open posts on homepage?

  • Resolved emmeemmeesse

    (@emmeemmeesse)


    4 years ago

    Hello everyone,

    I am brand new to wordpress so apologies in advance if the question has a laughable solution. Anyway, I tried to look up for it and wasn’t able to find anything.

    What I’m trying to understand is what this website does.

    It’s an homepage with a post grid and the posts open on the homepage itself keeping the background and header+menu. Is that right?

    If so, how can I do something like that?

    I don’t seem to be able to create a decent post with elementor free (even if it should be the easiest and best one to use). If I make a post using wordpress editor, I’m just unable to do any serious editing to it, like background and resizing of the items.

    If anyone can help, it would be very much appreciated.

    All the best,

    Michele

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  • MikeCooter

    (@mikecooter)

    I may be wrong, but from what I can see the thumbnails for each post use a normal ‘href’ and do actually load new pages, rather than ‘expand’ into the homepage itself.

    Each page shares a common header, and all use this same animated Gif stretched across the whole screen as a background:
    https://payload266.cargocollective.com/1/15/487979/7622927/giphy_o.gif

    It appears as if loading a new page does not automatically re-start the animated Gif sequence, giving the appearance of the page being constant.

    • This reply was modified 4 years ago by MikeCooter.
    Thread Starter emmeemmeesse

    (@emmeemmeesse)

    Thank you for your reply, Mike!

    First things first, what is this “href” you mentioned?

    I tried to create a post with the wordpress editor, however, I then find impossible to import/attach it to the empty elementor page with video/gif background I created for it.

    Can you help me also just by directing towards the right material I should look up?

    MikeCooter

    (@mikecooter)

    Hi Michele,

    ‘Href’ is the HMTL for ‘hyperlink reference’.

    If you are only using a front-end editor, then it is the code that is written when you add a ‘link’. Href identifies the post/page that should be loaded when the link is clicked.

    I’d suggest proceeding one step at a time:

    • Make a homepage and a target post
    • Add an image on home page
    • Select the image, and add a link to the post
    • Test that it works

      • Only start experimenting with styles and backgrounds after you get the basics working.

    Thread Starter emmeemmeesse

    (@emmeemmeesse)

    Thank you very very much, Mike!
    You’ve been great and your tips are appreciated.
    I wish you an amazing continuation of your weekend.

    MikeCooter

    (@mikecooter)

    Best of luck with your project ??

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