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How to create a static front page
Wordpress October 8th, 2008
Visited 15082 times, 11 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.

