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Wordpress 3.0.1 - Getting rid of custom home page

LowOdour · 2010-11-16 08:44:08

I installed wordpress for the first time (v3.0.1), and have had a play around with it. Seems ok, but one thing that is really annoying me is that i cannot get rid of the custom home page that is present when it gets set up. If i could even make it a static page so that no comments etc are allowed, that would be fine.…

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16-11-2010 9:44am

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LowOdour

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I installed wordpress for the first time (v3.0.1), and have had a play around with it. Seems ok, but one thing that is really annoying me is that i cannot get rid of the custom home page that is present when it gets set up. If i could even make it a static page so that no comments etc are allowed, that would be fine. Really doing my nut in!
Anyone know how to do something with this home page.

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#2 16-11-2010 9:58pm
daymobrew

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http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page
Create a page that will be your front page.
Go to Administration > Settings > Reading panel.

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#3 18-11-2010 2:39am
en.r4cart

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wordpress does that.

You have to post your articles as the PAGE, not as post.

This should be solov your problem.

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