Making a new Front Page

  • Hi all,

    I’m a bit new to WordPress and would like to make a new page template to use as a static front page. I would like it to be the site title, image, and a brief amoung of text with a clickable section to ‘enter’ the rest of the site.

    How do I add this page template and any ideas on where I can find the code to make the above? Do I make a php page and css stylesheet?

    Sorry that might be a bit much to answer…

    Thanks

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  • Hi RedRunner
    What’s your skill set? Can you write HTML and CSS? If so, won’t the following work? Rename index.php to index2.php, and create your own index.php, like this:

    <?php
echo
'<html>
<head>
[Put your HTML in here, including link to your.css]
</head>
<body>
[Put your HTML in here, including the link to index2.php]
</body>
</html>';
 ?>

    Thread Starter RedRunner

    (@redrunner)

    Hi itProxy, thanks for your reply. My skill set is growing.. but I’m still unsure of some basics! I think I’m having difficulty with the html for the page itself – is there any source that would help me create it for the specs I need?

    Cheers

    Moderator keesiemeijer

    (@keesiemeijer)

    You can make a custom page template by duplicating your theme’s page.php and renaming it to myhome.php. (you cannot call it home.php because wordpress uses that template also). And alter it to your needs

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