Static home page

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  websitecontract · Member · Jun 4, 2015 at 5:12 pm

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  I am using wordpress.com to create a site for my class homework, but there is not a choice for static home page instead of a blog page. Is that because the theme I chose does not allow it or do I need to be using wordpress.org? Thank you!

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

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  romanbon · Member · Jun 4, 2015 at 5:20 pm

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  Hi, can you please specify the name of your theme?

  You can read the support article about static home page:

  Set the homepage

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  websitecontract · Member · Jun 4, 2015 at 5:34 pm

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  It’s a free theme – Sorbet. I had already looked through all the instructions for how to create the static page, so I understand how to do it, but it’s that there is no selection for static that I can choose where it indicates it should be. Thanks.

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  romanbon · Member · Jun 4, 2015 at 5:49 pm

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  Go to your WP Admin -> Settings -> Reading -> change Front page displays setting from Your latest posts to A static page (select below)

  Hope it helps.

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  websitecontract · Member · Jun 4, 2015 at 6:05 pm

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  Thanks for your help, but you don’t have to respond again since it looks like I just don’t have what I need to do this. Once I get to Reading, there is nothing at all about “front page” so I can’t select anything. The only reference is about blogs. Maybe the Sorbet theme doesn’t allow for a static home page… I can’t tell how to find out, so I’ll ask my instructor tomorrow in class. Thanks again!

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  timethief · Member · Jun 4, 2015 at 6:25 pm

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  You have to be logged in as Admin http://en.support.wordpress.com/user-roles/#administrator under the exact same username account that registered the blog to access the blog’s dashboard and create a static front page on any blog registered under that account just as romanbon directed above.

  Clicking this link should display all blogs registered under the same username, including the hidden ones: https://dashboard.wordpress.com/wp-admin/index.php?page=my-blogs&show=hidden

  If you do not see the blog here http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-blogs/ then
  follow this guide > http://en.support.wordpress.com/my-blogs/#my-blogs-dashboard-visibility

  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:

  Go to Dashboard > Settings -> Reading -> change Front page displays setting from Your latest posts to A static page (select below)
  http://websitecontract.wordpress.com/wp-admin/options-reading.php

  The guide is here http://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/front-page/