Static Frontpage and Carousel

colorized-static-homepageIf you are to select a static page for your frontpage then it will show the following contents:

  • A big title.
  • A circular carousel.

As always, each of them are configurable.

Setup the frontpage with title:

  • Create a new page in WordPress. As content just write in whatever you want to show as homepage title.
  • Publish the page.
  • Now go to Settings > Reading and select A static page for Front page displays.
  • Select the published page for Front page.
  • Select any other page for the Posts page.
  • Save settings and you are done.

The page you select for posts page will have the layout of default home page, ie, with piecemakers, sliders etc.

Setup the Carousel:

  • Go to Appearance > Theme Options.
  • Scroll down to Static FrontPage Carousel Settings.
  • Put Title, Icon, Text and optionally Link to for all the carousels you want to show up.
  • Save all settings and you are done.

The icon size should be 100px X 100px.

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Hi there, I am the Lead Developer at WPQuark.com. I love to create something beautiful for WordPress and here I write about how to use them. When I am not working, usually I am doing a number of other creative things ;).

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