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Wordpress Static Page setup

by adamcm
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Hi all,

I recently saw someone's website where they had a Static front page, but also had links on the side for most recent posts, popular posts, etc. I didn't realize that the site was done with Wordpress until I opened the source code. Up until now, I have done the standard blog format, ie Page 1 contains the most recent 10 posts. I think having a static front page pointing to my various posts would be better.

I just read the following link:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page


But before I read this, I actually tried to make my own Static page performing the following steps:

1 - Activate the theme I want
2 - Edit the index.html file within the Theme editor to include the post I want on the front page.
3 - Remove all of the php tags related to displaying posts (such and while have_posts,etc).


Will this have any bad affects to my SEO? My links did not change, but I changed the index file quite a bit.

Thanks!
#page #setup #static #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author lknielsen
    Most likely No it will not have a negative impact on your SEO, that is if you did it right in the first place! Is it the website in your sig? I will take a look and make suggestions if you want.
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  • Profile picture of the author rs4
    Thanks for the info
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    To the OP:
    That link from the Codex is very outdated...

    You should look around in your OWN WP installation's admin panel:
    Settings > Reading
    There you can set up a Page as your home/front page and another one to display your blog posts (if you want).

    For the home page you can even have - with a custom template file - static content and latest posts listed.
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  • Profile picture of the author lknielsen
    Hey, sorry I couldn't DM you back Adam, don't have enough posts yet. I'm not a Noob, just new to WF.

    Anyway...

    I took a look at both websites and the source for each. It looks like you have done a great job of SEO for your on page factors. Permalinks good, images named correctly, keyword density, and all that good stuff. Changing to static should have no negative effect since you have a decent amount of relevant content and relevant images on your static pages for both sites. The only reccomendations I would make is to change your Alt tags to relevant keywords instead of repeating your image paths. Also add captions to your images, Google loves that.

    Nice websites BTW! Keep up the good work and remember to consistently work on off-page factors as well and you should be good to go.

    Anyway, I hope this helps you and good luck!
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  • Profile picture of the author zeeshi570
    you can add html to static page in index.php and can add condition for that page id in index.php
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