http://themeshaper.com/forums/ Help In Shaping WordPress Themes en Fri, 24 May 2013 18:28:38 +0000 http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/best-way-to-modify-the-homepage-of-my-wordpress-blog#post-17173 Sun, 21 Nov 2010 21:27:36 +0000 relequestual 17173@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hi Andy,</p> <p>I believe this can be done from within the wordpress settings itself.<br /> Assuming you are using the latest version of wordpress, Settings-&gt;Reading. You can then select a static page for the front page rather than posts.<br /> Then just turn off the comments for that page in the page settings. </p> http://themeshaper.com/forums/topic/best-way-to-modify-the-homepage-of-my-wordpress-blog#post-17165 Sun, 21 Nov 2010 10:09:06 +0000 awelch 17165@http://themeshaper.com/forums/ <p>Hi. I am building a child theme for my blog. I want to make the home page different to the rest of the site- e.g. show a static page. </p> <p>With all the talk of just modifying the functions.php file and the css, I wondered if it is now redundant practice to copy the index.php file from the original thematic theme, rename it and use it as a template file?</p> <p>Secondly, I want to remove the comments form from appearing on the front page- e.g. in my index_template.php file. How would I best do this- in the functions.php file or by modifying the template file.?</p> <p>Thanks</p> <p>Andy </p>