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1. revlimiter
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi everyone,
   I am wondering how to enable WP control over my homepage on http://www.kimstewart.ca

   It is currently a static file (home.php) and it needs to be that way. I am just hoping there is some code I can add into the static file to enable CMS control over the content area.

   For example, I have added a page within WordPress called "Home", so in the content area of my home.php file, can I just write "<?php include home ?>" (for example) to do this?

   This is in theory of course, I don't know the exact code to do this...

   Thanks!

2. Roy
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   In the WP admin: "settings"->"reading" and make a "page" as index.

3. revlimiter
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi Gangleri,

   This method won't work for me. It messes with the blog search / pagination. I need to upload a static php file (home.php) into my root folder (public_html) in order to have my static homepage. I am just wondering if I can still allow CMS control over this static homepage file.

   Hope this makes sense!
   Thanks

4. revlimiter
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   bump?

5. Maxaud
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   create a page template with your current php code and apply that to a page created in WordPress. This will make it wordpress but without integrating the WordPress loop into your php file, you cannot modify the contents.

6. revlimiter
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hey maxaud,
   Thanks for the reply.
   So if I'm understanding correctly... I can't retain WP control over my WordPress homepage using the methods above? ("/public_html/home.php")

   Thanks!

7. Maxaud
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   It's possible. Try adding this to your home.php page:
   

   <?php
   // Starts WordPress and tells it not to use your theme
   define('WP_USE_THEMES', false);
   require('/wp-blog-header.php');
   
   // retrieves page 2 only
   // alternatively you can use pagename=home
   // to get the page you want
   query_posts('page_id=2');
   ?>

   Next, find where you want the post to be and insert this code to insert it:
   

   <?php while (have_posts()): the_post(); ?>
   <h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
   <?php the_content(); ?>
   <?php endwhile; ?>

   Continued Reading:
   query posts:
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts

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