Title: Using WordPress as main web page . . .
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Using WordPress as main web page . . .

 *  [michael180](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michael180/)
 * (@michael180)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-as-main-web-page/)
 * I’m working on a blog here [http://moderntimes.com/blog](http://moderntimes.com/blog)
   and I would like to use the theme here: [http://moderntimes.com](http://moderntimes.com)
   for my static pages. How can I do that as the index.html for the static pages
   is in a different folder than the blog and subsequent database.

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 *  [ahuggins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ahuggins/)
 * (@ahuggins)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-as-main-web-page/#post-2245883)
 * Not sure if there is an easier way to do this, but sounds like you need to change
   your installation a bit. You could install WordPress to your main directory or
   in other words your top level domain. Then you will need to copy the content 
   of your static pages into WordPress using the “Pages” section of the admin.
 * If you want your homepage to be a static page, then go into the Settings->Reading
   and set Home Page: to the page you want as your home page.
 * You might want to create a page called “blog” and set that as your Blog Posts
   page on the same page where you set your Home Page.
 * This should create the same setup as you currently have but with the theme you
   want on your “static” pages. (Although you will no longer really have/need the
   html versions of the static pages…and you would edit them within WordPress after
   doing the above.)
 *  Thread Starter [michael180](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michael180/)
 * (@michael180)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-as-main-web-page/#post-2245893)
 * The Settings> Reading doesn’t mention anything about setting pages. It just shows
   how many posts, items, and whether of not I want full, or summary text, and the
   character encoding.
 *  [ahuggins](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ahuggins/)
 * (@ahuggins)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-as-main-web-page/#post-2245894)
 * Hmm, it should have a “Front page displays” section where you can choose either“
   Latest Posts” or “A Static Page” and then choose which page. It should be the
   first section of settings.
 *  Thread Starter [michael180](https://wordpress.org/support/users/michael180/)
 * (@michael180)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-wordpress-as-main-web-page/#post-2245897)
 * Now it’s there. I think it wasn’t before because I didn’t have a page to select.
   Great! Now I’ll have to figure out how to implement your instructions.
 * Thanks so much for your help. 🙂

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