Comments on: How To Create A Custom Front Page In WordPress

By: r4i

r4i — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:09:25 +0000

One of the options of WordPress is to choose a static front page, creating a page that shows the same content instead of the the blog loop. Most WordPress bloggers are familiar with this option…

By: Giles

Giles — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:10:46 +0000

I think the sidebar.php should be customised too, according to the template name…I use it alot on my sites.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 28 May 2010 13:09:04 +0000

Thanks for reading

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 28 May 2010 13:08:06 +0000

Thanks for reading and sharing Sachin

By: MK

MK — Thu, 27 May 2010 01:29:49 +0000

thx for the info.
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By: Sachin @ Web Design Mauritius

Sachin @ Web Design Mauritius — Wed, 26 May 2010 06:26:39 +0000

Sorry Dennis, I missed your comment. Here you are then, confirmation given .
Cheers
Sachin
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By: Dennis Edell @ Direct Sales Marketing

Dennis Edell @ Direct Sales Marketing — Tue, 25 May 2010 22:43:27 +0000

Sachin, that’s exactly what I was asking about above…
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By: Sachin @ Web Design Mauritius

Sachin @ Web Design Mauritius — Tue, 25 May 2010 06:40:25 +0000

Hi Robyn,
been off the grid for some days and just saw that you restarted publishing some articles lately. Nice intro to WordPress static pages and especially front pages.

To add a level of simplicity for new bloggers, any page can become a front page. You just have to publish it and then jump to step 4 in the tutorial. For the custom design you need to apply the preceding steps.

Nice article Robyn
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By: Dennis Edell @ Direct Sales Marketing

Dennis Edell @ Direct Sales Marketing — Mon, 24 May 2010 13:09:34 +0000

I would definitely want the header and sidebar to match, can i do that with your custom settings?
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By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 23 May 2010 00:17:27 +0000

Hey Dennis,

Please let me know when you create that front page. I would love to see your ideas in action

Creating the page within wordpress and using it simply as front page may limit extreme customizations that you would like to implement for your front page. This new page will have all the same elements of a regular wordpress page. So if you’re thinking of a complete overhaul for your new static home page you would need to edit lots of html and php which would pretty much make it a “custom” page. These types of page customizations cannot be done in wordpress so that’s where the limitation comes in. However, if you wish to use a regular page as your front page with the same header and sidebar as your blog then option no. 4 alone would be fine. It all depends on how far you would like to go with your design.

Creating the custom file also allows you the distinct advantage of reusing that page as a template for the future.

Let me know if that clarifies