A Pages ONLY site

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  timslists · Member · Apr 23, 2012 at 1:45 pm

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  I would like to create a “pages only” site, that relied on the Search Box to find the pages relevant to any particular search. The search results would be minimal, with just the title of each page.

  I like the look of theme “Twenty Eleven”, because it is single column and has the search in the header section.
  I will not need the pages list part,

  I would just want to display the about page on the home page.

  Is the above possible and could anyone advise on the best way to achieve my ‘wants’.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  naturalbusnetworksf · Member · Apr 23, 2012 at 4:29 pm

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  I need to know this too. I’d like a simple website, but I’m not ready to maintain a blog.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 23, 2012 at 6:02 pm

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  @timslists
  Yes, of course yolu can create a page based site if you wish. You can create static pages, create a custom menu and add the pages to it if you wish. Or you can have a static front page.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#adding-pages-to-your-menu

  Pages are static and are for content that rarely changes. They sit outside of the blog structure and you cannot post to multiple pages in any blog. There is only one main page for posts in a blog and all posts will display on the main blog page. There is no way to exclude posts from the main posts (blog) page.

  The front page of the blog by default will display your posts (not pages) in reverse chronological order, with the most recently published post on top. If you do not want all the posts to show on the front page, then you can create a static front page “Welcome” for your site and a “Blog” page for posts.

  Choice 1 static front page
  Choice 2 running page for all posts on front page

  Which do you choose? It’s one or the other.

  If you choose Choice 1 static front page then you have to create two pages as I said above. After you do that you go to > Settings > Reading and make the designation change and click “save changes”.

  You may want to read Better Blogging at WordPress.com: Pages and Posts so you are clear on the differences between pages and posts, and the consequences of choosing to have a page based site with a static front page when it comes to search engine ranking.

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  timethief · Member · Apr 23, 2012 at 6:03 pm

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  @naturalbusnetworksf
  Please see my reply to timslists and understand that strictly speaking a blog is a website. The main difference between a blog structure and website structure is the communication style. Blogs are post based structures that provide for and encourage interactive communication. Websites are page based structures that operate as a one-way noticeboards.

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  timslists · Member · Apr 23, 2012 at 8:08 pm

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  @timethief
  Many thanks for your detailed reply.

  I think I have got the idea of pages, which is exactly how I hoped they would work.

  Now I just need to work out how to modify the theme layout.