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  • February 19, 2015 at 12:35 pm #141344
    christine123
    Member

    I have the Balance Theme, WP 4.1.1, & Genesis Framework.

    How do you create a static home page that has the Balance Theme "Home Featured Left" and "Home Featured Right" sections?

    When I go into Appearance > Customize and select "static front page" and then select a page, it automatically removes the "Featured" sections from the top of the page. I want to keep those!

    Help! 🙂

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    February 19, 2015 at 7:53 pm #141394
    Victor Font
    Moderator

    You need to create a front-page.php template with the widget areas and place it in your child theme's root directory. Don't change anything in General/Settings. Genesis will pick up the template as a static home page.

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    February 26, 2015 at 11:06 am #142389
    christine123
    Member

    Thanks, Victor, for the reply. I'm new to this. When you say create a front-page.php template, what exactly does that mean?

    Also, another way to look at this problem I'm trying to solve is -- how do I remove the sidebar on the homepage (and keep all else)? I know that when you're in a page or post, you can select the layout settings, and I have selected no sidebar layout for the sticky post I'm using as my home page, but I suspect the default homepage layout includes the sidebar so WP is defaulting to that?

    i appreciate your help and patience with me!

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