[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #2515: Select page to show as the front page

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#2515: Select page to show as the front page
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       Id:  2515            |      Status:  new                     
Component:  Administration  |    Modified:  Sat Apr 22 14:23:00 2006
 Severity:  normal          |   Milestone:  2.1                     
 Priority:  normal          |     Version:  2.0.1                   
    Owner:  ryan            |    Reporter:  ryan                    
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Comment (by ryanscheuermann):

 I'm using WP as a CMS and I'm sure others are too, and with the new option
 to show a static page as the front page in the core (very CMS friendly), I
 have to choose a page to "show the latest posts" on - but I don't want to
 show the latest posts on any pages (because I have no posts).  I want all
 my pages to be static pages and I want one page to be displayed as the
 index/home page.

 Right now, clicking on the page assigned to "show the latest posts on"
 with no posts in the system displays a 404 page.  Why not have the "show
 the latest posts on this page" be optional?  Give the ability to choose
 "None" in the dropdown?

 Oh, and when you delete the page chosen for "show the latest posts on", it
 removes the option in the options table... and the Options->Reading page
 displays the option as the top value in the dropdown (but that's not the
 actual value) - because nothing is selected.  This should show the option
 as "None" if you delete the page.  And maybe it should default it back to
 "Front page displays the latest posts" when you delete the page chosen for
 "show this page on the front page"?

 Otherwise, you leave users (like me) very confused when they try to view a
 page they know is there and all they see is a 404 error page.  This
 stumped me for awhile until I figured it out.  :-)  Thanks!

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