Adding a blog page inside my site…

  • kelemvor

    (@kelemvor)


    11 years, 6 months ago

    Site is http://www.oakbrookconnect.org.

    I have my front page configured as a normal page (not static) but have a loop-index file so it only pulls from a specific category that has a specific post in it.

    I want to add another page inside the site called News (or something like that) where we can just post updates to keep people informed. I have a link under News & Events for Body Life that specific pulls things from that one category. I want to do something similar but have it be like a normal blog and just show all the posts in date order.

    Is there an easy way to do this without affecting the rest of the site?

    Thanks.

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  • vtxyzzy

    (@vtxyzzy)

    11 years, 6 months ago

    Take a copy of the original index.php, rename it, and change it into a template. Create a new Page for the blog and assign it the new template.

    You may need to make some additional modifications to exclude categories displayed on other pages.

    Christine Rondeau

    (@crondeau)

    11 years, 6 months ago

    You can style categories differently by making different category-id.php templates. That could also be an option.

    Have a look at the template hierarchy to see the various templates you can use –
    http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy#Visual_Overview

    Thread Starter kelemvor

    (@kelemvor)

    11 years, 6 months ago

    I actually don’t want to show just certain categories. I want a page that will show Everything at once.

    I know that to show just a certain category, I can make a link that goes to site.com/category/Abcd

    But is there a way to do that and tell it to show everything?
    site.com/category/All or anything like that?

    vtxyzzy

    (@vtxyzzy)

    11 years, 6 months ago

    The approach I suggested should do what you want.

    Thread Starter kelemvor

    (@kelemvor)

    11 years, 6 months ago

    How do I change it into a template?

    vtxyzzy

    (@vtxyzzy)

    11 years, 6 months ago

    After thinking a bit about what you want, I believe that a different approach would be better.

    • Make your current index.php file into a template. You just need to rename it and add the template name to the top of the file as shown here.
    • Put a copy of the original index.php file in the theme folder so the blog page will use it.
    • Set your current home Page to use the new template.
    • Create a new blank Page for the blog.
    • Set your home Page as the ‘Static front page’ and your new blank blog page for posts.
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