Creating a Hidden Page

  • Resolved BanditSiix

    (@banditsiix)


    14 years, 10 months ago

    I have a blog that I put regular posts on but I would like to create a simple single column landing page without links to other posts or pages for people to go to when they click on one of my ads posted elsewhere. Basically it’s a squeeze page.

    So the questions are:

    1. Can I create a page and NOT have it show up as one of the pages on the blog and just use the link to direct people to it? If so how?

    2. The current theme I’m using has a lot going on and I would like certain posts or pages (like the one previously mentioned) to show up with a different feel. ie..no ads or widgets on these posts or pages and just a single column. If so again how would I do this?

    Of course I’m open to any suggestions you might have and I very much appreciate your willingness to help.

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  • tommaitland

    (@tommaitland)

    14 years, 10 months ago

    I’m no WordPress pro but I can help out with your first question. The way I would do it is make the page and publish it then edit your theme so in the navigation areas where you don’t want this squeeze page to show you edit the wp_list_pages tag.

    Use this link to tell you how to do that, its pretty simple, just list the page ID for the page you want to hide.

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_pages#Exclude_Pages_from_List

    Hope that helps!

    Thread Starter BanditSiix

    (@banditsiix)

    14 years, 10 months ago

    Yes that definitely helps. I didn’t know about the whole Codex thing. I’ll me making use of that frequently I’m sure.

    Here’s another fix for people who just want a simple landing page for their site. I haven’t tested it yet but with the combination of a custom web template and the tip given by TomMaitland it should work perfect.
    I think you do have to know a little html though.

    http://www.wordpressmax.com/customize-wordpress/custom-page

    Thanks everyone.

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