Custom landing page template

  • Resolved NEUW0636

    (@neuw0636)


    11 years, 6 months ago

    Hi all, I have a theme installed that has it’s template pages already created. I have made my own .html file that I want to be the front page of http://www.kylecoglitore.com, however I can only create pages within the theme’s available templates (listed in page attributes). Is there any way to just make my .html file a template and then set it as a page’s template in which I wouldn’t enter any content and proceed to set as my main static page? Otherwise, any recommendations on how to go about setting my .html doc page as the front page? The page would obviously have to link to the wordpress website which http://www.kylecoglitore.com points to right now.

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  • csleh

    (@csleh)

    11 years, 6 months ago

    The easiest thing would be to create a new wordpress page, put your current content in it, then specify that page as a static homepage under settings. You can make a custom template for that page if you’re able to upload a new php file to your theme’s folder via ftp, or you could edit the index template under the appearance tab.

    If this sounds like gibberish right now, read up on templates before you make any changes to those files because they control everything. Tip: copy the content of a template to a text file so if something breaks you can paste the original code back in. https://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Development

    If the issue is .html, there are ways to add that to all pages of your site, I don’t know myself.

    Thread Starter NEUW0636

    (@neuw0636)

    11 years, 6 months ago

    Thank you much, link was very helpful!

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