Need to create a splashpage

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  hollystrelow · Member · Jun 12, 2014 at 4:43 pm

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  Until the site is ready to be fully built, I need to create a simple splash page. Logo with image, some short copy and an email link. No widgets, no pages… Is there a way to do this in wordpress.com? Perhaps a theme?

  Many thanks
  —Holly

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  hollystrelow · Member · Jun 12, 2014 at 4:44 pm

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  Until the site is ready to be fully built, I need to create a simple splash page. Logo with image, some short copy and an email link. No widgets, no pages… Is there a way to do this in wordpress.com? Perhaps a theme?

  Many thanks
  —Holly

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  thatrobyn · Member · Jun 12, 2014 at 8:02 pm

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  Hey there Holly! You can indeed create a static front page that contains your header/logo, some text, and a link. You can virtually everything else.

  This can be done with almost any theme, however, as it sounds as if you’re hoping to keep things simple, I’ll offer a few suggestions:

  http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/kelly/
  http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/syntax/
  http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/manifest/
  http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/hemingway-rewritten/

  If you’d like to look more on your own:
  http://theme.wordpress.com/

  If you need assistance with choosing or customizing your website’s front page, please let me know.

  Thanks so much.

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  hollystrelow · Member · Jun 14, 2014 at 11:39 pm

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  Robin:
  Thank you for your response. I have used the static page and here are my questions… I hope you are able to help:

  Link to blog:
  http://metamarkers1.wordpress.com

  1) How to delete the navigation bar from the top?
  2) How to make copy NOT look like a post with date stamp?

  Thank you!!!
  —Holly

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  hollystrelow · Member · Jun 14, 2014 at 11:40 pm

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  Ohh…. And is there a way to alter the layout so the scrolling does not cover the image… but simply scrolls down like a “normal” web page?

  Thank you.

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  thatrobyn · Member · Jun 15, 2014 at 3:18 pm

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  Hello Holly!!

  I have used the static page

  You are actually set up with your front page displaying blog posts. It’s not set as a static page. This doesn’t matter much, as long as you’re happy with the appearance. If you choose to make the page static, you will create a Page (called Home, or something of the sort) and add all the text you’d like. Then click Appearance → Customize in your site’s Dashboard. Click Front Page, and opt for a static front page. You will choose Home to be your static front page.

  If you’re not exactly certain about the difference between posts and pages, this should help:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/

  1) How to delete the navigation bar from the top?
  2) How to make copy NOT look like a post with date stamp?

  Because those are built-in design elements, you would need the Custom Design upgrade to remove those elements from your site:
  en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/
  If this is something you choose to do, I can help you with the CSS code you’ll need to remove those items.

  And is there a way to alter the layout so the scrolling does not cover the image… but simply scrolls down like a “normal” web page?

  There isn’t. As you can see front the site’s theme, Book Lite, the header is created to behave that way:
  http://booklitedemo.wordpress.com/

  If you’d like to look at a few other simple themes that don’t have the same type of scroll, you might look at Kelly, Untitled,
  http://twentyelevendemo.wordpress.com/readability-test/
  http://hemingwayrewrittendemo.wordpress.com/full-width-page/
  http://kellydemo.wordpress.com/
  http://motifdemo.wordpress.com/page-templates/full-width-page/

  You can hide comments, likes, widgets, etc on all these templates.

  Looking forward to hearing what you decide, and if I can help in any way. Thanks!