Title: Static Page with Loop
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Static Page with Loop

 *  [rforster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rforster/)
 * (@rforster)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-page-with-loop/)
 * Hi All! I gotten myself spun out. I am trying to make a static page with text
   then the loop for a home page.
    I know how to go to setting and change “Front
   Page Displays: Latest Post or Static Page. I have created a page called -Home
   based on the standard template and was using this. Just want to add latest post
   after my intro stuff.
 * I read the Loop docs but they only reference through 2.7 which may not be a big
   deal. As I remember from the one other template I made was to modify the index.
   php and save it as something like page_with_loop.php but where does it get saved
   to?
 * I put it in the themes folder which is where my nosidebars.php template is. When
   I go to edit -Home and change the template in attributes the options are Default
   and NoSideBars.
 * I’m missing something simple… thx for any help.

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 *  [Lucian Florian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fldtrace/)
 * (@fldtrace)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-page-with-loop/#post-1117220)
 * In my opinion, you should never rename index.php page. Duplicate it, and create
   page.php, single.php, as necessary. In case you don’t have those, the website
   will look for index.php.
 * Those files are located in wordpress installation -> wp-content/themes/your_active_theme/
 * I guess on your each template file you have on top:
 *     ```
       <?php
       /*
       Template Name: Unique_name
       */
       ?>
       ```
   
 * Second, I never call my front page home.php, I name it home_page.php (or something
   similar) and than I serve it as front page from reading options.
 *  Thread Starter [rforster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rforster/)
 * (@rforster)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-page-with-loop/#post-1117227)
 * Fast reply, thank you.
 * I used filezilla to download the main index.php, renamed as page_with_Loop.php
   but hadn’t added those lines to the top. So I added those and uploaded to my 
   current theme’s directory. I also serve it from reading options. Didn’t show 
   posts on the front page.
 * My “page” I am serving as Home is named “-Home” so it always sorts to the top
   of my page list.
 *  Thread Starter [rforster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rforster/)
 * (@rforster)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-page-with-loop/#post-1117236)
 * I pulled down single.php, renamed page_with_Loop.php and uploaded. It worked 
   but not really what I was looking for. Grabbed page.php and added the lines to
   the top, uploaded and edited -Home to use the templated but it didn’t show posts.
   Here’s that code:
    <?php /* Template Name: page_with_Loop */ ?> <?php get_header();?
   > <div id=”content”> <div id=”contentleft”> <div class=”postarea”> <?php if (
   have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?> <h1><?php the_title(); ?
   ></h1> <?php the_content(__(‘Read more’));?><div style=”clear:both;”></div><?
   php edit_post_link(‘(Edit)’, ”, ”); ?> <?php endwhile; else: ?> <p><?php _e(‘
   Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.’); ?></p><?php endif; ?> </div> </div>
 * Tomorrow I’ll try to find the loop that is called when reading option doesn’t
   use a page. Thx for your help.
 *  Thread Starter [rforster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rforster/)
 * (@rforster)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-page-with-loop/#post-1117240)
 * Made it work but limited results.
    Here’s what show now on the front page and
   also my -Home page: -Home January 24, 2008 by Admin · 1 Comment Filed under: 
   Uncategorized (Edit) This is the text from my -Home page… Tags:
 * What i’m really after is to be able to write a page, maybe a couple of bullet
   points and paragraphs and THEN have the last 10 posts or whatever. I did make
   a post in Uncategorized but it doesn’t show up.
 * Time for sleep.
 *  [Lucian Florian](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fldtrace/)
 * (@fldtrace)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-page-with-loop/#post-1117327)
 * I assume that for home page, you asssign the new created template from the right
   menu..
 * You do that from within home page view.
 *  Thread Starter [rforster](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rforster/)
 * (@rforster)
 * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-page-with-loop/#post-1117333)
 * Yeah. I have another template I use that i connect to a database and my template
   has no side bars.
 * Been doing a lot of reading and need to reform my question in a fresh post.
 * Thanks for following up. 🙂

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