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Jeffrey Cunningham
5,592 PointsSo basically the WP template hierarchy lies?
Really the font-page.php should be next to both the "static front page" AND "blog posts index" boxes right?
4 Answers
David Tonge
Courses Plus Student 45,640 PointsOh ok. You're actually wrong on this one though. There's an option to set what you want as the front page. By default you'll see the blog index then the pages follows the hierarchy as seen on the site. If you want a static front page then wordpress looks for the front-page.php file then follows the hierarchy as shown on the site.
David Tonge
Courses Plus Student 45,640 PointsYes. The file "front-page.php" isn't in wordpress by default; it's created. Read this page: http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page
Jeffrey Cunningham
5,592 PointsOk I got. Thanks for your help!
David Tonge
Courses Plus Student 45,640 PointsI'm not understanding your question here. Which WP Hierarchy are you talking about? This site? http://wphierarchy.com/
Jeffrey Cunningham
5,592 PointsYes that is the hierarchy I'm referring to. What I mean is that the blog posts index page will default to front-page.php before it uses home.php, but if you were to use the hierarchy you would think that it would not.
So I'm saying the realistically the hierarchy should look like this:
Blog posts index page---------------font-page.php------------------------home.php
David Tonge
Courses Plus Student 45,640 PointsNo problem, man!
Jeffrey Cunningham
5,592 PointsJeffrey Cunningham
5,592 PointsOk that's what I was getting at. So you are saying that as long as the "front page displays" is set to "latest posts" then it uses the hierarchy as seen. However, if it is set to "A static page" then it would look something like the example I posted above where it defaults front-page.php. Correct me if I'm still not getting it.