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

[Emil Uzelac]

Imon definitely has a point here.

Blog is the second most misunderstood "template" and many theme authors
integrate incorrectly.


On Thu, Jun 26, 2014 at 11:48 AM, Philip M. Hofer (Frumph) <
philip at frumph.net> wrote:

>   Please take note that this is if you use the internal loop pre-parser,
> you can do your own loop segment for the blog with paging and everything
> within a template.
>
>
>
>  *From:* Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net>
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 26, 2014 9:08 AM
> *To:* Discussion list for WordPress theme reviewers.
> <theme-reviewers at lists.wordpress.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [theme-reviewers] index.php , home.php and blog-page.php
>
>  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
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> *Imon Themes*
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