How to make home page a static page?

  • askzuri

    (@askzuri)


    15 years, 5 months ago

    Hi everyone!

    I’m new to wordpress and I would like to know how I can create a home page that does not link to a page in my blog and that does not link to all of my latest posts?

    I want a home page that is its own page that I can constantly add new content to that remains static and that is separate from all of my posts or other pages. I just feel that having a home page that links to another page makes both links show up twice on the navigation menu and that seems redundant to me.

    Thanks!

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  • complaintbucket

    (@complaintbucket)

    15 years, 5 months ago

    My advice (and maybe some will agree), I would create an index.html page and insert into my root. Then, I’d create a folder inside this (e.g., yourdomain.com/blog.

    If you’re intending to build a splash page – don’t. Yuk!!!

    Good luck.

    complaintbucket

    (@complaintbucket)

    15 years, 5 months ago

    Folder inside the root NOT the index.html page. LOL. Just wanted to be precise.

    Thread Starter askzuri

    (@askzuri)

    15 years, 5 months ago

    Hi, sorry to sound dense, but where would I find my root folder?

    Thanks!

    Roy

    (@gangleri)

    15 years, 5 months ago

    Why don’t you just make a “page” and under “setting”->”reading” make that page the index?

    bernardborealis

    (@bernardborealis)

    15 years, 5 months ago

    Your root folder is the highest level directory which contains your website pages. It could be public_html or httpdocs, depending on your host. It could also be a folder like mydomain.com. But it is the folder which contains your website.

    biztips

    (@biztips)

    15 years, 5 months ago

    Similiar question – I went to Settings > Reading and made one of my Pages a static page for the home page.

    Now how do I remove that page from my list of pages under “About” without removing it from the site altogether?

    Diana

    garry-chahal

    (@garry-chahal)

    15 years, 3 months ago

    Use the exclude parameter to hide certain Pages from the list to be generated by wp_list_pages in your sidebar.php which is under wordpress\wp-content\themes\default\sidebar.php. You can do this as:

      <?php wp_list_pages(‘exclude=17,38’ ); ?>
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