Add “blog” page /static front page

  • Resolved thesteelydane

    (@thesteelydane)


    15 years, 5 months ago

    I use this for my website. Normally the frontpage displays the 10 last blog posts, but I would like to have a static front page AND a “blog” page that I can link to as a normal page in the sidebar.

    Can anyone tell me how to do this? I have no experience with coding, but I understand the principle of what the different php files do.

    My page is http://www.thesteelydane.com

    Hope someone can help….

    Nicolaj

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  • wpbct7

    (@wpbct7)

    15 years, 5 months ago

    You can configure the front page in Options –> Reading –> Front page.

    Thread Starter thesteelydane

    (@thesteelydane)

    15 years, 5 months ago

    Thank you for your reply. That’s exactly what I did, and I now have it set to a static front page (a sort of about/welcome page). What I would like is to also have a “blog” page. Right now the only way you can get to my blog is click on a specific category.

    Thread Starter thesteelydane

    (@thesteelydane)

    15 years, 5 months ago

    Oohhh, I am stupid. You were right, the reason I didn’t have a blog page was that I hadn’t created it yet.

    All is well now!

    d1ana

    (@d1ana)

    15 years, 4 months ago

    I have the same problem as Nicolaj too. However, when I went to Options –> Reading –> Front page, there is no such option to configure it there. My current version of WP is the most updated version.

    Anyone can help please.

    Thread Starter thesteelydane

    (@thesteelydane)

    15 years, 4 months ago

    That sounds really strange…are you sure you are looking in the right place? It’s under “settings” –> “reading” –> “Front page displays” . Make sure you have at least 2 pages so you can set one to be your static front page and the other your blog.

    pascoedj

    (@pascoedj)

    15 years, 1 month ago

    The steelydane:

    what exactly did you put in your /blog page ? I have tried the same thing at http://rosacea-support.org but cannot get a /blog page or link or redirect to go to my posts without cheating and linking to http://rosacea-support.org/?page=1 instead.

    davidp.

    pascoedj

    (@pascoedj)

    15 years, 1 month ago

    OK I can’t believe how thick I was being.

    There are 2 settings, one for the front page – make this a wordpress page that you have populated with your landing page content.

    The second is for a “Posts page: “. Create any old empty page using the wordpress editor. I created a totally empty page called “blog”. Select this – voila – you have a blog URL and a CMS for a web site.

    Here is a screengrab – so you don’t have to be as thick as I was.
    http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p164/rosaceaforum/17-03-20094-02-18PM.png

    davidp.

    cssnoob

    (@cssnoob)

    14 years, 8 months ago

    ok, on that line of thought…..I have a page running with the static home page and now I am going to add the blog but when I add it as a static page the footer jumps up to the right side of the header and my background disappears

    thoughts?

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