[theme-reviewers] index.php , home.php and blog-page.php

[Imon Themes]

can i make index.php as blog page

mean i can use this code in index.php header

<?php
    /* Template Name: Blog */
    get_header();
?>

and make home.php as default font page

thanks



On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 9:56 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:

> You cannot use blog-page.php custom page template for the blog posts
> index. You must correctly implement the core Template Hierarchy, which uses
> the home.php template file for the blog posts index.
>
> Users set up a static front page like so:
>
> 1. Create two static pages, which we'll call "Front Page" and "Blog"
> 2. In Settings -> Reading, set "Front page displays" to "a static page"
> 3. In Settings -> Reading, set "Front page" to "Front Page"
> 4. In Settings -> Reading, set "Posts page" to "Blog"
>
> Now, in that scenario (the correct way to set up a static front page), if
> the user assigns "blog-page.php" to the "Blog" page, which has been
> assigned as the "Posts page", the "blog-page.php" custom page template will
> be completely ignored. WordPress simply won't use it. WordPress will only
> use the home_page_template() hierarchy, which is:
>
> 1. home.php
> 2. index.php
>
> WordPress will simply never use a custom page template for the blog posts
> index. The only way to get WordPress to use it is to provide different
> setup instructions for configuring a static front page.
>
> All is explained here:
>
> http://www.chipbennett.net/2013/09/14/home-page-and-front-page-and-templates-oh-my/
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Imon Themes <imon.theme at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> i have little confusion about this .can any body  clear it  ?
>>
>> 1)can i use those three page in my theme index.php , home.php and
>> blog-page.php
>>
>> 2) can i use only index.php and  blog-page.php in my theme
>>
>> which one i can make as a defaults  font page in my theme ?
>>
>> thanks
>>
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