#1 "website management" business for over 4+ years on...WordPress Static Home Page, w/ Blog Posts Page
Do you want to create a static home page for your WordPress blog? This is so much easier than many sites (even wordpress) make it to be. It allows you to use WordPress for a simple CMS solution and put up websites in 1/10th the time you’d normally need to spend.
- Install at least WordPress 2.3.1 to your root directory.
- Write a “page”, called Welcome to YourSite, or whatever you’d like the link to your home page to say.
- Create a second page and leave it blank, making the title “Blog” or whatever you’d like the link to your blog to say.
- In the admin area go to Options > Reading.
- Choose Front page displays > A static page.
- Set front page to “Welcome to YourSite”.
- Set posts page to “Blog”.
All done, no coding no template editing needed. Here’s an example site which uses this method and manages all content with WordPress: http://OsJobber.com
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Thanks nice explanation. The example site seems to have been made toast by the host
Great post thanks a lot
thanks for your details, turned out being incredibly useful.
No coding needed – that’s what I’m talking about! Thanks for these really simple steps – very easy to follow and understand.
Yep, all you have to do is write a page, and then select that page as your “front page” in the settings dialog box. Then you can just select a different page for your blog posts.
This is a very good idea for people who seek a cheap CMS and the possibility to choose among many free webdesigns. This guide explains it well, I think.