Option for Static Homepage

7 posts from 3 voices

• Started 2 years ago by fullcircle
• Latest reply from James Morrison
• This topic is resolved

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• static front page

1. 

   fullcircle
   Member

   Hi,

   Is it possible to have a static page on the homepage instead of the top 3 latest posts?

   I would like to keep the 2 column posts below the static page if possible. I would just like t replace the top section of the homepage (under the slider) with a static page.

   Is this possible?

   Thanks

   Posted 2 years ago #
2. 

   Kriesi
   Key Master

   The easiest way would be to change the setting in Settings > Reading in your wordpress backend and select a page. however then it would not be possible to display two additional posts as well.

   to get this kind of settup you would need toe edit your index.php file and add an additional wordpress loop:

   $additional_loop = new WP_Query("page_id=1"); ?>
   
   			<?php while ($additional_loop->have_posts()) : $additional_loop->the_post();
   			?>
   
   				<h2 class='siteheading'>"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
   				<?php the_content('Read more'); ?>
   
   			<?php endwhile;
   			}
   

   add this code to line 77 of index.php and at "page_id=1" you need to insert the page id of the page you want to display

   Posted 2 years ago #
3. 

   Kriesi
   Key Master

   [blockquote]Test[/blockquote]

   Posted 2 years ago #
4. 

   fullcircle
   Member

   Hi,

   Where exactly do I add the above? I added it above Line 77 and below but it threw an error.

   Could you please show me where this would go below? Thanks!

   Line 77 starts here:

   <div id="content">
   <?php

   $fullsized = $k_option['general']['article_appearance'];
   if($paged >= 2)
   {
   if($k_option['general']['article_appearance_sub'] == 1) $fullsized = 0;
   if($k_option['general']['article_appearance_sub'] == 2) $fullsized = 10000;
   if($k_option['general']['article_appearance_sub'] == 3) $fullsized = $k_option['general']['article_appearance'];;
   }

   $negative_cats = preg_replace("!(\d)+!","-${0}$0", $k_option['mainpage']['main_cat_final']);
   $smallsized = 1;

   $additional_loop = new WP_Query("cat=".$negative_cats."&paged=$paged");

   if ($additional_loop->have_posts()) :
   while ($additional_loop->have_posts()) : $additional_loop->the_post();

   // ############################# FULL SIZED POSTS #############################
   if ($fullsized > 0) :

   $preview_image = kriesi_post_thumb($post->ID, array('size'=> array('M'),
   'display_link' => '_prev_image_link',
   'linkurl' => array ('L','_preview_big'),
   'wh' => $k_option['custom']['imgSize']['M']
   ));

   ?>
   <div class="entry <?php if(!$preview_image) echo 'entry-no-pic';?>">
   <?php
   if($preview_image)
   {
   echo '<div class="entry-previewimage rounded preloading_background">';
   echo $preview_image;
   echo '</div>';
   }

   ?>

   Posted 2 years ago #
5. 

   fullcircle
   Member

   One more thing: By adding the above code to Line 77 do I still have to edit the Settings -> Reading?

   Or just add the code and it will work?

   Thanks.

   Posted 2 years ago #
6. 

   James Morrison
   Former Team Member

   If you change the reading settings, the 2 additional posts as well won't show up because WordPress won't use index.php to generate the homepage.

   Was the error along the lines of: Parse Error - unexpected } ?

   Copy this code and place it just after the <?php on line 78:

   $additional_loop = new WP_Query("page_id=1");
   	while ($additional_loop->have_posts()) : $additional_loop->the_post(); ?>
   		<h2 class='siteheading'>"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
   		<?php the_content('Read more');
   	endwhile;

   replacing "1" with the page ID you wish to display

   Posted 2 years ago #
7. 

   fullcircle
   Member

   Thanks for the code. It looks pretty good, except for 2 things:

   There is a really large blank space between the Page and the First Article.

   Also, it lists the title of the Page with a "> before it. So, it reads ">About

   How to get rid of the ">?

   Take a look: http://best-temecula-guide.com/

   Thanks again!!!

   Posted 2 years ago #
8. 

   James Morrison
   Former Team Member

   Sorry, I make a mistake with the code (these things happen when I write quickly!!)

   Change this:

   <h2 class='siteheading'>"><?php the_title(); ?></h2>

   to this:

   <h2 class='siteheading'><?php the_title(); ?></h2>

   and that'll get rid of the unwanted symbols.

   The large space between the page and first article is to do with this Youtube code on the page:

   <p><img width="640" height="385" alt="" src="http://best-temecula-guide.com/wp-includes/js/tinymce/plugins/media/img/trans.gif" title="&quot;allowFullScreen&quot;:&quot;true&quot;,&quot;allowScriptAccess&quot;:&quot;always&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/ZUp13pJH1fg&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1&quot;,&quot;allowfullscreen&quot;:&quot;true&quot;" style="opacity: 1; visibility: visible; display: block;"></p>

   Removing / correcting the code (you need to paste embed code to the HTML view to make the video load correctly) will solve this problem.

   Posted 2 years ago #

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