Unable to set static page

Hello,

I’m still seeing the blog page being selected as your home page. Did you clear your site’s cache after making the change?

-Kevin

Hi Kevin,

Thank you for your prompt response. Yes, I cleared the Cache, used different browsers, and still the same result. I just changed it back to a static page, take a look and let know what else I can do.

Al

I’m seeing that you’ve assigned a static page, but your page content is still outputting your blog. what have you added to your page builder content?

-Kevin

That’s the problem, the page itself was build with SiteOrigin and it includes a few paragraphs, pictures, and videos. For unknown reasons the static page defaults to the blog.

If I switch it back to the blog then you can display the content of the desired page from the menu, but we like it to be the default and not have to click on the home menu item to get it.

Hey,
It looks like your using an edited version of the theme with the folder called “HungryGopher” and it looks like you got this when the theme was on version 2.4.3 and the current version of the theme is 3.1.8

So have you been manually updating your edited theme? What changes did you make to begin with when deciding to move the entire theme into your own custom folder?

Ben

Hi @alortiz3,
From your static home edit page, when you preview the page does it show you the content of that page, or your blog? What all do you have enabled in the homepage layout manager in theme options > home layout?

Hannah

When I preview the page it displays the right content. But when I set it as a static page then it displays the blog. I have the home layout set up for “Content”.

Did you read Ben’s response?

So have you been manually updating your edited theme? What changes did you make to begin with when deciding to move the entire theme into your own custom folder?

Hannah

Ben,

We have not made any updates to the Theme since it was initially installed. We created the new folder with the purpose of setting up the header area.

Al

Hey,

So my suggestion is to update to the latest version 3.1.8 and then carefully through a child theme (not by overriding the whole theme), make the changes you want to make to the files you need to change. We can help direct you with this if you give details about the changes you want to make.

But since I can’t see what code you changed and I can’t recreate your issue in the theme I have to assume something in your edits is causing the issue you are seeing. So you can test this by simply installing the latest version and activating.

Does that make sense?

I will try your suggestion and report back. Thank you for taking the time to address this issue.

I was able to solve this issue by creating a redirect index.html file pointing to the right page and setting the site back to latest posts. Now that the site is displaying the right content I can duplicate the site and begin the theme update process.

I truly appreciate your help and support!