No, not exactly, that was just an example. You want to copy the page.php file from your theme and Rename that copy to page_home.php.
Open that new template file in a text editor and add this code to the very top of your the file:
<?php
/*
Template Name: Home Template
*/
?>
Now, this home page template will function just like a regular WordPress page. It will load your theme’s header and footer, but also the content of the page.
You can edit the Home Page in WordPress in the page editor to change the headline or add regular static content to the page, such as images. So there is no need to code this image into your template file unless you want it to be above your headline or something:
<img src="https://www.creativewhoman.com/wp-content/jpg/title_welcome.jpg" alt="creative whoman welcome title" />
So you have one loop on the page to load that page’s content, and then your just need to add a second loop to load the latest post. Add this second loop right after the <?php endif; ?> statement.
That code would look like this:
<?php query_posts('showposts=1'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<div id="small"><smallbg><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> <!-- by <?php the_author() ?> --></smallbg></div>
<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
<div class="entry">
<?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry »'); ?>
</div>
<p class="postmetadata"><i><?php the_tags('Tags: ', ', ', '<br />'); ?></i> Posted in <?php the_category(', ') ?> | <?php edit_post_link('Edit', '', ' | '); ?> <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments »', '1 Comment »', '% Comments »'); ?></p>
</div>
<?php endwhile;?>
So the code for your page_home.php file might look something like this:
<?php
/*
Template Name: Home Template
*/
?>
<?php
get_header();
?>
<h2><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h2>
<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class="entry">
<?php the_content(__('(more...)')); ?>
</div>
<?php endwhile; else: ?>
<p><?php _e('Sorry, no posts matched your criteria.'); ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php query_posts('showposts=1'); ?>
<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div <?php post_class() ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<div id="small"><smallbg><?php the_time('F jS, Y') ?> <!-- by <?php the_author() ?> --></smallbg></div>
<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
<div class="entry">
<?php the_content('Read the rest of this entry »'); ?>
</div>
<p class="postmetadata"><i><?php the_tags('Tags: ', ', ', '<br />'); ?></i> Posted in <?php the_category(', ') ?> | <?php edit_post_link('Edit', '', ' | '); ?> <?php comments_popup_link('No Comments »', '1 Comment »', '% Comments »'); ?></p>
</div>
<?php endwhile;?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>
