I am not clear on exactly what you want. When you select a static page in Admin->Settings->Reading, that becomes your Home page.
If you do not select a static page, but instead use ‘Front page displays Your latest posts’, there is no ‘Home’ Page, the ‘Home’ link just uses index.php to display the posts.
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lil j
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Under admin-settings-reading to choose which page for front page only about is available no “home” comes up. But in the menu bar on the site there is a “home” to select. I would like to select the “home” for the front page but it doesnt show up to set as front page. Am I missing something?
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Yes, you are missing something. The ‘Home’ in the menu bar is not a real page. As I said earlier:
If you do not select a static page, but instead use ‘Front page displays Your latest posts’, there is no ‘Home’ Page, the ‘Home’ link just uses index.php to display the posts.
In order to have a ‘Home’ to select as the ‘Front page displays’ => ‘Front page:’, you must create a Page with the title ‘Home’.
However, you should be aware that when you select a static front page, you must supply a template for it. Do you know how to code a template?
EDIT: You are not required to code a template, but usually the purpose of a static front page is to show things other than the defaults. That would require a template.
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lil j
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I did make a new page named “home”. Then there were two home pages in the menu bar. I just want to make the home page a regular page like the “about” page (not a blog page), then set it as the static page.
Did you set the Home Page as the static front page? For example, in the TwentyTen theme, if you just create a Page titled ‘Home’, but don’t set it as the static front page, it appears twice in the menu. Once you set it as the static front page, it only appears once.
Other themes may be different and some will require coding changes to correct the situation. This topic has been discussed many times. Do a google search on ‘wordpress support home appears twice’ to see some of the solutions.
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lil j
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Thank you for being patient with me. I am using the blend theme. I did as you said and add a new “home” page and set it as the static page but there are two home pages in the menu bar. I will do the google search that you suggested.
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lil j
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I was able to get rid of the second “home”. After creating the new “home” page and setting it as the static. Went to edit the page at the bottom under “Theme specific options for this page” selected hide in navigation bar and hide in widgets.
Hoping this will help someone else just starting out.
thank you vtxyzzy for the help.
Glad you got it working. Now, please use the dropdown at top right to mark this topic ‘Resolved’.
