[wp authors ] Wordpress Static Front Page !!

Hi everyone,

Is it necessary to make static front page to make template like here in TF…I just get confused guys..please help me and i am newbie in wordpress…just started learning…

Thanks in advanced.

Regards,

Satish

Hi Satish! Glad to her you are learning Wordpress. Can you try and explain your question a different way? I’m afraid I don’t quite understand.

Thanks – Josh

i don’t think front pages are static. you can control the look ,feel and content from dashboard

hi atinder right now i am here also in India…can i contact through personally…

Regards,

Satish

JoshuaSprague said
Hi Satish! Glad to her you are learning Wordpress. Can you try and explain your question a different way? I’m afraid I don’t quite understand. Thanks – Josh

Thanks i mean to say that there i is also an option in wordpress like to choose front page…from reading settings in dashboard…Is it necessary to do that or not…

Regards,

Satish

Satish,

It depends on what type/niche of your wordpress theme…

Wordpress as Blog / Tumblog / Simple Magazine

No need to create static frontpage. Your homepage will be controlled by index.php file… You can insert your slider in homepage using simple conditional tag is_home() if you need it…

Wordpress as CMS (E-Commerce, Business, etc)

Static frontpage is optional, but it is better to have it. So, your theme users can create custom homepage. Custom frontpage/homepage can be achieved by two ways

1) Create home.php file in your theme. This home.php will control your homepage display. But, if your theme users want to use Blog style for their homepage, they have to delete/rename this home.php file…

2) Create a page template that can be used for custom homepage. Your theme users can use this page template for their homepage by visiting Settings > Reading page and chose a static page for their Frontpage Display option… Most of TF authors use this way for their theme…

PrimaThemes said
Satish,

It depends on what type/niche of your wordpress theme…

Wordpress as Blog / Tumblog / Simple Magazine

No need to create static frontpage. Your homepage will be controlled by index.php file… You can insert your slider in homepage using simple conditional tag is_home() if you need it…

Wordpress as CMS (E-Commerce, Business, etc)

Static frontpage is optional, but it is better to have it. So, your theme users can create custom homepage. Custom frontpage/homepage can be achieved by two ways

1) Create home.php file in your theme. This home.php will control your homepage display. But, if your theme users want to use Blog style for their homepage, they have to delete/rename this home.php file…

2) Create a page template that can be used for custom homepage. Your theme users can use this page template for their homepage by visiting Settings > Reading page and chose a static page for their Frontpage Display option… Most of TF authors use this way for their theme…

Thanks a lot ..Great ….

Thanks all you guys…

Regards,

Satish