Making the homepage look less like a blog entry

  • Hi:

    I just set up WordPress for a new website I want to use to promote my freelance writing services. I love the tool, and I do envision having an actual “blog” up someday, but for now I just want to run it static. Even when/if I do start blogging, I want it to be under a separate tab, with the home page simply a welcome message.

    Trouble is, I put it up there as a “post,” and I’d like to tweak it a little so that it looks more like a welcome page. Is there a way to hide/remove the comment window, and the “posted by (blah) at (blah)” on it?

    Also, when I view the home page, the message is truncated. Is there a way to cancel the truncation, so people can see the whole message at a glance?

    One last question: I have four tabs up now. What if I want them to appear in a different order on the page? Right now, it says, “Home,” “About Me,” “Contact,” and “My Work.” What if I wanted to have “My Work” come before “Contact?”

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  • Thread Starter murphyinmaine.com

    (@murphyinmainecom)

    Ugh. There’s no way to fix that otherwise? I look at editing code on something like this with the one-wrong-step-and-you-don’t-want-to-know trepidation of someone walking through a minefield without a map.

    adding a line to the style.css is one of the least dangerous edits you can ever do in a theme.

    as for a child theme, keep in mind that without it, your theme might get overwritten when you next upgrade your wordpress version.

    Thread Starter murphyinmaine.com

    (@murphyinmainecom)

    Ok, but where exactly in the css file should I put that line you suggested?

    Hey there! Wow this thread got big sorry I didn’t get back in touch sooner but I’m glad other jumped in as well.

    In regards to the css solution, you can put it in anywhere in the sheet. Just make sure it not in between the brackets of another CSS definition. “style def { }”. But even if you do you won’t break your site. It just might look funny from a look and feel stand point. What I typically do is copy and paste the original css sheet into a text editor just so I have it. Then put my changes in, save them and refresh my site to see if the change took hold.

    Alchymyth is right, it’s pretty harmless.

    Thread Starter murphyinmaine.com

    (@murphyinmainecom)

    That worked! Thanks! I’m such a coding novice that I get scared just THINKING about messing with it.

    Good deal! I’m glad it all worked out! ??

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