Title: Single-post frontpage
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Single-post frontpage

 *  [nohea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nohea/)
 * (@nohea)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post-frontpage/)
 * Hello,
 * I’m setting up a blog for a project here on a testpage: [http://urbangriffin.com/unjour/](http://urbangriffin.com/unjour/)
   and would like the blog homepage to display only one post, the most recent post,
   with a link below that entry that will lead to the monthly archive page of the
   current month. How should I do that ?
 * Is it possible also to use a different sidebar for both the homepage and the 
   archive pages ?
 * Thank you! Any help will be greatly appreciated.
 * Lysiane.

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post-frontpage/#post-391453)
 * I think all that can be done – not without some work, coding, customizing.
 *  Thread Starter [nohea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nohea/)
 * (@nohea)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post-frontpage/#post-391455)
 * Thank you. I’m up to the customizing job if anyone would kindly walk me through
   the main steps or hand me some tips to start me off… ? This is my first thorough
   attempt at setting up a WP blog, and I’d be very grateful for any help.
 *  Thread Starter [nohea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nohea/)
 * (@nohea)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post-frontpage/#post-391482)
 * Alright, I’ve got the differentiated sidebars for index vs. archives part down.
   I cannot find a thread on posting a single entry on the frontpage with just “
   single post” yet, however…
 *  [charle97](https://wordpress.org/support/users/charle97/)
 * (@charle97)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post-frontpage/#post-391484)
 * [query posts](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts)
 *  Thread Starter [nohea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nohea/)
 * (@nohea)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post-frontpage/#post-391490)
 * Fantastic, thanks! I can’t believe I’ve done most of the blog in one evening.
 * I would have one more touch to bring, which would be to have the ‘Read more’ 
   link function only when a recent post is displayed on the frontpage. When visiting
   the Archives or Category pages, I would like the posts to appear in their entirety
   without having to follow the ‘More’ link to the single entry page.
 * Would somebody know something about this and like to share ? 🙂
 *  [charle97](https://wordpress.org/support/users/charle97/)
 * (@charle97)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post-frontpage/#post-391492)
 * check the [is_home](http://codex.wordpress.org/Conditional_Tags) conditional
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post-frontpage/#post-391494)
 * Even simpler: use different template files for the different views – so you cna
   style and tweak them as you wish. Meaning for the frontpage you use the index.
   php (alternatively, if needed: home.php) and for the archive view – archive.php.(
   The default theme will give you a good idea to start.)
    This approach is even
   more recommended if you want to have different sidebars for the home page and
   the archives view. (Though even that can be achieved by Conditional Tags.) And
   if you go for a separate archive template, just include the second sidebar with
   a php include: `<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . '/sidebar2.php'); ?>` Use it as
   it is, literally, change only your file name!
 *  Thread Starter [nohea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nohea/)
 * (@nohea)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post-frontpage/#post-391587)
 * Thank you, Moshu, especially for indicating how to add a second sidebar. I had
   figured how to do seperate archives already but for the index.php, had in fact
   removed the `<? get_sidebar(); ?>` and had hardcoded there its own sidebar in
   its place. Charle97’s idea was interesting and I will keep it in the drawer for
   other uses.
 * Concerning the ‘More…’ feature:
 * > The rest of the post continues, but when viewed on the non-single/non-permalink
   > web page such as archives, categories, front page, and searches, the post is
   > shown as an excerpt to the more point.
 * I would like a post to be displayed as an excerpt only on the frontpage but to
   be uncut when viewed in an archive, category or search page. I have used the `
   content ()` and `<!--more-->` technique so far. If I try to tweak the archive.
   php template, I do not seem to be able to achieve this.
 * Any ideas ? 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [nohea](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nohea/)
 * (@nohea)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post-frontpage/#post-391593)
 * I found this great plugin: [http://guff.szub.net/2005/02/26/the-excerpt-reloaded/](http://guff.szub.net/2005/02/26/the-excerpt-reloaded/).
   I’m amazed. WordPress is so cool. I wish I hadn’t been afraid by all the PHP 
   snippets when I first began building my site last winter. I want to move my own
   personal stuff here now!
 * I would have one last question, now…
 * Well, probably two in fact:
 * I have limited the archive links on my frontpage to display only a link to the
   most recent monthly archive. How to customize that to ‘More news…’ or ‘News’ 
   instead of a date format ?
 * WP will be installed in a root directory, like so: [http://unjour.ch](http://unjour.ch),
   and I would like to have the archives sit in a subdirectory in it called ‘/news/’
   if possible. Is that feasable ?
 * Thanks all! You’ve been very kind already.
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/single-post-frontpage/#post-391646)
 * 1. Not without altering core files.
    2. Not possible. Practically there are no
   real, physical directories in WP’s structure – just “virtual” directories created
   by the permalink settings.

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