Title: Static Pages
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Static Pages

 *  [davidabauer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidabauer/)
 * (@davidabauer)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-pages-13/)
 * I can’t get these to work, how do you do this????

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 *  [Big Bagel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/big-bagel/)
 * (@big-bagel)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-pages-13/#post-2301272)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page](http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page)
 *  Thread Starter [davidabauer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidabauer/)
 * (@davidabauer)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-pages-13/#post-2301274)
 * No, that article just tells you how to create a page in wordpress, but it doesn’t
   tell you how to create a static page
 *  [Big Bagel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/big-bagel/)
 * (@big-bagel)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-pages-13/#post-2301276)
 * That codex page tells you how to make a static homepage. If you’re looking for
   something else it would help to know more details.
 *  Thread Starter [davidabauer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidabauer/)
 * (@davidabauer)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-pages-13/#post-2301280)
 * I want a static page, and that page just tells me how to create a page in wordpress,
   but it doesn’t tell me how to create a static page
 *  [Big Bagel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/big-bagel/)
 * (@big-bagel)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-pages-13/#post-2301328)
 * No, it tells you how to set a static homepage. Creating normal pages doesn’t 
   include the steps in Settings > Reading to set it as your homepage. Can you explain
   what you mean by a “static page”. Do you mean using an actual .html file instead
   of a dynamically created page?
 *  Thread Starter [davidabauer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidabauer/)
 * (@davidabauer)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-pages-13/#post-2301332)
 * an .html file is a splash page, that’s what I want.
 *  [Big Bagel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/big-bagel/)
 * (@big-bagel)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-pages-13/#post-2301386)
 * The easiest way to use an html page as your site’s home page would be to install/
   [move](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress) WordPress to it’s own directory
   and place your index.html file in the root. You could also create a [custom page template](http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Creating_Your_Own_Page_Templates),
   create a new page that uses it, then set that page as your [static front page](http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page).

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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