STEP 4: In this step you will change your landing page (Home Page). This is the first page that visitors will see when they come to your website. At this point, the landing page continues to show your posts in your rolling blog.

I would suggest that before you begin this step; make sure you have considered exactly what page from your navigation menu that you want to be your homepage. Or, make sure you have already written the article if you plan to use an entirely new page.

If you are using a new page, that page should have already been published since it may not show up in the list for choosing.

  • In the dashboard go to “Settings”, then go to “Reading”. This is where you will make the home page (landing page) rolling blog move to your new “Blog” posts page and your home page will become a static page for whatever page you now want to be the page people see when they first get to you website.


  • When you first go the “settings”, the “Front page displays” will show that “Your latest posts” is ticked as seen below.



  • Change by ticking the“A static page (select below).


  • In “Front page” select page that you now want to be your home page from the drop down arrow.
  • In “Posts page”, select the new page “Blog” (or whatever you named it) that you now want to be your rolling blog.
  • Make sure “Full text” is ticked.
  • Click “Save Changes” button.


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tastylife Premium
Thanks Verna, you helped me to make my website look EXACTLY the way I wanted :))
Alma
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verna8767 Premium
I'm glad I was able to help you Alma. Thanks for checking it out.
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verna8767 Premium
Hello Fello WA'ers. Just wanted to know that I have made edits and deleted the use of a plugin after further testing. I apologize the the inconvenience.
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camille88 Premium
Hi verna what is a rolling blog. Is it like a slider?
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verna8767 Premium
On most of the themes, the first page a person sees when they come to your site is where all your posts are. This is what is referred to as your rolling blog. Some also call it your blog roll. You can just keep scrolling from one post to the next. This is a way that you can have your blog on your website and not have to maintain a separate website just to house your blog. You can check out this blog post of mine.

http://momstrustedaffiliate.com/blog-placement

Just so you know -- I changed my landing page to a static page and put my rolling blog in another location. You can see that I have a tab in the navigation menu.
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stephhill Premium Plus
I liked this training a lot. I also like the idea of putting our affiliate marketing page as the static page on the front page because that is what we are all promoting - how to get into the world of affiliate marketing. Make your landing page relevant so your website is more definitive.

Jay's webinar explains why we should have a static page:
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paulgoodwin Premium
This is something that I have always felt to go with a static page
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verna8767 Premium
Thanks Paul. Since the beginning I always wanted to make my home page to be static, but couldn't get it to work. Glad you found it helpful.
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paulgoodwin Premium
Strange I have done it from day one as I felt it was the way to go and I always say go with that gut feeling !!
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verna8767 Premium
I tried a long time ago, but I think those that were trying to help me left out some important instructions. Unfortunately, sometimes people don't give detailed instructions because they incorrectly assume that you know certain things. Therefore, I never got it to work until now.
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Maxiam59 Premium
great training all the best Max
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verna8767 Premium
Thanks Max. I was a little nervous since it was my first attempt do to a training. Appreciate you time.
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