Static front page

Hello,

Here’s my problem.

I’m using a theme that has a welcome.html. I’m trying to make an “About Me” the page that comes up as the “home page” so when someone enters “www.example.com” into the address bar, this is the page that they see.

Now, I’ve tried everything I could through the admin dashboard.

If I remove the welcome. html page, then I get a 404 error. I can readily copy the about me page into the .html file and make it work. However, I need this page to be accessible to the person who owns the site. I need the “welcome” page to be accessible through the admin dashboard, which, since it’s currently html, doesn’t show in the “Pages” in the admin dashboard.

I’ve assigned “home” to be the “about me” page. I’ve followed all the basic methods available in the dashboard to no avail. Without that welcome,html page, the site is inaccessible from the Net.

What CAN I put into that welcome.html to make the “about me” page still available for editing through the admin dashboard?

Thanks for all your help. I’ve spent far too long on this problem.