Featured Images don't set after selecting first page and blog page

  • Jim Bennett

    (@jim-bennett)


    13 years ago

    I have a problem with featured images in my website. I have been able to set the top images on five pages (including the Main or blog page). Now I want to add two more pages and change the first page loaded to be a welcome page. When I do this: create a new page (Blog); set first page to be Welcome; set blog page to be Blog; this happens:
    The original image on the original Home page becomes the image on three of the pages. When I try to change the image the change shows as the featured image in WordPress Administration but does not actually show up on the website. The previous image remains on the page top.
    I have done this twice and ended up restoring the site twice. I am not stupid, but not facile with html or sql; I just use the standard wordpress theme (twenty eleven) and the administration web page.
    Help, please. Meanwhile I am giving up on the idea of having the first page not be the blog. sigh.
    If it were possible to put an Order on the first page, that would do it for me. I can order the other pages via the number … that works.

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  • Thread Starter Jim Bennett

    (@jim-bennett)

    I think I know how this actually works; I would appreciate if someone who really knows would confirm or clarify.
    The default image set up for the site will show up on the blog. Other pages will also show this image unless a featured image is set up, for each page. Featured images override the default image on non-blog pages.
    When a different page is set to receive the BlogContent, that page may already have, and can be set to have, a featured image. That featured image will not show up when BlogContent is directed to that page. Instead the default blog/website image will show up.
    This confuses the naive user who keeps trying to set the featured image on the BlogReceivingPage, and sees it accepted, but not shown.
    That’s my first guess at how the system actually works. Please confirm or clarify.
    In addition, I suspect from my previous mucking about, that if you change a page’s name to be Main, it too will receive the default image. Again, the featured image can be set but will not be effective.
    These partly-baked conclusions are consistent with my experience in trying to adjust my site. Again, please confirm or clarify.
    I must state in all fairness that WordPress has been a godsend. A Oaf such as myself can actually set up and maintain a website. That’s magic. Thanks, WordPress team.

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