Adventure theme

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  yogitravelling · Member · Jul 6, 2015 at 5:09 pm

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  How do I make the ‘about me’ box static on my home page, and have my posts fall under it (on my home page)?

  I purchased the adventure theme but I cant seem to get it to customize.

  Am I missing something?

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  timethief · Member · Jul 6, 2015 at 5:10 pm

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  You have two choices on any blog
  (1) All posts on the front page.
  (2) A static front page and posts on a different page.

  By default the front page of your blog displays all published posts (not pages) in reverse chronological order, with the most recently published post on top. That is for the convenience of your returning visitors who will not be happy to have to click through an About page every time they visit your blog as they come to read your most recently published content. Creating that situation can make some visitors annoyed – so annoyed that they stop following your blog.

  However, if you do not want all the posts to show on the front page, then you can create a static front page called for example “Welcome” for your site and a “Blog” page for all published posts (not pages) to display on in reverse chronological order, with the most recently published post on top.

  To do that create two pages first http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/

  After you do that you go to > Settings > Reading and make the designation change for each page and click “save changes”.
  A static page (select below)
  Front page:
  Posts page:

  The guide is here http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/

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  timethief · Member · Jul 6, 2015 at 5:13 pm

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  I purchased the adventure theme but I cant seem to get it to customize.

  Have you consulted your detailed theme description page?
  https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/adventure/
  and
  https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/adventure/support/
  Note: Need extra help? Visit the Adventure support forum.
  http://premium-themes.forums.wordpress.com/forum/adventure

  Have you consulted this support doc as well? https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/

  If you have not purchased the Premium upgrade bundle which includes the custom design upgrade, then note that no changes you try out aside from those such as Custom Background, Custom Header, etc. which are stated on the theme description pages in the features column (right hand side) will be visible to visitors.

  See here for details on purchasing the annually renewable custom design upgrade required for CSS editing. See:
  Custom design – Frequently Asked Questions
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/#frequently-asked-questions
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/editing-css/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/custom-fonts/

  You do not need to load the design tools unless you have the Custom Design upgrade. All of these functions can be accessed from your dashboard – without loading the custom design tools – no upgrade required.
  Appearance > Header
  Appearance > Background
  Appearance > Theme Options (applicable only to some themes)
  Settings > Reading (set a static front page)
  Site Title and Tagline > Settings > General

  If you are using the preview mode for the Custom Design upgrade some of the settings in that mode will save but they won’t show up on the front end unless you purchase the upgrade.

  To go back to the free options, go to Appearance → Themes → Customize → Colors and click the “exit the preview” link in yellow at the top of the panel on the right.

  See also: http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2014/01/18/video-tutorial-customizing-your-theme/

  If you have purchased the required upgrade then please use this link https://en.forums.wordpress.com/forum/css-customization#postform so you can copy and paste your text into a thread that will appear in the CSS Forum where you will get the help you need.

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  yogitravelling · Member · Jul 6, 2015 at 6:33 pm

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  Thanks.

  I guess I expected that the Adventure theme allowed me to keep my ‘about me’ static on my home page, and let me post below it (in reverse chronological order)

  I guess I was wrong.

  If you look at the picture of the Adventure theme (before you buy it) this is how it is shown.

  Another question, in the picture it shows ‘recent adventures’ can this be done?

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Jul 7, 2015 at 2:56 pm

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  How do I make the ‘about me’ box static on my home page, and have my posts fall under it (on my home page)?

  To set up your site like the demo you’ll need to set your front page to display a static page (instead of your latest posts) and assign the “Home” page template to it. There are full instructions in the Adventure setup guide.

  You can then go into your Customizer’s Theme section, and assign an About Me page as the Home Featured Page, as you see here:
  https://cloudup.com/cbW4-mlfHNw

  If you need additional help, please feel free to post in Adventure’s dedicated support forum:

  http://premium-themes.forums.wordpress.com/forum/adventure

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  yogitravelling · Member · Jul 7, 2015 at 6:19 pm

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  Thank you kathrynwp.

  I was able to get it to work, but now my widgets are missing (categories).

  I’m trying to figure out what went wrong but can’t seem to locate it.

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Jul 7, 2015 at 6:53 pm

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  Glad you got the front page working. Adventure’s sidebar does not display on the front page with the Home template. If you’d like widgets displayed on the front page, you may use one of the two footer widget areas.

  If you need additional help, please post in Adventure’s dedicated support forum:

  http://premium-themes.forums.wordpress.com/forum/adventure