Title: Basic Home Page
Last modified: August 19, 2016
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# Basic Home Page
* [funkton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/funkton/)
* (@funkton)
* [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-home-page/)
* Hi
This may sound like a daft question but I need to have just an image and
some text for my home page on my WordPress site.
* I don’t need a header, sidebar, footer for the home page just an image and some
text. That text will link to the main wordpress site where I will be using standard
wordpress pages etc.
* Can this be done by editing the index.php?
I tried this
* ```
```
* using the following in the stylesheet
* ```
#photo {
position:absolute;
top:100px;
left:150px;
}
```
* but it does not work.
* Am I being stupid?
Cheers Mat
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* [Christine Rondeau](https://wordpress.org/support/users/crondeau/)
* (@crondeau)
* [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-home-page/#post-1622271)
* Are you using WP 3.0 or higher?
If so you can create a new template called front-
page.php which will be used for your home page.
* If not then you need to create a home page template, but really, you should just
upgrade.
* Even if you have a specific front-page or home page template, though, you still
need a header and a footer.
* The header contains the doctype, meta, style sheet, etc… while the footer has
the closing body and html…..
* [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
* (@rvoodoo)
* [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-home-page/#post-1622272)
* well, first off, where are you storing that photo?
* to link to an image in wp, normally you would put that image in the images folder
in your theme, and link like this:
* ``
* but, you shouldn’t just overwrite the index.php, leave it alone. It’s important
for displaying any blog posts….even if they are not on your front page
* Make a new php file called whatever you want…. say whatever.php
* Then put this at the top to make it a template:
* ```
```
* Then you can put in your custom code. You do need to call `` at least, you need the header to bring in important WP stuff. If you don’t
want to include your normal header, you need to include a lot of the stuff in
your header file somehow. the stuff in between the and tags
* After you make your page template, you make a normal WP page through the page
maker, and on the right side assign the template you just created to the page(
Whatever in our example)
* You don’t need to include any content in the page, just setting it up and assigning
the template brings in your custom code.
* And finally, in settings->reading, you can assign this new page as your front
page.
* Thread Starter [funkton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/funkton/)
* (@funkton)
* [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-home-page/#post-1622280)
* Excellent!
Thanks! I did the following
* ```
Demo Template
```
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* but, you shouldn’t just overwrite the index.php, leave it alone. It’s important
for displaying any blog posts….even if they are not on your front page
* Make a new php file called whatever you want…. say whatever.php
* Then put this at the top to make it a template:
* ```
```
* Then you can put in your custom code. You do need to call `` at least, you need the header to bring in important WP stuff. If you don’t
want to include your normal header, you need to include a lot of the stuff in
your header file somehow. the stuff in between the and tags
* After you make your page template, you make a normal WP page through the page
maker, and on the right side assign the template you just created to the page(
Whatever in our example)
* You don’t need to include any content in the page, just setting it up and assigning
the template brings in your custom code.
* And finally, in settings->reading, you can assign this new page as your front
page.
* Thread Starter [funkton](https://wordpress.org/support/users/funkton/)
* (@funkton)
* [15 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/basic-home-page/#post-1622280)
* Excellent!
Thanks! I did the following
* ```
