How to Make Home Page of Minimum Theme a Blog

[kenandpaper]

I've tried doing this before.  Some of the advice involved changing the name of the home.php file to something like home-old.php and adjusting the settings in WordPress to make the blog page the home page.  The trouble I ran into there is that the navigation at the bottom of the page didn't work.  When I clicked one of the page numbers or Next, the same last six posts showed up even if the numeric navigation bar indicated I was on page 2, 3, and so on.

I love the look and layout of the Minimum theme.  I just don't need the dynamic home page.  Can anyone help?

[SoZo]

You shouldn't need to do anything other than refrain from putting widgets into the home sidebars. It shows the loop by default.

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John “Nicolas Flamel” Wright | SoZo’s design| John Wright Photography

[kenandpaper]

I don't use the widgets, but it places the posts in two columns as excerpts.  I want one column and I want to be able to display a full post if I choose.   I know how to set up the number of posts displayed and so forth.  I just want to get rid of the two column layout and make it function like a traditional blog.

[SoZo]

Then you just delete home.php and leave the Reading settings at their defaults.

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John “Nicolas Flamel” Wright | SoZo’s design| John Wright Photography

[road2ruin]

Can I do this, add the V.2 home php to V.1  if  I want two columns of posts on the V.1 front page? seems too easy and likely to screw up everything...my usual result.

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Road2Ruin aka Michael LongRun Pictures

 
 
 

[kenandpaper]

Bingo. Easy.  I was just afraid to do that.  Thanks.

[SoZo]

@road2ruin please create a separate topic for your question.

 

@kenandpaper You're welcome 🙂

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John “Nicolas Flamel” Wright | SoZo’s design| John Wright Photography

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