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I'm looking to make a completely customized home page, and want to know the best way to go about it. My site isn't a blog, I'm simply using Genesis and WordPress as a means to create a website.
My current assumption, is that I create an actual page called "Home", and in the WordPress settings, assign that page as my home page. To get the custom look I desire, I would then create a custom template, and assign that template when on the "Home" page dashboard. Is this correct, or do I need to have a home.php file, or index.php file?
Not sure if this matters at all, but this page will be using the sidebar, and I've selected that layout on the page.
Hello,
You can use a template, but I prefer to create a new file for the home page if it's going to be completely customized. It should be front-page.php, and if you want to have a dedicated blog page you'd follow the same steps and use home.php for the blog home page.
Tony Eppright | http://www.AlphaBlossom.com | Follow me on twitter @_alphablossom
I wasn't aware of the front-page system, thanks for that! I'm not entirely sure what you mean by "blog", in technical terms, what does this refer to? Are you referring to a static page that handles all of my "posts"? If so, I only have a single category of "posts" for this website, as everything else is pages (by design).
No problem! front-page.php is the proper way to do it, although some people use home.php...but home.php is meant to be the homepage for blog listings. So yes, "blog" page is a static page that displays your posts.
So in you admin you create a "home" and a "blog" page, and select those in settings > reading. To use a customized home page, create a front-page.php file and create your page. Your blog posts will automatically show on the "Blog" page, but if you need to do some customizations you could create a home.php file for that as well - not required though unless you're making a lot of customizations.
This article does a great job of explaining it http://www.billerickson.net/dont-use-genesis-blog-template/
Tony Eppright | http://www.AlphaBlossom.com | Follow me on twitter @_alphablossom
Awesome, many thanks, that completely clears it up 🙂
Great, glad I could help! Have a great day.
Tony Eppright | http://www.AlphaBlossom.com | Follow me on twitter @_alphablossom
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