Shoreditch Theme Static Front Page Free Version

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  cheapwrites · Member · Oct 20, 2016 at 11:07 pm

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  Hi. I need some help with my landing page options. Can you turn a home page into a static (landing) page ( for the root URL) using the FREE version of Shoreditch? I do NOT see that option in Customizer. If that is the case, can someone please suggest a simple, clean theme that will allow me to create a static front page/landing page. Thanks in advance for your help.

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

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  musicdoc1 · Member · Oct 21, 2016 at 3:03 am

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  Hi,

  See the Set a Static “Home” Page (Front Page) support page. The ability to set a static front page is available for all WordPress.com themes, though some themes are more suitable for this option, with some having special front page, homepage, or showcase page optional templates.

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  cheapwrites · Member · Oct 21, 2016 at 8:47 pm

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  Thank you for your response. The point is that the option to set a static home page does NOT appear in the Customizer or anywhere else that I have looked. It could be that in this theme, Shoreditch, if you choose a particular page layout, you do not have that choice.

  I have used other WordPress themes before and have not had this problem.

  Thanks.

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  supernovia · Staff · Oct 21, 2016 at 9:52 pm

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  Hi @cheapwrites , the front page of the site cannot be a private page. Please publish a page that you can use for the home page. Then you should see an option to set it as the front page.

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  eastvalleywritingtutor · Member · Oct 21, 2016 at 10:26 pm

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  Hi, Supernovia.

  Thanks. I was wondering if that might be the issue. I’m just not ready to publish the site yet.

  Thanks again. I was just about ready to change the theme.

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  supernovia · Staff · Oct 23, 2016 at 3:40 am

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  @eastvalleywritingtutor since the whole site is private, you can go ahead and publish any pages that will eventually be public — no need to use double privacy. That way you can set up your home page and what not.

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  entreprenerz · Member · Oct 24, 2016 at 9:33 pm

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  Got it! Thanks again for your help (on Cheapwrites). I do appreciate it and will note the duplication in privacy.

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  supernovia · Staff · Oct 24, 2016 at 11:14 pm

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  No problem. And thanks @musicdoc1 for flagging us. Cheers all!