[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #19627: Themes should be able to opt-in to a static front page

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#19627: Themes should be able to opt-in to a static front page
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 Reporter:  nacin            |       Owner:  koopersmith
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  Themes           |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |     Focuses:
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Comment (by Cohhe):

 I think authors should be allowed to create a page with title and content
 they choose and set it as their default front page. The current situation
 when every theme on wordpress.org looks the same should have been resolved
 a long time ago. WordPress is no longer just a blog platform and in case
 if an author wants to create eCommerce theme then there is no way he can
 show how it will look like to the potential user. User checks the preview
 and sees a blog even though it is capable of doing much more.

 If I create a theme I know what it should look like and a template would
 improve the current situation but I don't like the idea of allowing
 authors to choose just the template because then authors will create hard-
 coded templates and the reason for that will be that the current demo
 content that is provided for every single theme on wordpress.org looks
 just awful and in most cases doesn't represent what it actually can do.

 I vote for a customizable content + template. WordPress can do much mure
 than just a blog and authors should be allowed to show that.

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