Remove blog posts slider from static front page

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  elizabethlieutenant · Member · Apr 19, 2013 at 9:35 am

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  Hi. I have just published my first blog post, & a brief summary is showing up on my static front page. I believe this is considered part of the “Featured Content slider.”

  I want my static front page “Welcome” to only display my welcome message, & all blog posts to show up on the “Blog” page.

  I have my Reader section set to the following:
  Front page displays
  A static page (select below)
  Front page: Welcome http://elizabethlieutenant.com/
  Posts page: Blog http://elizabethlieutenant.com/blog/

  Featured content
  Tag name: NO
  Number of posts: 1
  “Check” Hide tag from displaying in post meta and tag clouds.

  I have never used CSS for anything before, so I am unsure how to disable and/or remove the slider from my website’s static front page.

  If anyone can help me with this, I’d greatly appreciate it.

  Thank you so much!

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  justpi · Member · Apr 19, 2013 at 12:18 pm

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  The slider/featured content shows at the top of the page. Check the theme demo:
  http://widelydemo.wordpress.com/

  To remove the post excerpts from the bottom of the page, add this in the CSS editor:

  .home.page .front-page-grid .hentry {
      display: none;
  }

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  elizabethlieutenant · Member · Apr 19, 2013 at 3:31 pm

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  Thank you so much! Such a simple fix, but one I would’ve never been able to do on my own.

  I was wondering, is there any reason why a blog post excerpt would show up on a static front page? Is it part of the theme that I just didn’t understand, or was something messed up in my preferences.

  Thanks again!

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  thesacredpath · Member · Apr 19, 2013 at 4:01 pm

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  Widely is designed so that the home page – static or not – will show the slider if assigned the special tag and a featured image.

  Special posts deserve a special place. With Widely, every post assigned with a certain tag and given a featured image will be displayed in the Featured Content Slider on the home page of your site.

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  justpi · Member · Apr 19, 2013 at 5:15 pm

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  @Rich: But Elisabeth isn’t asking about the slider.

  @Elisabeth: You’re welcome. Not it’s not something you messed up, it’s a feature of the theme – sort of a Recent Posts widget, but with excerpts instead of titles only.

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  thesacredpath · Member · Apr 19, 2013 at 5:17 pm

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  Never mind then… I’m moving along. :)

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  elizabethlieutenant · Member · Apr 20, 2013 at 6:13 pm

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  @justpi Thanks for clarifying. I appreciate all your help.