How to create a static blank page on a WordPress blog (as a “Coming Soon” page?)

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  dfkkry · Member · Jul 7, 2009 at 1:31 am

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  I have a WordPress blog that I hooked up through GoDaddy.com.

  Currently I am still working on the layout, theme, etc, so I haven’t really gotten anywhere. However, I have created a static page that has my logo and a “stay tuned” message. I want this page to be the only one that users can see when they access the site- no links, nothing but the image and “coming soon”. The only way I could figure out how to do this was to go into my main folder (root folder? I don’t know all the terminology yet) and change the code in the “index.php” to show the “Stay Tuned” picture I created. I made a backup of the original index.php so that I could put it back to the way it was once my site is up and running.

  The only problem is, I can’t work with WordPress and edit/test layouts like this. Is there any way I can make a static BLANK page (no links, no hint of a blog layout, just my jpeg) through WordPress without having to change the index.php?

  The main problem is that I can’t edit and preview my blog layout like I normally would. I want to do editing behind the scenes with one simple page as a cover until I’m through. Does anyone have an idea of what I’m talking about :)

  Thanks!

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  sambauers · Member · Jul 7, 2009 at 1:31 am

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  You did not specify a blog address or reason for posting when you created this topic.

  This support forum is for WordPress.com hosted blogs only. If you have a self-hosted WordPress blog you need to seek help at the WordPress.org forums, not here.

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