.htaccess forwarding to static front page

Michael, I think what you’re looking for is something like this:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -f [OR]
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} -d
RewriteRule ^$ /index.php?pagename=home [QSA,L]
</IfModule>
which should work assuming you have the normal permalinks working and a page named “home.”

Another option is simply to create a file named home.php and put it into your theme’s folder. WordPress will load that file as the blog’s home page.

And if you want to have a static home page and your blog entries in another directory, without using categories, I’ve written a plugin to do that, although I strongly urge against casual users using it for any version prior to WordPress 2.0, because it does things to the .htaccess file.

filosofo:
Great, many thanks ??

Works like a charm! Also, if I enter “https://www.blog.com”, it directs me to “https://www.blog.com//index.php?pagename=home” but does not display this weird index.php?… in the browser’s url field. Just great. OK, this is what mod_rewrite does ??

I need to learn more about regex and also about mod_rewrite since it is a very powerful method for manipulating page requests.
Also, I will evaluate your plugin.

Thanks again,
Michael