Ready to Set A Static Page for Homepage....How to move blog posts to another page?

thomasr · 09-14-2009, 01:51 PM

I have a site that is getting some good traffic and I want to set-up a static home page.

How do I make the current home page Certified Toyota Hybrids | Used Toyota Prius Lexus Hybrid Cars into a blog page ie www.certifiedtoyotahybrids.com/blog......where the blog posts will reside?

TristanPerry · 09-14-2009, 04:11 PM

You need to create a new directory - lets say you call it "blog" in your public_html folder (i.e. so where your current home page resides)

Then move all your blog files into that "blog" folder.

You'll then need to find the "wp-config.php" file and change any settings as neccessary (since your files will be at /home/...../public_html/blog/ instead of /home/..../public_html)

This should then make the blog work fine (as long as you've changed the settings correctly), and you can access your blog at www.certifiedtoyotahybrids.com/blog

You can then upload your static website to /public_html/ (i.e. where your blog used to be) and access your new homepage at Certified Toyota Hybrids | Used Toyota Prius Lexus Hybrid Cars

Feel free to PM me if you have any trouble with any of the above steps

iBBnet · 09-14-2009, 08:15 PM

Yes, TristanPerry's answer is the way to do it if you want your static html to be your main site and have your blog moved to a different directory. You might also need to login to your WP admin area to "Settings" to change the URL accordingly to how you plan it to be setup, then proceed as described above.

UNLESS -- you still want the current setup you have now but just want the listing of blog posts on a different page instead of on the main page of your existing blog; that will change the story -- and that's also possible to do with your existing setup.

houdy · 09-14-2009, 08:22 PM

Slow down with all that moving stuff... You can just use the WordPress blog to run the entire site. There is an option to use a static front page.

Create a new page (not post) with the front page content you want, then create another page with no content on it for the blog posts. I guess you can put some content on the blog page to appear above the posts if you want to. Then go to Settings, Reading and tick the static page option and the correct pages. You can even create a custom page template if you want.

More here: How To Create A Custom WordPress Page Template

thomasr · 09-15-2009, 04:00 PM

thanks houndy your quite right....all I have to do is set thing up at the reading settings level!

Abledragon · 09-15-2009, 06:17 PM

Agreed - moving folders and files around is a recipe for things to go wrong..!

Changing your front page setting to be a static page will automatically move your blog posts to a page called 'Blog'.

This will make your site look like a normal site with a fully integrated blog - very professional

Cheers,

Martin.

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TristanPerry Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Cardiff, United Kingdom Posts: 772 Thanks: 171 Thanked 147 Times in 103 Posts Social Networking	Re: Ready to Set A Static Page for Homepage....How to move blog posts to another page? You need to create a new directory - lets say you call it "blog" in your public_html folder (i.e. so where your current home page resides) Then move all your blog files into that "blog" folder. You'll then need to find the "wp-config.php" file and change any settings as neccessary (since your files will be at /home/...../public_html/blog/ instead of /home/..../public_html) This should then make the blog work fine (as long as you've changed the settings correctly), and you can access your blog at www.certifiedtoyotahybrids.com/blog You can then upload your static website to /public_html/ (i.e. where your blog used to be) and access your new homepage at Certified Toyota Hybrids \| Used Toyota Prius Lexus Hybrid Cars Feel free to PM me if you have any trouble with any of the above steps
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Abledragon Advanced Warrior Join Date: May 2007 Location: Hong Kong. Posts: 960 Thanks: 3 Thanked 173 Times in 153 Posts Social Networking Contact Info	Re: Ready to Set A Static Page for Homepage....How to move blog posts to another page? Agreed - moving folders and files around is a recipe for things to go wrong..! Changing your front page setting to be a static page will automatically move your blog posts to a page called 'Blog'. This will make your site look like a normal site with a fully integrated blog - very professional Cheers, Martin.
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