{"id":85,"date":"2019-09-15T01:29:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T01:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/domains.uflib.ufl.edu\/docs\/uncategorized\/reading-settings-front-page\/"},"modified":"2019-09-15T01:29:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T01:29:01","slug":"reading-settings-front-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/domains.uflib.ufl.edu\/docs\/uncategorized\/reading-settings-front-page\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading Settings &#8211; Front Page"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"level1\">\n<p>WordPress is a very flexible platform for creating full-blown websites, not just blogging sites. This page will show you how to change the \u201cfront page\u201d of your website.<\/p>\n<p>As we have said before, WordPress provides two primary content types for you two work with:\u00a0<strong>posts<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>pages<\/strong>. Posts, as in blog posts, are a somewhat complex form of a webpage. Each blog post gets published in reverse chronological order, on the front page of a WordPress site. You write a new post, and it gets published at the top of the front page. Pages are a more static form of content. They are additional areas to put information that doesn&#8217;t change much. So what if you would like to make the front page of your WordPress site based on a page instead of your blog posts?<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li class=\"vspace\">Start at the\u00a0<strong>Dashboard<\/strong>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"shadow alignnone wp-image-153 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.haverford.edu\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/4.1-f.gif\" alt=\"Screen shot of WordPress Dashboard\" width=\"1245\" height=\"1085\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"vspace\">Navigate to\u00a0<strong>Settings > Reading<\/strong>.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"shadow alignnone wp-image-160 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.haverford.edu\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/4.1-l.gif\" alt=\"screen shot of WordPress reading settings\" width=\"1209\" height=\"702\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"vspace\">Normally, the front page displays your latest blog posts. What we want to do instead is select a\u00a0<strong>Page<\/strong>\u00a0from the website. Obviously, this page has to exist before you can select it. Select the \u201c<strong>A static page<\/strong>\u201d radio button and choose the\u00a0<strong>About<\/strong>\u00a0page from the Front page drop-down menu (an About page was created for you when you installed WordPress). Press the <strong>Save\u00a0Changes<\/strong> button and now you will have the &#8220;About&#8221; page as your Front page. Edit it as you see fit and provide a good welcoming page for your visitors.\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"shadow alignnone wp-image-159 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.haverford.edu\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/4.1-l-2.gif\" alt=\"screen shot of Word press reading settings\" width=\"1209\" height=\"702\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"vspace\">But wait. What will happen to your blog posts? Most people will want them as the \u201cdynamic\u201d part of your site.\u00a0First, create a new\u00a0<strong>Page.<\/strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"shadow alignnone wp-image-237 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.haverford.edu\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/4.1-add-new-WP-page.gif\" alt=\"screen shot of \" width=\"1241\" height=\"570\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"vspace\">Title it <strong>Blog<\/strong> (you can title it whatever you want but Blog is common and descriptive). Leave the page blank (don&#8217;t type any text in the edit box) and Publish it.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"shadow alignnone wp-image-240 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.haverford.edu\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/4.1-add-new-WP-post.gif\" alt=\"screen shot of adding a new post\" width=\"1241\" height=\"721\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"vspace\">Now go back to\u00a0<strong>Settings > Reading<\/strong>. Under the\u00a0<strong>static page<\/strong>\u00a0area choose Blog from the\u00a0<strong>Posts page<\/strong>\u00a0drop-down.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"shadow alignnone wp-image-243 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.haverford.edu\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/4.1-select-new-WP-post-page.gif\" alt=\"select new WP post page\" width=\"1212\" height=\"814\" \/><\/li>\n<li class=\"vspace\">Click the\u00a0<strong>Save Changes<\/strong>\u00a0button. Now your \u201chome\u201d page will actually display the About page. You will also have a Blog item in your menu (depending on your theme, you may have to customize your page display to see pages).<\/li>\n<li class=\"vspace\">If you click on the Blog menu item, you will then see your blog posts. Notice the\u00a0<strong>\/blog<\/strong>\u00a0added to the web address.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.domains.uflib.ufl.edu\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/4.1-WP-blog-page.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1212\" height=\"842\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress is a very flexible platform for creating full-blown websites, not just blogging sites. This page will show you how to change the \u201cfront page\u201d of your website. As we have said before, WordPress provides two primary content types for you two work with:\u00a0posts\u00a0and\u00a0pages. 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