how do i make my blog url, whatever.com/main.html

walrus · 2009-10-21, 01:04 AM

For the record, it's easy to setup a page within WP that is your default front page instead of the normal blog page. The best instructions I've found is here http://www.richandstephsipe.com/word...atic-homepage/

What I do is I take page.php, rename it to whatever, home, welcome, etc. and then edit it to look the way I want.

I call mine home-page-template.php. You'll need to add the following code to the top of the template as well

Code:

<?php /*
Template Name: Home Page Template
*/
?>

Then create a new page, give it a title and scroll down on the right hand side under attributes and select that page as the template. Save.

Then under settings/reading set the front page to the page you just created.

Now create another new page, call it anything you want but this will be your blog. Under attributes/templates select default template.

Then go back to settings/reading and set this page as the page for post pages.

If you want to see an example.... http://obsessedgirls.com/

whitey · 2009-10-21, 05:57 AM

That is a good solution. Walrus.

One that I use is simply to put the blog in a directory and put a warning page on the root. There are several advantages to this, one of which is you have two distinct parts of the domain on which to do link exchanges. It also provides another page on which to exchange good links.

Following is one of the sites I do that on. It has an SEO landing page in front, and a link to the blog at the bottom.

Older Women R Us

I intend to add a small review section in another subdirectory.

I have also experimented with having the blog on a sub-domain and that has other advantages and disadvantages, but really does not address the core root issue of a warning page.

2009-10-21, 01:04 AM	#1
walrus Oh no, I'm sweating like Roger Ebert Join Date: May 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,773	For the record, it's easy to setup a page within WP that is your default front page instead of the normal blog page. The best instructions I've found is here http://www.richandstephsipe.com/word...atic-homepage/ What I do is I take page.php, rename it to whatever, home, welcome, etc. and then edit it to look the way I want. I call mine home-page-template.php. You'll need to add the following code to the top of the template as well Code: <?php /* Template Name: Home Page Template */ ?> Then create a new page, give it a title and scroll down on the right hand side under attributes and select that page as the template. Save. Then under settings/reading set the front page to the page you just created. Now create another new page, call it anything you want but this will be your blog. Under attributes/templates select default template. Then go back to settings/reading and set this page as the page for post pages. If you want to see an example.... http://obsessedgirls.com/ __________________ Naked Girlfriend Porn TGP free partner account

2009-10-21, 05:57 AM	#2
whitey Hey, can you take the wheel for a second, I have to scratch my self in two places at once Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 186	That is a good solution. Walrus. One that I use is simply to put the blog in a directory and put a warning page on the root. There are several advantages to this, one of which is you have two distinct parts of the domain on which to do link exchanges. It also provides another page on which to exchange good links. Following is one of the sites I do that on. It has an SEO landing page in front, and a link to the blog at the bottom. Older Women R Us I intend to add a small review section in another subdirectory. I have also experimented with having the blog on a sub-domain and that has other advantages and disadvantages, but really does not address the core root issue of a warning page. __________________ Erotica Blogs: SEO Softcore Blog Directory. Register and Submit Here Last edited by whitey; 2009-10-21 at 06:30 AM..