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I have the same issue and when I run the Auto Update Tester I get:

PASS: Your WordPress install can communicate with www.ads-software.com securely.
WARNING: A previous automatic background update could not occur. You would have received an email because of this. We’ll try again with the next release. The error code was mkdir_failed_ziparchive.
PASS: No version control systems were detected.
FAIL: Your installation of WordPress prompts for FTP credentials to perform updates. (Your site is performing updates over FTP due to file ownership. Talk to your hosting company.)

Thank you. I’ll give this a try. I appreciate your patience and your help.

I thought you wanted a static front page with just a few posts pulled into it AND a blog page.

Yes, that’s what I’m saying. That is what I would like. I’d like to have my static content homepage, and the newest block post below the static content. Of course, there would still be the blog we have set up.

I do like the option you’ve proposed, as well. Thanks for your help I’m sorry I couldn’t decipher your instructions.

I thought of doing that first, but got the impression that this was a simply one/two process with the blank page set in the second drop doing of the reading settings.

I want the most recent posts to appear under the static page content. That’s what this is all about. From what I read in the Codex I thought that this works.

It’s not a totally new blog. It’s been up and active for 9 months or so.

The static content page is https://www.goodbeansandgrains.com/
And the blog is at: https://www.goodbeansandgrains.com/category/this-is-where-i-post-daily/

You can see what it’s doing when you got to the homepage — it’s not showing the blog posts under the static content.

I created a blank page name “blog” and here’s a link to a screen capture of my settings > reading page:

https://www.goodbeansandgrains.com/img/settings.png

Can either of you tell me why the proscribed method of using a blank page isn’t working? Does it not work with my theme? I’ve tried using other pages for my static page and using the blank “blog” page with the default template. But nothing below the static content shows up.

Isn’t that supposed to be how most folks do this? If so, why wouldn’t it work on my blog?

I tried putting the code in your first post in that home-page.php page. And I applied that template to my blank page which I’ve called “blog.” Then in Settings > reading I selected static page and selected the name of my static page and “blog” as my posts page.

Still nothing. But I’m not at all sure if I’m getting your explanation correctly.

No I don’t believe I’m using a child theme. Just plain old 2010.

OK, I created a new php template page from the page.php file of my theme, I added the Template Name to the top of the page and saved it as home-page.php.

But I’m fuzzy on where you suggest I put that code you posted in your first post. Does that go on my existing static home page? Or does that go in the blank page I created for my static page settings?

I’m not at all clear where that code goes.

You lost me on “child theme” I’m using twentyten. Could you explain the Child Theme part?

The instructions say I can create a blank page. Then use the setting in “settings>reading” to do this.

Do I need to create my own page template because of the theme I’m using?

I tired it the way the WP instructions say to do it and it doesn’t work. So, I’ll try it your way.

Thanks for the help.

Stevenoi

This was very helpful to me. Works like a charm. I use it to show Adsense ads on my Homepage to guests only.
Thanks!

I have My Link Order working and all, but I can only use it once in my website. If I put it in my homepage then there is no “ADD” link on the widget selection for my sidebar_posts page — or on any other place in the website for that matter. However, If I remove it from my Homepage_left widget list then I can add it to sidebar_posts — or any other one place.

I tried manually adding to my page:
<?php wp_list_bookmarks(’orderby=order&amp;category_orderby=order’); ?>

But that breaks the page entirely and I get a blank page.

In the instructions quoted above (and in the installation instructions in the widget page) I don’t understand what is meant by:

If you aren’t using widgets, modify sidebar template to use correct filter(additional parameter seperated by ampersands):

I just know when I add the “?php wp_list_bookmarks” code by itself into my page it yields a blank page.

Does anyone know why I can only use this widget in more than one location?

WooHoo Otto42!

Thank you thank you.

I wondered what that stuff was in the footer.

I expected the missing sidebar code to be in the header or footer, but when I looked at the footer and saw all that gobbledygook I didn’t know what to make of it.

Thank you again!!

I replaced the code with your code and the page displays normally. Now, I can make my edits!!