[theme-reviewers] Front Page Implementation

[Stephen Cui]

Yes it is very confusing.. I brought this up again to see if anything
changed since one year ago. In this case, I will not implement the static
page for my new theme.

Thanks .


On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 3:46 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:

> At this time and unless WordPress core makes the changes, no not really.
>
> front-page.php should take the precedence over all other Templates and it
> does not :)
>
> I personally find this Template confusing.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 2:42 PM, Stephen Cui <scui2005 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for the link. I read and have the following conclusion.
>>
>> - The theme has to display blog index if setting is "posts"
>> - The static page can only be displayed if setting is 'page' (static
>> page).
>>
>> In other words, implementing front-page.php has not much meaning.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 3:08 PM, Emil Uzelac <emil at uzelac.me> wrote:
>>
>>> You'll find all of the answers right here
>>> <http://www.chipbennett.net/2013/09/14/home-page-and-front-page-and-templates-oh-my/>
>>> .
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Stephen Cui <scui2005 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I know we had many discussion regarding the front-page.php vs.
>>>> home.php. But I am still confused about
>>>>
>>>> *Option 1 (front-page.php):*
>>>>
>>>> if ( 'posts' == get_option( 'show_on_front' )  ) {
>>>>    // Load home.php
>>>> } elseif ( 'page' == get_option( 'show_on_front' )  ) {
>>>>   // Load page's template part
>>>> }
>>>> else {
>>>>    // Front Page Implementation
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> *Option 2 (**front-page.php)**:*
>>>>
>>>> if ( 'page' == get_option( 'show_on_front' )  ) {
>>>>   // Load page's template part
>>>> }
>>>> else {
>>>>    // Front Page Implementation
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> *Option 3 (**home-page.php)**:*
>>>>
>>>> if ( 'page' == get_option( 'show_on_front' )  ) {
>>>>   // index loop
>>>> }
>>>> else {
>>>>    // Home (or. Front ) Page Implementation
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>> My questions are:
>>>>
>>>> - If option 2 and 3 are acceptable.
>>>> - 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.
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>>
>>>> Stephen Cui
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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