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

[Imon Themes]

by the way @chip

i checked some currently approved theme using blog-page.php


On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 10:02 PM, Imon Themes <imon.theme at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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