WordPress Static Page as Home
December 22nd, 2012 by admin
www.BlogAid.net See how to create and select a static page as the front page of your site plus how to create a page for your blog posts and make entries to it.
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December 22nd, 2012 at 3:29 am
Don’t feel alone. This is one of those WordPress quirks that? confuses most everyone.
December 22nd, 2012 at 3:29 am
Thanks for making the illogical, simple and logical. This video? was just what I needed to improve my site!
December 22nd, 2012 at 3:29 am
Glad you find it helpful Julia. It’s? not hard to get confused on this topic, so don’t feel alone.
December 22nd, 2012 at 3:29 am
Wonderful, straightforward and clear instructions. I tried doing this myself and botched up two blogs. I’m looking forward to? trying this again, but with your superb guidance and gentle voice in my ear. Best, Julia
December 22nd, 2012 at 3:29 am
Thank you!?
December 22nd, 2012 at 3:29 am
i agree completely – she’s brilliant . No fuss just straight to the? point
December 22nd, 2012 at 3:29 am
? Thanks for the info….Much appreciated.
December 22nd, 2012 at 3:29 am
Search engines index heading tags and weight their? importance by the tag number. H1 is most important and usually reserved for page and post titles. H2 is next most important and generally used as section headers. For top SEO, it’s best to place keywords in the H1 and place it at the top of the page. If you can, use keywords in the H2 tags, but only if it will not negatively impact your copy. You don’t want your pages and posts to look like they were written by a machine for a machine
December 22nd, 2012 at 3:29 am
One other thing I just discovered on a client’s site. If your theme does not support custom menus, then? you might end up with two Home buttons after following the video instructions. There are plugins that are specifically for adding custom menu creation to your theme, if you need one.
December 22nd, 2012 at 3:29 am
Great instructional video. In your opinion, where should the H1 and H2 tags? be placed for the HomePage? Thanks!
December 22nd, 2012 at 3:29 am
Once you create your two new static pages for Home and Blog, you’ll need to go to the Settings > Reading page as shown in the video and select your front page and your posts? page. It’s probably still set to the default of “Your latest posts” as the front page of your site, which is why you’re seeing two Home buttons in your navigation.
December 22nd, 2012 at 3:29 am
If you’re using a static page as your home page, to show your latest post, you’ll need to look for a theme that allows for a widget at the top, or have the theme customized to show your featured post there. Widgets to? show things like your featured post can actually be placed in several areas of your site, but not all themes have that option. A code site customizer who works with what are known as hooks and the loop can place a widget area just about anywhere.
December 22nd, 2012 at 3:29 am
Thank? you!!
December 22nd, 2012 at 3:29 am
Great Resource! Clear instructions. Question:? How do you get your latest post to show up on your home page?
December 22nd, 2012 at 3:29 am
Thanks, Martin. Glad you found the video helpful. There? are plenty more on the way!
December 22nd, 2012 at 3:29 am
This is incredible. Well done. I actually had this part figured out from endless reading and surfing other videos (mostly out dated). I still feel a lack of confidence in my endeavors so I clicked on yours. You’re filling a very big void in area of the? “easy to understand” wordpress tutorials. Thank you very much. Martin