Are you looking for an example of a site using that option or are you looking for documentation on how to use that option?
michael, looking for examples of use first. trying to understand the option a little better. then maybe documentation comes next. what do you think?
hmm, end of the day and no static page examples…
a “static page” is a non-database/wordpress engine page, right? one would use a static page as a “splash” page that does not have a text intensive look. something a little creative, enticing? that’s my take but what do i know?
Usually a static page is intended to present, always, the same information (the same page) to visitors. Normally in a blog the information presented is just the lastest set of posts (it is not static then). Static pages are useful in the sense of a Content Management System.
a “static page” is a non-database/wordpress engine page, right?
Not really!
Pages, just like the posts, are all stored in the database.
Since the WP 2.1 version you can simply go to Options > Reading and select one of your Pages (created in Write > Write Page) as you “static home page”.
For further customization… you can even have a custom Page Template for that Page, so the possibilities are endless 🙂
understood and Cool! i have gone on codex and come back with this question = where is the best section in codex to help me build a custom static home page. my intention is to have ten major category links be graphically displayed that would go directly to respective category summary archive; plus an “all” link that would go to normal front page. thanks!
