Can’t show posts

This guide may help:

https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page

yeah i’ve been through that, but when I do as it says, the ‘blog’ page is empty.

OK I have just installed a brand new blog with a different database. I set the home page to static and the posts to show on the ‘blog’ page. It works, until I apply the theme I use. I really don’t want to change from this theme as it’s perfect for everything else. Does anyone know where I might start going about adding in the functionality?

thanks

That would depend on your theme. What is it called and where did you get it from?

its called Blue Black 2.7.5 by Bingo

i got from the wordpess themes search

When I change the theme back to classic wordpress the posts show up on the blog page the way I want, but as soon as I activate Blue-Black theme they disappear! I assume there must be a few lines of code missing somewhere in the theme, but I don’t know which, any suggestions appreciated!!

thanks,

Arron

OK figured out a quick way, by copying the contents of index.php from a theme that worked with posts on a separate page (wordpress classic), created a new template and pasted the code in there. Hey presto I now have posts on my ‘blog’ page, using the theme I want. Now just a case of getting to look the way I want.

Hey Arronjuk – I’m glad to hear someone has finally figured a way to fix this theme. I am having the same problem with Blue Black here on my end. https://riptidemma.com.

Can you please show what code you copied so I can attempt to fix mine too?

Do you find the theme is still working fine?

Thanks,
Ryan

FWIW: If anyone else if having this problem with Blue-Black. I may have found the solution. Using Arronjuk’s advice, I copied the index file from the Classic Theme and used part of it in the Blue Black Index file. Here is what I have: Not perfect but seems to be working fine.

<?php
global $options;
foreach ($options as $value) {
if (get_settings( $value[‘id’] ) === FALSE) { $$value[‘id’] = $value[‘std’]; } else { $$value[‘id’] = get_settings( $value[‘id’] ); } }
?>
<?php get_header(); ?>

<!–content–>
<div id=”content”>

<!–left-col–>
<div id=”left-col”>

<!–post–>

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<div <?php post_class() ?> id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>
<h3 class=”storytitle”>” rel=”bookmark”><?php the_title(); ?></h3>
<div class=”meta”><?php _e(“Filed under:”); ?> <?php the_category(‘,’) ?> — <?php the_tags(__(‘Tags: ‘), ‘, ‘, ‘ — ‘); ?> <?php the_author() ?> @ <?php the_time() ?> <?php edit_post_link(__(‘Edit This’)); ?></div>

<div class=”storycontent”>
<?php the_content(__(‘(more…)’)); ?>
</div>

<div class=”feedback”>
<?php wp_link_pages(); ?>
<?php comments_popup_link(__(‘Comments (0)’), __(‘Comments (1)’), __(‘Comments (%)’)); ?>
</div>

</div>

<?php comments_template(); // Get wp-comments.php template ?>

<?php endwhile; else: ?>
<p><?php _e(‘Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.’); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>
<div class=”post-bg-down”></div>

<div class=”navigation”>
<?php posts_nav_link(”,'<span class=”previous”>Previous</span>’,'<span class=”next”>Next</span>’) ?>
</div>

</div><!–left-col-end–>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
</div><!–content-end–>

</div><!–wrapper-end–>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

**Hope this helps all of you !