How can I have a static front page and then another page where posts go?

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  joshuaearl419 · Member · Jun 16, 2015 at 3:47 pm

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  I have a static front page which is a short welcome splash page. I like it. I want one of my menus to say ‘Posts’ and when clicked take me to a page where all of my posts are. How can I do this?

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  timethief · Member · Jun 16, 2015 at 3:49 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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  staraquilla · Member · Jun 16, 2015 at 3:59 pm

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  TT has some great advice.. just in case you want to use this idea, I use a ‘custom menu’, I sometimes create a ‘blog’ link and then in the ‘custom menu’ you can choose a category (like blog) for it to ‘link to’ then all your blog posts will show (or choose a category that suits) see more about custom menus here or also check out my blog to see how it works for me (afterlight theme), I’d agree with timethief though, it would depend on the theme you use…

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  joshuaearl419 · Member · Jun 16, 2015 at 4:08 pm

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  Thanks! I had had an extra menu button called Posts, but I had not actually created a new page! All figured out now thank you!

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  timethief · Member · Jun 16, 2015 at 4:10 pm

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  Good to know and best wishes with your site. :)