Minimum Portfolio on Home Page?

[moxiegirl]

I see that Minimum Pro has a portfolio section, but I can't find instructions on it. And I was thinking that it could be shown on the front page like http://www.abbymalonephoto.com/ has but I see is using Modern Portfolio theme.

Before I start all over on my design and switch to Modern Portfolio to get similar results, is this possible in Minimum Pro?

http://sandbox3.mupplebee.com/

[neomatrix321]

Try going to Appearance > Customize and at the bottom you will see a section called static front page. Select the "a static page" button and put your portfolio in the front page section and i believe that should work.

[Allegra]

Hi moxiegirl,

Is it possible? Yes. Is it built in? No. My question is, how comfortable are you with code?

The Minimum Pro theme was created with a custom post type for the Portfolio. You add portfolio items using the link in the left-hand menu. (Make sure you have your permalinks set to 'post name' not 'default'). After entering portfolio items you can view your portfolio at http://sandbox3.mupplebee.com/portfolio.

If you want a portfolio section on the Minimum Pro homepage (instead of its own separate page) you would have to register a widget area and then add a widget like the featured post widget to your newly registered portfolio area. Did I lose you? Carrie Dils has an awesome tutorial on how to add widget areas that you can look at here: http://www.carriedils.com/add-widget-area-below-nav/.

I hope that helps!
Allegra

[AnitaC]

You could also use Brad Dalton's instructions here - http://wpsites.net/web-design/add-featured-widgets-to-genesis-2-0-sample-themes-home-page/. You might need to change the hook location but this adds a widget area where you would use the Featured Posts widget and select the number of posts you want to show up, i.e., 3, 6, 9.

---

Need help with customization or troubleshooting? Reach out to me.

[yaelkmiller]

I'm confused about how the portfolio works. I also want it to be my home page.

I added a new portfolio item by going to Portfolio > Add New When I went to mysite.com/portfolio I saw the featured image I had set up (which when clicked took me to the item's page).

But when I went to Pages > All Pages "Portfolio" wasn't listed so (as far as I know) I can't go to Settings > Reading and set Front Page displays to A static page: "Portfolio"

What is the thing that appears at mysite.com/portfolio if not a page?

Update: Nevermind. I realized that Portfolio is a custom post type and that mysite.com/portfolio is a normal page that displays all the posts of a certain category.

[yaelkmiller]

Check it out! Sridhar Katakam has solved this for us (I haven't tested code myself): How to show Portfolio entries on homepage in Minimum Pro

[Author]

Posts