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Can bodybody help me with WP pls

by jimkirk1943
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Hi Guys,

This might be alittle bit stupid of me but i seem to have this problem when i first create a WP blog and i have afew now, I first go into dashboard and create a post which becomes my homepage but i`m sure this is wrong as i`m not creating a page you can return to if you click on another page that i have made in the blog, you just find yourself having to click the return button on your broswer.

Should the first thing i do when i go into dashboard is create a page and not a post and would this become the homepage ??

This i think is also why my site looks rubbish in the organic searchers just the site title with no other writing from the blog underneath.

Pls help... Jim
#bodybody #pls
  • Profile picture of the author Lynette Crase
    Hi Jim,

    If you want a specific page to be your home page you can do so by going into the reading settings and set a 'front page displays' by clicking on a static page. You can choose a front page and a posts page here.

    Lynette
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  • Profile picture of the author M Thompson
    Originally Posted by jimkirk1943 View Post

    Hi Guys,

    This might be alittle bit stupid of me but i seem to have this problem when i first create a WP blog and i have afew now, I first go into dashboard and create a post which becomes my homepage but i`m sure this is wrong as i`m not creating a page you can return to if you click on another page that i have made in the blog, you just find yourself having to click the return button on your broswer.

    Should the first thing i do when i go into dashboard is create a page and not a post and would this become the homepage ??

    This i think is also why my site looks rubbish in the organic searchers just the site title with no other writing from the blog underneath.

    Pls help... Jim
    Jim,

    a few things to bear in mind, the front page of a blog is basically a bit like an index although you can have 1 post or 1 page there. What I mean is is you create a post called red widgets it's location is actually yourdomain.com/red-widgets (is you are using a %postname% permalink) and not the front page of the blog which depending on settings will show you last x number of posts or extracts.

    the yourdomian.com/red-widgets page is actually were most visitor will land if they search for red widgets.

    you can add a list of recent posts to the sidebar or a related posts widget to the posts.

    The only thing that usually appears in the nav bar at the top is links to pages, Home , privacy and if you are selling a product i would recommend a review of the product
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