Change Home Page?

  • Hi,

    I would like some advice as to how to go about doing this. I very new to WP so I’m just learning the ins and outs. I purchased a theme from a commercial site but found out after that it is not child theme compatible… yet. (not holding my breath)

    The theme I have looks good on the surface, but after getting into it I found the logo much to small and doesn’t brand the site very well. I would like to change the size but that messes up the site layout.

    My thought was, instead of having the home page as it currently is (a gallery loads) instead use a different page for the home page with a large logo.

    I would like some input on what to do with this. Should I change the home page and use a different one with a large logo as the content, or have a entry page to the site?

    Thanks.

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  • Moderator Jose Castaneda

    (@jcastaneda)

    THEME COFFEE MONKEY

    1. Purchased items whether they be themes, or plugins are not supported in these forums. ( Just a friendly heads-up for future reference )

    2. It is possible to use a different page as a home page. You would go to Settings > Reading and then select ‘static page’ and choose the one you would like to have as the front-page.

    Thread Starter Nemesisss

    (@nemesisss)

    Thanks for the heads up and response that’s the info I was looking for. I figured since I wasn’t asking a question specifically about the theme, but more about the functionality around WP and how to change that home page my question would be fine.

    After doing that, it works fine but now I would be required to hide the current site logo only for the home page.

    I read that you could add a css style to the custom.css page which would hide this using the standard WP code:

    .is_home .logo { display:none!important;}

    I added this code to the style.css page but it didn’t do anything. I understand there are basic WP calls that I can apply to do what I need, but I seem to be doing this in the wrong file. Is the above code supposed to go in a custom.css, or do I need to change the header.php?

    thanks

    Moderator Jose Castaneda

    (@jcastaneda)

    THEME COFFEE MONKEY

    That would be a CSS related and you would want to use firebug, or the developer tools in your favorite browser. Can’t really say for sure if your current theme supports the use of custom CSS but if it does it would be in there. If it doesn’t then you could just install a simple CSS plugin once you target what you want.

    Thread Starter Nemesisss

    (@nemesisss)

    Which css plugin do I need so I can use the custom.css? I didn’t see that in my theme, only the style.css. I added my code into that be it didn’t affect anything so I’m assuming what I added didn’t over-ride the theme style with what I was trying to add.

    There are a bunch of custom CSS plugins:

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/search.php?q=custom+css

    using the standard WP code:

    .is_home .logo { display:none!important;}

    There is no standard CSS – it’s always theme and sometimes site specific. You should be able to use firebug to find the CSS selectors for that element on your site – and then use those in the custom CSS with display: none;

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