Setting Your own Home Page
Ouestion:
What are the steps to set my own WordPress Page as Home page
Answer:
Important: Before you get Started
1) Under no circumstances delete, change or create a new “Home” page found under your pages listing!
2) Do not create a second Page called “Home” – see Step 1 below.
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Step 1 – Creating your new Page
1) Log into WordPress
2) Create a new Page (Pages -> Add New)
3) Name your page “Welcome” (do not name it “Home”)
4) Optional – Select from a Page Template
5) Publish the new page.
6) Check you website – make sure the page shows up
Step 2 – Setting your new page as homepage
1) Go to “Appearance” -> “SmallBiz Options”
2) Select the ‘Welcome” page from the Custom Homepage drop-down
Optional Step 3 – If you are using the Custom Menu Builder…
1) Go to “Appearance” -> “Menus”
2) If you already have a Menu you can leave it set as using “Home” for your homepage.
3) if you are building a new Menu make sure to drag the “Home” page into your menu – do not drag the ‘Welcome’ page.
