Cubic theme – use pages rather than posts

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  angusforbesphotography · Member · Mar 31, 2015 at 7:37 pm

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  cubic theme, I would like the cubes on the home page to be pages rather than posts – is this possible and if so how?

  Thank you

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

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Apr 1, 2015 at 7:36 pm

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  Hi there – that isn’t possible to do in Cubic; only posts display in the square grid.

  Would a theme that displayed portfolio projects in a grid work for you? If so then you’d have a few other choices, like Espied or Sketch.

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  angusforbesphotography · Member · Apr 2, 2015 at 5:26 pm

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  Thank you for that, I have settled on Sketch which I think suits my needs. I’m struggling with the theme though, I cant figure out how to set the grid up – ideally, each block in the grid will represent a page on the site

  Can you give me a pointer as to how I get that started

  Many thanks

  Angus

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Apr 2, 2015 at 5:55 pm

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  Hi Angus, the grid in Sketch represents portfolio projects, not pages.

  The first step is to activate portfolios on your site under Settings → Writing → Your Custom Content Types.

  Check the box next to “Portfolio Projects” to enable them.

  https://photographytrainingscotland.wordpress.com/wp-admin/options-writing.php

  Once you do that you’ll see a new menu item called Portfolios in WP admin and you’ll be able to start adding portfolio projects.

  You can learn more about how to set up portfolios here:

  Create a Portfolio Website

  Once you have some portfolio projects published, you can set them up to appear on your homepage in Sketch. There’s a guide to setting that up here:

  https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/sketch/

  If you get stuck along the way, let me know!

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  angusforbesphotography · Member · Apr 2, 2015 at 6:02 pm

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  Thanks for that help, however, I cant find Portfolio projects under the writing section

  Just for clarity, this is for a self hosted site

  Does that make a difference?

  Angus

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Apr 2, 2015 at 6:19 pm

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  Hi Angus, yes, it makes a big difference. :) These forums are for folks hosted here on WordPress.com.

  If you’re running a self-hosted site, you’ll need to activate the Jetpack plugin’s Custom Content Types module to get access to portfolios.

  If you need further help with your self-hosted site running Sketch, please visit the Sketch forum over at WordPress.org:

  http://wordpress.org/support/theme/sketch

  You’ll need a free WordPress.org account to post – if you don’t already have one, you can register here:

  https://wordpress.org/support/register.php

  Be sure to provide a link to your site when you post so people can help you more easily. Thanks!

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  angusforbesphotography · Member · Apr 2, 2015 at 7:21 pm

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  thank you