<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><span style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Not really, theme uses front-page.php as </span><font face="courier new, monospace">* Template Name: Front Page</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">See <a href="http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/motif/">http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/motif/</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">Also, WPCOM does not allow what we do at WPORG either :) </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">
For example it must be set like this:</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><p style="font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 1em;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;line-height:22.5px">
Forefront has three custom page templates that are great for business and corporate websites.</p><p style="font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 1em;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;line-height:22.5px">
<strong>Front Page Template</strong></p><p style="font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 1em;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;line-height:22.5px">As the name suggests, this template is perfect for the front page where you can introduce your business to the world. Rich, powerful, and flexible, the front page template includes three optional widget areas, a big leading image with a call-to-action, and two testimonials. (See the image at the top.)</p>
<p style="font-size:15px;margin:0px 0px 1em;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;line-height:22.5px">When you first activate Forefront, you’ll see your posts in a traditional blog format but if you’d like to use this template as the front page of your site, here is the instruction.</p>
<ol style="margin:1em 0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 20px;color:rgb(85,85,85);font-family:'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',sans-serif;font-size:15px;line-height:22.5px"><li>Create or edit a page, and assign it to the Front Page template from the Page Attributes module.</li>
<li>Go to <em>Settings → Reading</em> and set “Front page displays” to “A static page”.</li><li>Select the page you just assigned the Front Page template to as “Front page” and then choose another page as “Posts page” to serve your blog posts.</li>
</ol></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 3:02 PM, Srikanth Koneru <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tskk79@gmail.com" target="_blank">tskk79@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"><a href="http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/forefront/" target="_blank">http://theme.wordpress.com/themes/forefront/</a> seems to have same meaning as we have here, but will only know when I submit a theme.<br>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 1:26 AM, Emil Uzelac <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emil@uzelac.me" target="_blank">emil@uzelac.me</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"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">For instance this meaning is equal to zero if you are submitting to WordPress.com ;)</div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra">
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On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 2:53 PM, Srikanth Koneru <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tskk79@gmail.com" target="_blank">tskk79@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"><div>It has a lot of meaning :)<br></div>It gives you an option to show a page as index(in traditional web dev sense) and switch between list of posts or page, otherwise you would have to manually edit the index.php or build your own option setting to do that.<br>
</div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 1:16 AM, Emil Uzelac <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emil@uzelac.me" target="_blank">emil@uzelac.me</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"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">At this time and unless WordPress core makes the changes, no not really. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">front-page.php should take the precedence over all other Templates and it does not :)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">
<br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">I personally find this Template confusing.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif"><br></div></div><div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 2:42 PM, Stephen Cui <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scui2005@gmail.com" target="_blank">scui2005@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">Thanks for the link. I read and have the following conclusion.<div><br></div><div>- The theme has to display blog index if setting is "posts"</div><div>- The static page can only be displayed if setting is 'page' (static page).</div>
<div><br></div><div>In other words, implementing front-page.php has not much meaning.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Emil Uzelac <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:emil@uzelac.me" target="_blank">emil@uzelac.me</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"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">You'll find all of the answers right <a href="http://www.chipbennett.net/2013/09/14/home-page-and-front-page-and-templates-oh-my/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div>On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Stephen Cui <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:scui2005@gmail.com" target="_blank">scui2005@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="ltr">Hi, <div><br></div><div>I know we had many discussion regarding the front-page.php vs. home.php. But I am still confused about </div>
<div><br></div><div><b>Option 1 (front-page.php):</b></div><div><br></div>
<div>if ( 'posts' == get_option( 'show_on_front' ) ) {<br></div><div> // Load home.php</div><div>} elseif ( 'page' == get_option( 'show_on_front' ) ) {</div><div> // Load page's template part</div>
<div>}</div><div>else {</div><div> // Front Page Implementation</div><div>}</div><div><br></div><div><b>Option 2 (</b><b>front-page.php)</b><b>:</b></div><div><br></div><div><div>if ( 'page' == get_option( 'show_on_front' ) ) {<br>
</div><div> // Load page's template part</div><div>}</div><div>else {</div><div> // Front Page Implementation</div><div>}</div></div><div><br></div><div><div><b>Option 3 (</b><b>home-page.php)</b><b>:</b></div><div>
<br></div><div><div>if ( 'page' == get_option( 'show_on_front' ) ) {<br></div><div> // index loop</div><div>}</div><div>else {</div><div> // Home (or. Front ) Page Implementation</div><div>}</div></div>
</div><div><br></div><div>My questions are:</div><div><br></div><div>- If option 2 and 3 are acceptable.</div><div>- If only option 1 is acceptable, the only time front page implementation will be displayed is when user choose Static without choosing any page as Front page.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Regards</div><span><font color="#888888"><div><br></div><div>Stephen Cui</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></font></span></div>
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