Maddi

Hello fellow warriors,

I've been through various tutorials and bought a wso as well but that doesn't help me with my question. So here I am for help :-)

I need to have a static page [squeeze page] in my wordpress blog but every tutorial i've been through shows how to set up your home page as a static page and the rest of the pages as a Blog but what if I don't want my home page as a static page but another page as a static page.

I hope i make my question clear. This has been an issue for a while now and contributes to procrastination as I can't progress without it.

Can it be done at the first place? or only home pages are allowed to be set up as static pages?

If a normal page[not a home page] can be set as a static page please guide in this regard.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.
Maddi

M.A.D

From the admin panel
Go to pages. Add new page. Publish page.
Thats it.

"I'll get you next time gadget, next time"

Maddi

and that would be a static page ? like with no side bars or any columns?

M.A.D

Ooh i see.
You would have to go themes, edit theme, then remove sidebar calls from page.php;
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
That will stop the bars from loading.
Please note that it will stop loading the sidebar on all static pages.
And maybe you would have to change the width of the post column in the css file.
So that it fills the spot that the sidebar left behind.

"I'll get you next time gadget, next time"

n7 Studios

Maddi,

Depends on your theme. Some themes provide additional templates when adding / editing a Page, which will include templates that don't display the sidebar. But until we know precisely what theme you're using, we can't answer that question.

Alternatively, you may wish to find a plugin that specialises in squeeze page creation. Wordpress Squeeze Page Plugin :WP Squeezepage.com (non-affiliate link) will let you have a squeeze or sales page (full disclosure: I helped the product creator develop this plugin, there are others available but I haven't tried them).

Definately worth checking out the videos on the site, to see how simple the install / creation process is.

Tim.

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Desaturator

If you want to have a static page that displays information in some different fashion than other pages. Then you need to create a custom_page.php file or you can name it what ever you want. And then goto WP Admin panel. In there create a new page and then In the right side of the page creation page you can see an option that says choose the template for the page. Just select the custom_page.php (or the name you created the file with) and publish the page. This way you can create a static page with different look and feel than other pages of your blog.

Cheers!

Maddi

Thanks Desaturator,

But a few questions. After I create the file custom_page.php what do i do with it?
Also when I create a new page the only thing I see on my right as you mentioned is Publish menu and Attributes menu. I can't find any option to choose a template for the page.

Thanks for the reply though.

Desaturator

You need create that file in the directory of the theme you are currently using.

To understand more about page templates please check this page.

And after you create the page template then you can see an option to select the page template in your admin panel as follows:

Sorry, I can't post directly images and links as my post count is not sufficient.

Aussie Dazzler

Hi Maddi,

You can create a page ( static ) and then have it appear in your menu in whichever order you want.

As for sidebars or widgets not showing on a certain page i have been using a plugin *** deselective menus**** something like that.

I will go find the exact name if this will solve your problem.

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Maddi

I will read through that and see what I can do. Maybe changing hxxp to http might help in posting here ;-)

Let me see if i can work it out and will report back with progress

thanks everyone

Alpha981

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Testy Today

Hi,

I appreciate learning the information in this thread too.

I think my question is related. I want to have posts that have no date/time on them.

Is the way to do that to create a "page" instead of a "post"? (As M.A.D. wrote on 3/18)

Thanks, too.

blogginvixen

You actually have to get hands-on with your .php files and remove the lines of code that are calling on the date and time.

So, if you go to Appearance-->Editor-->(look to your right hand side under "Templates" and in most cases its page.php) simply look for a line of code similar to:

...and delete it.

That takes care of the date appearing on your pages. You can do the same for your posts too, and that is usually found in the single.php file.

Testy Today

Very swell! Thanks loads. I will do this.