Posted 3 years ago #
I use this for my website. Normally the frontpage displays the 10 last blog posts, but I would like to have a static front page AND a "blog" page that I can link to as a normal page in the sidebar.
Can anyone tell me how to do this? I have no experience with coding, but I understand the principle of what the different php files do.
My page is http://www.thesteelydane.com
Hope someone can help....
Nicolaj
Posted 3 years ago #
You can configure the front page in Options --> Reading --> Front page.
Posted 3 years ago #
Thank you for your reply. That's exactly what I did, and I now have it set to a static front page (a sort of about/welcome page). What I would like is to also have a "blog" page. Right now the only way you can get to my blog is click on a specific category.
Posted 3 years ago #
Oohhh, I am stupid. You were right, the reason I didn't have a blog page was that I hadn't created it yet.
All is well now!
Posted 3 years ago #
I have the same problem as Nicolaj too. However, when I went to Options --> Reading --> Front page, there is no such option to configure it there. My current version of WP is the most updated version.
Anyone can help please.
Posted 3 years ago #
That sounds really strange...are you sure you are looking in the right place? It's under "settings" --> "reading" --> "Front page displays" . Make sure you have at least 2 pages so you can set one to be your static front page and the other your blog.
Posted 3 years ago #
The steelydane:
what exactly did you put in your /blog page ? I have tried the same thing at http://rosacea-support.org but cannot get a /blog page or link or redirect to go to my posts without cheating and linking to http://rosacea-support.org/?page=1 instead.
davidp.
Posted 3 years ago #
OK I can't believe how thick I was being.
There are 2 settings, one for the front page - make this a wordpress page that you have populated with your landing page content.
The second is for a "Posts page: ". Create any old empty page using the wordpress editor. I created a totally empty page called "blog". Select this - voila - you have a blog URL and a CMS for a web site.
Here is a screengrab - so you don't have to be as thick as I was.
http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p164/rosaceaforum/17-03-20094-02-18PM.png
davidp.
Posted 2 years ago #
ok, on that line of thought.....I have a page running with the static home page and now I am going to add the blog but when I add it as a static page the footer jumps up to the right side of the header and my background disappears
thoughts?
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