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How to create a static front page
Wordpress October 8th, 2008
Visited 374 times, 8 so far todayWith the release of WordPress Version 2.1, the option to set your own front page can be achieved via your Administration > Settings > Reading panel. Simply follow the steps below:
1. Login to WordPress Admin
2. Go to the Write > Write Page panel
3. Create the page content for your front page, and then publish the page.
4. Go to the Settings > Reading panel
5. Click the option for “Front Page Displays a Static Page“.
6. Select the page you created in step 3 from the drop down list.
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Optional: If you want an additional page to display the “usual” list of blog posts.
Step 1 - Create the page that will have the blog posts. You can simply give the page a title and leave the rest blank.
Step 2 - Select *that* page in the Settings > Reading panel as the “posts page”
You can link to that from your home page or your navigation bar.
