TCWriter Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 (edited) Hello! Considering using WP for my professional writing Web site, but would prefer that the "home" page of the site NOT be the blog. Is there a way for a techno-gimp to do this in WP -- have a static home page while the dynamic blog page gets included in the navigation? Thanks! Tom Chandler Edited June 17, 2006 by TCWriter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Don Posted June 17, 2006 Share Posted June 17, 2006 Tom, if you use fantastico to install WP you will be prompted for a folder to install in Then you can have an index.html page in your root folder (public_html) with a link to the WP folder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCWriter Posted June 17, 2006 Author Share Posted June 17, 2006 Tom, if you use fantastico to install WPyou will be prompted for a folder to install in Then you can have an index.html page in your root folder (public_html) with a link to the WP folder. Don; Considered that, but then the "home" page isn't part of the navigation of the rest of the site (which will include a fair number of static WP pages in addition to the dynamic blog page). Unless someone comes up with a better solution, I may just go ahead and create a search-engine friendly "home" page (html) in the root, and then re-use that content in another "home" page on the blog site. Not exactly seamless, but... Thanks for the suggestion, it pushed me a little farther down that path. Still hoping somebody comes with a trick fix tho... 8-) Thanks! TC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Thomas Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 I haven´t tried/tested it myself (so I don´t know if/how it works), but perhaps this is what you are looking for. http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCWriter Posted June 18, 2006 Author Share Posted June 18, 2006 I haven´t tried/tested it myself (so I don´t know if/how it works), but perhaps this is what you are looking for.http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page Thanks. I looked on the Codex, but wasn't using the right search terms. I understood a good 20% of that, but the Filosofo plug-in looks like just what the doctor ordered! You guys have answers for everything. Even if I didn't need it I'd pay for a TCH package just to have access to this forum.. 8-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCH-Thomas Posted June 18, 2006 Share Posted June 18, 2006 No problem. Actually I just happened to stumble on that page when I visited the wp codex some time ago. Otherwise I wouldn´t have known about it myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCWriter Posted June 22, 2006 Author Share Posted June 22, 2006 No problem. Actually I just happened to stumble on that page when I visited the wp codex some time ago. Otherwise I wouldn´t have known about it myself. Just a followup on this thread; I've located a couple of plug-ins that seem to do the job, though I've come to prefer the Filosofo version because it allows you to designate a static home page while still retaining the blog page as part of the site. Handy, though I've discovered that not all themes play nice with it; sometimes there are cosmetic weirdnesses. http://www.ilfilosofo.com/blog/home-page-control/ The Semilogic plugin looks easier to use (haven't tried it) but requires a bit of a workaround to retain the blog page (assuming you do). If you simply want to use WordPress as a static CMS without a blog, then try this one... http://www.semiologic.com/software/static-front/ Thanks for the help! TC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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