Starter idiotprogrammer

    (@idiotprogrammer)

    13 years, 7 months ago

    Ok, I think I found the answer. Read the documentation more closely!

    I did not realize that you must create a static page called News, and then when you set the splash page as home page, you must also specify which page will appear to hold all the posts. (I never did that).

    ubercool!

    Sheilahrv

    (@sheilahrv)

    12 years, 8 months ago

    Can you help? What I would like to do is to eliminate the comments box at the bottom of the front page (static). I do have a blog page set up, but the comments box is still showing up on the Front Page.

    esmi

    (@esmi)

    12 years, 8 months ago

    Please post a new topic.

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