How to make home page a static page?

  • askzuri

    (@askzuri)


    16 years ago

    Hi everyone!

    I’m new to wordpress and I would like to know how I can create a home page that does not link to a page in my blog and that does not link to all of my latest posts?

    I want a home page that is its own page that I can constantly add new content to that remains static and that is separate from all of my posts or other pages. I just feel that having a home page that links to another page makes both links show up twice on the navigation menu and that seems redundant to me.

    Thanks!

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  • complaintbucket

    (@complaintbucket)

    My advice (and maybe some will agree), I would create an index.html page and insert into my root. Then, I’d create a folder inside this (e.g., yourdomain.com/blog.

    If you’re intending to build a splash page – don’t. Yuk!!!

    Good luck.

    complaintbucket

    (@complaintbucket)

    Folder inside the root NOT the index.html page. LOL. Just wanted to be precise.

    Thread Starter askzuri

    (@askzuri)

    Hi, sorry to sound dense, but where would I find my root folder?

    Thanks!

    Roy

    (@gangleri)

    Why don’t you just make a “page” and under “setting”->”reading” make that page the index?

    bernardborealis

    (@bernardborealis)

    Your root folder is the highest level directory which contains your website pages. It could be public_html or httpdocs, depending on your host. It could also be a folder like mydomain.com. But it is the folder which contains your website.

    biztips

    (@biztips)

    Similiar question – I went to Settings > Reading and made one of my Pages a static page for the home page.

    Now how do I remove that page from my list of pages under “About” without removing it from the site altogether?

    Diana

    Use the exclude parameter to hide certain Pages from the list to be generated by wp_list_pages in your sidebar.php which is under wordpress\wp-content\themes\default\sidebar.php. You can do this as:

      <?php wp_list_pages(‘exclude=17,38’ ); ?>
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