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Static Wordpress Page Question

by paul wolfe
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Hey warriors,

Quick wordpress question for the wordpress experts out there.

When you create a static page on your Wordpress based website can you change the layout of your static page so that it looks different than the 'blog' element of your site.

To clarify. I'm setting up a site using Wordpress as the CMS. I want to have a static home page that has different sidebar content than the blog element of the website.

Is this possible? If so, can you point me in the direction to learn how to do it?

TIA.
#page #question #static #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author Sheryl Polomka
    I've seen it done, well more that I've seen it where one particular page has no side bar, so there is a full width code used. I'm not sure about having different sidebars though, although I'm sure it is possible.
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  • Profile picture of the author LondonPaladin
    You can make your own custom homepage with wordpress. Set it up so that it has it's own template.
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    • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
      Dare I say - if you use Atahualpa that's easily done. You have up to 4 sidebars you can use and you can specify which pages they appear on.

      So you can have one (or more) that appear on your blog and different ones on your page(s)
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  • Profile picture of the author paul wolfe
    That sound cool - I'll check it out.

    Thank you.
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  • Profile picture of the author Anonymous Affiliate
    Originally Posted by paul wolfe View Post

    When you create a static page on your Wordpress based website can you change the layout of your static page so that it looks different than the 'blog' element of your site.
    Yes you can, as long as you're familiar with PHP and specially CSS. You can edit the look of your pages at the theme editor within your WP admin dashboard. But again, only if you're familiar with coding.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    A guy named Ivan something who is really expert at Wordpress recently uploaded a free instruction ebook on creating templates for static pages ... I can't find the post now. Anyone else remember it?
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  • Profile picture of the author paul wolfe
    That sounds like a cool resource - I'll have a search for it and post the link if I find it.

    Thanks
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    • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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      Originally Posted by paul wolfe View Post

      That sounds like a cool resource - I'll have a search for it and post the link if I find it.

      Thanks
      Yeah ... a lot of people thanked him for it. Wish I could find it, but Ivan usually drops in on Wordpress threads, so maybe he'll make an appearance.
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  • Profile picture of the author JustinDupre
    Yeah I'm sure you can do it. I've seen a several Wordpress websites with own custom homepage template. There an ebook creating templates for static pages? Hmm if anyone found it please PM me the link. Thanks
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    • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
      His name is Istvan Horvath - you mind find the thread if you search his name - or might be in his sig file
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Thanks Rose.

    Here's the post

    http://www.warriorforum.com/main-int...-template.html

    The links are in his sig
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    • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
      Originally Posted by christopherNV View Post

      this code is all based on default pre wordpress 3.0 but does work with 3.0
      It will work with any WP, regardless of the version... but it is theme-dependent.

      Just a reminder: there are zillion themes that have the footer included in the sidebar (or viceversa), so deleting/replacing everything would kill the theme.

      If you just want to have different widgets on different pages/Pages - use the widget logic plugin.

      If you need Page templates with a different design - use my tutorial.

      P.S. (for sbucciarel) Ivan is my son
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  • Profile picture of the author paul wolfe
    Thanks Istvan - have subscribed!
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