Hi, how can i take an existing theme and have it setup so that i can create landing pages with it. The landing pages will need to have sidebar removed, thats no prob, i can do that. If i create a custom page template its no good as its then added to the navigation at the top and bottom, if it make it private then the word private shows up on the page and i cant see how i would make custom landing page posts using this method. If anyone is using wordpress in a way that you have a site in place but can post as a landing page where certain parts of the layout are removed then please explain how i can achieve this. Im confused at the moment. The difficulty is arising from the fact that im trying to do this with a normal existing blog, with usual posts in place. Maybe i should only attempt this in a way to have it setup for landing pages only.
Umm custom page will work. Just put the query so it doesn't put this page in the header navigation and the footer navigation. You would have to see wordpress documentation for that. http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_pages Look at the exclude tag there. That should work Also I don't know how you are making a custom page, But I have made a tutorial on that also here. Let me know if it works. I can help more if I see the page.
Thanks very much smub, just been watching the videos, helpful info too, will see what i can do with this.