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

[Chip Bennett]

Yes, there are currently approved Themes that are doing it wrong. That's
why I wrote a tutorial on it, and why I've been placing so much emphasis on
it during final approval.


On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Imon Themes <imon.theme at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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