How-To: Static Front Page

  • Currently my blog is set up at “www.mydomain.com/blog”.

    I would like to have a static domain at “www.mydomain.com” using the same template as my WordPress blog. How do I do that?

    Jusy FYI, my domain is “www.michaelandrewjones.com”

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  • Login to WordPRess admin, change your Blog address (URL) to “www.michaelandrewjones.com” then add this index.php to your web-root folder:

    <?php
/* Short and sweet */
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require('./blog/wp-blog-header.php');
?>

    Even though the actual WordPress files reside in a sub-directory, an index.php file is in your webroot, and the Options->General admin page Blog address (URL) gets changed so that WordPress acts as your main page. This particular setup is described at: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory

    I, too, need a quick and dirty way to create a static front page for my site. Actually, I’d prefer to make a current page the “home” page instead of having my blog come up first thing.

    I tried doing what was suggested on https://www.irakrakow.com/wptips/2006/04/19/plugin-static-sticky-front-page/ , but that didn’t work for me.

    My site is https://www.missadventures.com and the blog is at https://www.missadventures.com/blog. Though when you type just the URL the blog page pops up. I don’t know how to get in to the site so that I can “move” the posts to a page called “blog.”

    It all seems easy with the plugin, and that’s what I’d prefer to use. I’ve tried before to fool around with coding and have messed up my site so badly that I had to start all over again.

    Any help will be appreciated.

    Thanks!

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