[Theme: Minimatica] how to show images on homepage

So I just installed Minimatica and like everyone else here has wanted to use pages instead of posts for my homepage.

Well, since no one had an answer I ended up figuring out a method for myself!

It’s ugly but it works. You need to go into Appearance –> Editor –> loop-slider.php

Once you’re in here, it’s pretty easy to follow actually. Just start with where it shows an “<li class=”slide”>” tag. Each one will be a slide and all you have to do is manually hardcode in your pages. So start with a page in mind, grab that link and put where “<?php the_permalink(); ?>” is. It’s really pretty easy, you just need to pull out the dynamic parts and hardcode your page links in.

You will definitely need to know some html to do it but at least this points you to where to start.

Good luck!

Edit: Oh and to be clear, “<?php the_permalink(); ?>” would be “/your-page-slug/” instead. This only swaps out the link. To switch the image, locate “background:url(<?php echo $thumbnail[0]; ?>)” and put in the link to your image (600×400). So “background:url(<?php echo $thumbnail[0]; ?>)” would equal “background:url(‘/images/your-image.png’)”

The rest you should be able to figure out. If not, well, keep trying! It will make you a better coder ??

Ok so I just found a great add on that has answered the question about only having the 4 pics on the front page and having them be static. It’s called frontpage manager. Download it and you can adjust the settings to have your front page only have 4 pics that never change.

Here’s my webpage: https://www.scottlovely.com

I have the same question as roshnit! Is there a way to show thumbnails of pages instead of posts on the front page?

Hi guys,
In Minimatica can anybody tell me how I display the post thumnails (featured image) of say 24 posts to show in a grid like display fashion on the front page of my website? I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do this. Thanks in advance.

Hello Everyone,
I am really happy with Minimatica. I am a photographer and don’t know much about coding. I am trying to figure how can I make my 4 pics on the front page not to be clickable. I have them as a post-featured, it works fine but I don’t want people to be able to click on it because I don’t want to have a blog in my website. I read everything possible but I couldn’t find the answer. Can anyone help me, please????
thank you, thank you