How make the homepage a static page in Wordpress (self hosted). I've done it before, but I can't seem to find it in the latest version. Thanks
Here's a WordPress video tutorial that will show you how to create a static homepage in WordPress. The controls are found under the WordPress Reading Settings in version 2.6.
There are also plugins out there, which can do this automatically which I'd recommend over changing the settings, but I can't think of the name at the moment.
You could also create a file called home.php. Create your static page using a combination of php and html, and upload it to your server. It will override the page.php settings and display what's in the home.php file.
Thanks for the replies. For some strange reason the static page option was just not displaying on that particular site (it displays on my other other sites) if I installed the plugins first and configured it. Even tried deleting the entire site from my webhost and installing WP again. The workaround was just to create the static page first (Settings/Reading), for some reason that option was available when first installing WP, but disappeared after configuring and activating the plugins. First time that's happened. Thanks