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HOW TO CONFIGURE THE HOME SECTION 1 WIDGET AREA

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  • August 27, 2014 at 9:07 am #121333
    David
    Member

    Hi,

    I am using Centric Pro Theme. The demo had a nice area to add a slogan...a point of first contact to introduce yourself. I read the theme tutorial where it talked about adding the text into a text widget and adding to Header 1. I also checked the box as shown in the picture to "AUTOMATICALLY ADD PARAGRAPHS" and I have tried to uncheck it with no difference.

    Reference this link (http://my.studiopress.com/setup/centric-pro-theme/) titled "HOW TO CONFIGURE THE HOME SECTION 1 WIDGET AREA".

    Anyhow when I do it as shown, I can't see any of my blog when you scroll down. I was able to get the Home Section 1 text working but was not able to see any posts. Did I miss something that wasn't explained or assumed, or is this a bug? Thanks for any help.

    David
    visualvoodoo.com

    http://visualvoodoo.com
    August 27, 2014 at 9:43 am #121341
    Nick
    Participant

    Did you set your front page to use a static page under Settings > Reading? If you do that, then Centric Pro will display that page instead of showing the fancy homepage template (with the full-width “Home Section 1 – 6” widget areas). I believe that those widgets only show up on your homepage if the Settings > Reading option is set to “Your latest posts”.

    You could, if you wanted to, set the “Front page displays” option back to “Your latest posts” (or keep it on “A static page” but leave the dropdown for “Front page” as “— Select —”). Your site would then use Centric's homepage template with the Home Section 1 – 6 widget areas, and you could use it as a landing page to introduce visitors to your site, showcase some of your best features, and invite people to visit the blog index to see your latest posts.

    August 27, 2014 at 10:33 am #121355
    Nick
    Participant

    On second thoughts, I believe that as soon as you put a widget in any of the Home Section 1 – 6 widget areas, Centric uses the fancy homepage layout instead of the default blog post layout for the homepage.

    Your best option might be to create a landing page by filling those widget areas with content, then create a separate blog page like the one in the demo and direct users to that from the homepage.

    August 27, 2014 at 10:38 am #121357
    Nick
    Participant

    You could also add one of the special "Genesis - Featured Posts" widgets in the Home Section 1 - 6 areas to have your blog posts appear on the homepage, but using the Centric homepage layout with the full-width intro.

    For example, you could put your site intro in Home Section 1, some custom content in Home Section 2, and then add a “Genesis - Featured Posts” widget in Home Section 3.

    August 27, 2014 at 5:20 pm #121440
    David
    Member

    Hmmmm...interesting Nick. That helps a lot actually. I think I will just dabble with it a bit and see how it turns out.

    Thank you for responding...that solves my mystery (grin).

    David

    David
    visualvoodoo.com

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