Home page template, Sample theme

[colkav]

Hi all,

 

I want to create a layout a bit like this:

http://www.cathkidston.co.uk/

except I'd like some text to the left of the sidebar.

I have it in my head that to do something like this, using the sample theme, I need to create a Page Template for the Home page.

 

I've create a Page called Home.

And I've created a template called front-page.php with the following code, based very partially,  on these instructions:

http://www.artofblog.com/building-a-genesis-child-theme/

 

<code>
<!--?php /** (i've removed this bit) */

// Remove Page Title remove_action( 'genesis_post_title', 'genesis_do_post_title' );

// Content Area remove_action( 'genesis_loop', 'genesis_do_loop' ); add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'be_home_loop' );

/** * Home Content Area * */

genesis(); ?-->
</code>

 

All works fine.

I then added a the sidebar by using this tutorial (the "Sidebar before posts" code):

http://designsbynickthegeek.com/tutorials/add-widgeted-sidebar

and adding the relevant code to functions.php.

Now, at this point I'm asking myself, why do I need to use a custom page template?

...and the Home page, sidebar / genesis responsive slider works fine.

 

And what i though i would be able to do at this point is go into the Dashboard->Pages and edit  / add text to the Home page.  But no, when I tried to do this, and hit publish it took me to a "Are you sure you want to do this?" notice... and no text shows on the Home page.

How do I get the front-page.php to use the content on my Page called Home?  Is it something to do with adding divs in the front-page.php? (excuse my lack of knowledge, but if i was just pointed in the right direction...)

Do i have to use a custom template on the home page to achieve what i want to do?

And, apologies for all the questions, but, in the example:

http://www.cathkidston.co.uk/

 

See the second row?  The "daily Bags" etc... How would a WP developer typically go about putting these in a page?  I can understand they might style the elements in the stylesheet, but would the content, images etc be added in the WordPress Edit Page section?

My URL is here:

http://clienttest3.macsupportedlondon.co.uk/

(the text box, which is in the right place, was / is currently achieved by adding a second sidebar, and text widget)

Many thanks in advance for any insight!

Colkav

 

 

 

[colkav]

Marking this as resolved because I need to re-phrase this question..

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