<div dir="ltr">The general rules of thumb:<div><br></div><div>1. The template hierarchy must be implemented properly (in this case, with the use of index.php, home.php, front-page.php, and custom page templates)</div><div>
2. Themes must respect user configuration of "front page displays", for both options, blog posts index and static page</div><div><br></div><div>As for how to implement: Abhik beat me to my own link. :)</div></div>
<div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 6:18 AM, priyanshu mittal <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:priyanshu.mittal@gmail.com" target="_blank">priyanshu.mittal@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">I am having a custom Front page Template and want to display this as front page by default. Added all the custom page code in the front-page.php but this overrides all the settings in the reading section even the option to display latest posts on front... Is this the correct behaviour and if not Please tell me how do I use this in the theme ....</div>
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