Text on homepage only

How can I have text show above the posts on the homepage only?

I found the file to edit but I need the code that's like <?php if home() .... or something.

Can someone help?

 

I dint get you what actually you are asking for..
Can you please be more clear with an example?
Then i would be able to help you. Thanks..

 

On my homepage, I want to have an introduction that says like " welcome... blah blah blah " that will be displayed above the latest post. I know how to have the text displayed there. But the problem is, is that I only want that welcome text displayed when you are on index.php page. If you click on a sub-page or on a post, I don't want the welcome text shown.

 

Yeah, just go to your home.php file in your template and add whatever you want. It will only show on the homepage. I would probably include it above the content/post tag.

 

There is no home.php file in the theme I'm using.

 

Found what I needed. Here's how I did it:

I added the following to header.php file within my theme:

<?php /* If this is the frontpage */ if ( is_home() || is_page() ) { ?>
TEXT TO SHOW
<br><br>
<?php } ?>

 

you don't want the "is_page()" portion as the text will show up on all your pages too.

 

Just add the text into the index.php file above this: <?php if (have_posts()) :?>