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Can the Page Title be Hidden?

A member asks if it is possible to hide the actual page title on a given post or page. I suggest that there is another mechanism for having a title on a page without it looking like a page name. The page title is an important part of the page for SEO and for Google [...]

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How to Add a Link to the Home Page on the Menu

In this session, a member is having a problem with his home menu tab; it’s not taking him to the correct page. We show how to add a link to the Home page in the WordPress menu using a custom link.

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Lesson 11 - Part 1 - Change the Home Page Template

Lesson 11 – Part 1 – Change the Home Page Template

Welcome to Lesson 11 in our How to Build a Professional Website Using WordPress and Thesis series. Tonight we are going to take a Home Page that we’ve been working on and turn it into something that looks like this, that is tonight, we are going to add style and content to the Home Page. [...]

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The WordPress Home Page, Posts Page and Front Page

In this basic lesson I discuss the differences between the home page, the posts page and the front page. WordPress uses these terms in very specific ways. I also demonstrate how to create a static front page and the behavior of a posts page. Video Transcript And so what we’ll do now is we will [...]

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What is the Home Page and Where is it on My Dashboard?

This member notes that his home page doesn’t show up in the page list. He wonders where he can find it in the dashboard. WordPress uses 3 terms that can be referred to as the “Home Page”. Those terms are Home Page, Front Page and Posts Page. We discuss the difference between them and show [...]

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What Happens When You Make Your Home Page Private?

In this session a member asks why his website is still accessible to the public after setting it to private. Here we explain that the solution is to use an “Under Construction” plugin that will allow him to make his website content only available to logged in users as opposed to making it private which [...]

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Lesson 11 – Add Style and Content to the Home Page Using Plugins & Widgets

Change the Home Page Template – Watch the Video What’s a Template? What changes in a Thesis Template? Thesis Template Choices Default Template Archives Custom Template No Sidebars Configure the Thesis Feature Box – Watch the Video What is the Feature Box? Thesis Design Options – Placement Position on the Page Choose which page displays [...]

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Display Only a Single Category of Posts on the Home Page

This member wants to display only a single category of posts on her homepage.  She doesn’t want any of the other posts to be displayed there.  She is using a posts page for her home page rather than a static front page.  I demonstrate how to add custom query variables to the Homepage Loop. Video [...]

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