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For a Company Website - Static or Dynamic Homepage?

by Dexx
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In regards to using wordpress as the basis for my business website...

is it better to have a static welcome page that basically gives a "who what why when" of why people should do business with me.

Or should I have the dynamic page with recent posts, and news items, so new/old visitors can see what I have been up and creating...and then they can click on the About Us/Me page to learn why they should do business with me if they choose?

I was thinking the static page would have the typical attention grabbing headline, subheadline, etc.

I wouldn't really be selling directly from my static page, I would have pages/categories for products I created that visitors would then click to (or read news updates on recent creations)


Thoughts? Anyone prefer one style or the other upon first landing on a company website?
#company #dynamic #homepage #static #website
  • Profile picture of the author Simon Harding
    Well, you could use a static Wordpress front page and still benefit from the dynamic aspects the rest of Wordpress gives you.

    You can construct a whole site without using any posts and just pages.

    If you wanted to, you could then add posts elsewhere in the site if you wanted a more blog feel about it.

    The key of course is all in the theme. Pick a bad theme and the site looks bad regardless!

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    • Profile picture of the author radhika
      Static page with a widget on right/left menu bar showng recent posts and your activity. So people interested in your content go to those pages.

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      • Profile picture of the author JamesFrancisIM
        Yeah, go with the dynamic approach.

        The typical text and graphics sales page may have worked a few years ago, and still works, but is definately starting to lose out to dynamic content such as blogs, videos and audio etc.

        Also, don't forget to keep it updated.

        I hope i've helped

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  • Profile picture of the author tonyscott
    Depends really, I've used both. An in between solution is a dynamic blog type front page with a "sticky" intro post at the top - easy to do now in wordpress.

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    • Profile picture of the author pilotjoe
      I would agree with Simon. For a corporate website a static front page would be best. You could also add some dynamic elements to the front page such as an rrs feed, but typically a company site is static.

      Wordpress will allow you the ease of management as a cms for the rest of the site.

      good luck
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