[Orlando Mergal]

Hi:

I’ve been sending my traffic to my latests posts since I installed this theme. Now I’m considering sending it to a static page similar to the one that you present in your demo.

1. How would I go about it?

2. Is there any way that I could prepare this page in the background and switch from one to the other when I have it ready?

[Skandha]

@accucomm: Hello there,

1. To have static homepage
Go to => Appearance => Customize => Homepage Settings => Select A static page and Select your homepage. Finally Publish.

2. Could you please elaborate this point? I wasn’t able to understand the issue.

Kind Regards,
Skandha

[Orlando Mergal]

Hi Skandha:

When I first installed Catch Responsive Pro it came with a page similar to the one that you have as demo on your site: https://catchthemes.com/demo/catch-responsive-pro/ . That page is basically a collection of images and text pointing to different points on a site. It doesn’t have a title and a body like a regular page would have.

Instead of sending my traffic to that “static page” I decided to send it to my “latests posts”. Now, several years later, I’m starting to believe that that was a mistake and I would like to revert to the static page option. The problem is that I erased the page that came with Catch Responsive Pro, and when I try to create one I have a Title and Body Text area that weren’t in the original version.

So I guess my question would be: how do I get a page like this one again: https://catchthemes.com/demo/catch-responsive-pro/

[Skandha]

@accucomm: Hello there,
The demo front page neither is a static page or page with latest posts rather it is a collection of sections available in the theme customizer. Let me know which section in the demo you are trying to step on your site so that I can guide you.

Kind Regards,
Skandha

[Orlando Mergal]

Hi Skanha:

Maybe I should start by explaining what my objective is. That way you could tell me if I’m on the right track or if I’m wasting my time.

My whole issue has to do with bounce rate. I’m perfectly happy with the way my site looks now ( https://www.hablandodetecnologia.com/ ). It looks clean, accesible and chock full information. It includes a podcast with almost 300 episodes, a blog and close to 100 videos which I serve from Vimeo and YouTube. The videos that I serve from Vimeo only play on my site.

However, I have a bounce rate of 88.31%.

According to Google, Bounce Rate is defined as: “single-page sessions divided by all sessions”. In other words, if a person comes to your site, and doesn’t click on anything else, your bounce rate will be high even if he/she stays there for an hour.

Now, here’s my theory. WordPress gives us the option to use a “static page” or a “latest posts page” as our landing page. I’m using the “latest posts” option. The problem is that that lends itself to the problem that I mentioned above. People can land on my page, listen to an entire show and leave without ever clicking on anything else. Hence, my bounce rate goes through the roof.

The idea behind switching to a design like the one that you have on your “demo” page would be to force them to click on something. The way I imagine it this page could have a welcome video at the top followed by several active areas that could say something like: “listen to our show”, “read our blog”, “watch a video”, “learn more about us” “our books” , etc. Any of these actions would require a click, thus reducing my bounce rate. Of course, I understand that this also introduces an element of “friction” into the equation.

Be that as it may, is my thinking on the right track here or is it just “wishful thinking”? I realize that this is an SEO question, but either you or someone else at Catch Themes might be knowledgeable on this subject.

[Skandha]

@accucomm: Hello there,
What you can do is customize your site like the demo, utilize the large amount of sections available so that you can get more clicks from the visitors that visit your site. I can provided you the demo content files so that you can setup your site like the demo.
There are lots of options in the customizer that you make use of to make your site look more attractive.

Let me know what you would like to do.
Kind Regards,
Skandha

[Orlando Mergal]

Perfect.

Please let me know how we go about it.

[Skandha]

@accucomm: Hello there,
I have emailed you the demo content files along with instructions on how to import theme. Please check your inbox as well as the spam folder.

Kind Regards,
Skandha

[Orlando Mergal]

Thank you for all your help.

As you will recall, this is my podcasting site. I produce my podcast weekly, between Tuesday and Wednesday, and publish it every Thursday at 5:00am AST. That means that now is not the time to tinker with my site.

I will work on this next weekend.

I’ll let you know my reults.

Thanks again,

Orlando

[Orlando Mergal]

I was reading through the copy on the “Essential Content Types” plugin page and the “Catch Themes Demo Import” plugin page. The way that I understand it I can create my front page as a draft and activate it when I’m happy with my results and ready to switch from my latest posts page to a static page.

Am I right?

[Skandha]

@accucomm: Hello there,
Please don’t import the demo content files I provided you if don’t want to change your site straight away. You can use a staging site to experiment with different section and figure out how you want your site to be.

Kind Regards,
Skandha

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