Setting default page

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This topic has 6 replies, 3 voices, and was last updated 11 years ago by mmglisci.

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March 4, 2013 at 11:42 pm #4636

dhedley
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I want to be able to set the default page to the home page, or be able to access the front page to insert short code.

March 5, 2013 at 12:55 am #4650

Sakin
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@dhedley: You can to that from your Settings => Reading. Then Click on Static Page and select the static page in Front page list.

November 16, 2013 at 12:45 am #17296

mmglisci
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Hi,
I’m quite new to wp and am using this theme. I wanted to have the home/front page to be a static page, which I did above but the actual “home” page and the one I change in the reading settings are the same. Not sure if you understand that, but I’ll see if I can explain another way too, the Appearance, Menu options shows a “Home” page with the url in it and it is “Custom”. I can’t find were I can edit that particular page, so I created a “home” page and set that in the above reading settings. Now I have two home pages! Hopefully you can help me.

Thank you
Marilyn

November 16, 2013 at 9:07 pm #17325

Sakin
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@mmglisci: Don’t use two homepage. The best way to create static homepage is by going through “Settings => Readings => Front page displays”, then in “Front page” select your page that you want to show in homepage.

Then for menu, you can build custom menu from “Appearance => Menus”, then you can add your pages, categories and custom links as per your need. If you want to add page home then in Menu page you will see Pages box in the left, there you can click on “View All” which will show all your page and in the top, you will see Homepage. Just add that.

For details about menu, you can read our blog at http://catchthemes.com/blog/custom-menus-wordpress-themes/

November 17, 2013 at 3:21 am #17339

mmglisci
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Thank you but I’m totally frustrated now. I deleted the page that I added as a home page by changing it to a static page like your instructions. But the original home page per se in the Pages box in the left is already added to the menu but I can’t edit it. And it’s not in my pages list below Media where you edit and add new pages.

Another problem, I don’t know how to add an image below the navigation bar I followed the instructions in other support FAQs can you take a look if I send this:

http://rcbra.org/wp_test

Thank you!

November 18, 2013 at 12:29 am #17360

Sakin
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@mmglisci: Looks like you are totally confused with the WordPress system. In WordPress we have two option for Homepage(Front page displays) that you can set from “Settings => Readings”
1. Your latest posts, where all your post will be displayed as blog.
2. A Static “Front page”, where you can set static page in homepage.

So, when I check in your site today I see that you have latest posts mode. So, there is no home page and there is not way to edit that page and it will not be in your page list.

Also when you build custom menu, you can add and remove the menu item you like. See this article http://catchthemes.com/blog/custom-menus-wordpress-themes/

I am not sure what are you talking about the image below the menu. Do you mean the Featured Post Slider. Then for that also you need to create post and add featured image in that post. Then you need to ID of that post in “Appearance => Theme Options => Featured Post Slider”. See the theme instruction page http://catchthemes.com/theme-instructions/simple-catch/ for more details

November 19, 2013 at 6:50 am #17382

mmglisci
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OMG!! I was totally confused! But I think I finally got it, thank you for your help and your patience.
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