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1. mar_da_moose
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Hi Guys,

   I know this has probably been answered before somewhere but I just cant find it!

   I want to have my front page as a static page, with no posts, but other (non-wp) content on it - almost like a splash page, but still with the header and footer. When the user clicks the nav links at the top then my 'blog posts' will be seen.

   I have set up the corresponding pages (about, blog etc.), but cant figure out how to have it static with no posts but custom code

   I edited the index.php file thinking it was that, but after setting my blog posts to be shown on 'blog' page, it is exactly the same as my index.php page :?

   I hope that makes sense

   I'm new to wordpress, so please explain everything VERY SIMPLY

   Cheers

   Mark

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 8 months ago #

   See Creating_a_Static_Front_Page.

3. mar_da_moose
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   I'll give that a try and see what happens, thanks

4. mar_da_moose
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Ok, Ive got that to display the 'splash' page Ive created as my front page. But if I edit page.php to not show sidebar etc, it will affect all my other 'pages'?

5. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Yes. You will need to create a custom page template and apply it to your new splash page.

6. mar_da_moose
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   SOrry to sound REALLY think, but how? lol

7. mar_da_moose
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   NVM, got it now!

   Thanks for the help tho esmi :)

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