Need Help with Wordpress Page

by bobalou

Posted: 16 years ago 16 replies

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Hi,

I've uploaded a wordpress theme and it has two pages that come with it, HOME and ABOUT.

I would like to create a real Home page but when I look
in the SETTINGS, the HOME page that came with this theme is
not listed, just the ABOUT page is.
If I create my own Home page, I end up with 2 Home pages.

Is there a way to change the name of the HOME page
(which displays the latest posts) that came with the theme?

thanks,
bob

#page #wordpress

Joanne Reid 16 years ago

You can create a page, called home -- or any other name. Then create a blank page and name it Blog.

Then go to your Settings, choose Reading, and set your home page as a static page and choose the one that you want as a Home page from the drop down list -- the Front page choice. Then choose Blog as the Posts page. In your widgets, enable Pages so that the home page and blog pages are both visible.

This is a quick explanation, if you have more questions, I can elaborate...
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Jason Stepp 16 years ago

By default, the wordpress homepage is a list of the latest posts. If you want a custom home page, you have to create a new page first.

1. Go to your WP Dashboard
2. Click Pages
3. Click Add New
4. Create your page using HTML or the WYSIWYG editor. If your theme came with a custom home page, on the right, where it says Page Template (or something like that), click to use the Home template that came with the theme
5. Save and publish your page
6. Go to the settings in your WP Dashboard
7. Click "READING" under your settings menu (on the left)
8. Make Wordpress display a static page as your home page. Select the page you just created, click Save Changes
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Istvan Horvath

16 years ago

Actually, none of the above would solve the OP's issue.

He just came across one of those dumb theme "developers" who put in a hard coded link to the "Home" (aka index) in the header.php.

You need to remove that link if you want to use your own homapage.

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Alexa Smith Banned 16 years ago

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- thecableguy 16 years ago
  
  If I remember correctly I changed the link with the same problem once by creating the static homepage as previously mentioned and deleting "Home" from the Header.php file (I think, your theme may have it in another file), just search for "Home" (in caps, Edit/Find). But backup your database (Tools/Export) first, and if that's not it you should be able to just reupload the file you modified.
  
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catherine ford

16 years ago

Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath

Thanks I could kiss you, I have had that problem with one of my sites for months and I hat the double home page but now I understand how to solve it. Thanks a million
Catherine

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Istvan Horvath 16 years ago

For modifying theme files you don't need to backup the database...
(the rest is correct: exactly what I said above )
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- bobalou 16 years ago
  
  Istvan is the Man!
  
  Wow, this has been some type of headache, trying to make that
  pre-installed HOME page disappear!
  
  I followed your directions and bingo, bongo, gonno
  (please excuse my Shakespearean mellifluous verbiage
  but when you finally are able to get that tiny pebble out of
  your shoe, well, that's cause for celebration.
  
  Istvan, just let me know when you need your house re-roofed
  (not that I've ever done that before), but for you, hey, I'll go and
  look at a youtube video before coming over
  
  thanks,
  bob
  
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  bobalou 16 years ago
  
  And thanks to Alan too!
  Need any roof shingles
  
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  Istvan Horvath 16 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by bobalou
  
  Istvan, just let me know when you need your house re-roofed
  
  LOL... I ordered re-roofing (shingles) and a new entrance door in July. The roof has been done in time but the door people are working on it right now... when the outside temperature is -21C (-6F)! Not a good time to be without a door even for minutes
  
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  bobalou 16 years ago
  
  Wow, that's cold!
  You wouldn't be living in someplace cold like Canada?
  
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  bobalou 16 years ago
  
  Hey Istvan,
  
  First you get an offer to have your house re-roofed,
  and now you're getting offers to be kissed.
  
  My advice for you is to put down the mouse this instant,
  get in the car and drive to the nearest place they sell
  lottery tickets
  
  ps while it's not actually a law, anytime someone says
  to someone else to buy a lottery ticket and that ticket
  is a winner, well.....you understand you know what,
  to make things easier, why don't you just send to my
  paypal account the 10 mill. before you get up from the computer
  
  bob
  
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  bobalou 16 years ago
  
  Hey, I'm getting up from my computer and buying a lottery ticket now, no kidding,
  well I have to go out anyway. I'll have Home Depot deliver and install a super insulated
  door, when "my ship comes in" and that'll be tomorrow when the drawing happens.
  
  cheers,bob
  
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Istvan Horvath 16 years ago

I live in "Winterpeg"...
Weather report issued 50 minutes ago:
Today
Cloudy with sunny periods. High minus 19.
Tonight
Cloudy. 30 percent chance of flurries this evening. Clearing overnight. Wind becoming west 20 km/h overnight. Low minus 24. Wind chill minus 34.
Friday
Sunny. Increasing cloudiness in the evening. Wind west 20 km/h becoming south 20 in the afternoon. High minus 18. Wind chill minus 36.
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LondonPaladin 16 years ago

Thanks for the sweet advice. I have been trying to fix that hardcoded home problem for a while.
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commarketing 16 years ago

Thanks for the person who started this thread.This gonna solve my problem too.
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