Several themes have a special header tab, usually “Home”, occasionally “Homepage” [*] or “Blog” [**] or an image [***] or the actual title of the blog [****]: that’s not a page such as those you create but a link back to the blog front (the main blog URL, which can be your latest posts or a static page). That tab is hard-coded into the default menu of the theme: you cannot edit or remove it (except in the few cases noted), unless you create and load a custom top menu (see note 2 at the bottom).
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With header tabs and built-in Home tab Albeo |
With header tabs but no built-in Home tab Adventure Journal |
With no header tabs at all [All the rest – list here] |
Note 1: In all wp.com themes, the standard blog title (or the header image that surrounds it) works as a home link. You can also write a home link in a text widget (and drag that widget to top position). Plus you can create a Home tab by using one of the ways explained here.
Note 2: You can eliminate the Home tab, or add a Home tab, by using a custom header menu – see my post custom menus. Here’s what you need to do in the simplest case (if your top menu displays your pages and you just want to add a Home tab):
• Go to Appearance > Menus.
• Click the plus sign to create a menu, give it a name (for instance “my top menu”), click Create Menu.
• Click View All in the Pages module, tick Home, tick the rest of your pages (or click Select All), click Add to Menu.
• Click Save Menu once the pages have been added.
• Select that menu from the pulldown in the Theme Locations module, click Save.
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And those with no header tabs?
and a hard way home, unless you click your heels together three times…
Posted by Tess | May 7, 2009, 06:58Didn’t expect comments in this simple post! What do you mean? Should I add something?
Posted by Panos | May 7, 2009, 10:06Well, I was just thinking that especially for the rare person who wants a theme without top navigation, it’d be handy to have a list of them, rather than go through a process of elimination. If you see what I mean?
(Dorothy, in the Wizard of Oz, could get home by just clicking her heels together…)
Posted by Tess | May 7, 2009, 15:42Ah I see now. Got that in another post; added link here. Thanks!
Posted by Panos | May 7, 2009, 15:59Just had a bit of a browse through and you’ve done some great work here. Well done!
Posted by Cat | May 9, 2009, 16:52Oh, welcome! Thanks – I’ll keep trying! Im trying to present some systematic information where it’s missing (e.g. on themes), plus publish various tricks I have worked out (mostly in response to unusual questions in the forum).
Posted by Panos | May 9, 2009, 17:21I think the best thing is definitely the lists of theme behaviour with headers/tabs/categories as that’s a frequent thing and I can never remember which do what.
It’s a shame engtech isn’t blogging anymore, he did some great theme comparisons back in the day even though it’s terribly outdated now.
Posted by Cat | May 9, 2009, 17:47Yeah I know engtech’s amazing posts; most detailed theme scrutiny ever! But 21 out of 75 by now…
Posted by Panos | May 9, 2009, 19:22Hey, me again. :)
Just been looking for a resource that lists the maximum image size per theme, do you have one or have you seen one?
If not, I’ve got some time today and might play around a bit.
Posted by Cat | May 10, 2009, 13:11http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/09/25/how-big-can-my-images-be/
You mean other than that?
Posted by Panos | May 10, 2009, 13:56Needs checking and additions though. Journalist is wrong: actually it’s 720 for v1.3 and 700 for v1.9. Albeo is 480. Haven’t checked the rest of the missing ones. And I don’t understand how you define maximum in flexible-width themes.
Also: minus about 10 if you’re using captioned images.
Posted by Panos | May 10, 2009, 14:01That is what I meant, yes! I don’t check the FAQ much these days, tend to just go to the support.wordpress.com, even though it’s not completed. Still.
I’ll have a look later seeing I’m procrastinating and should be doing a whole lot of other stuff instead. ;)
Posted by Cat | May 10, 2009, 15:59Do a whole lot of other stuff instead! I’m afraid I’ll deal with this: did some checking, and most of the numbers in the FAQ are wrong…
Posted by Panos | May 10, 2009, 16:55I’m sure I saw a page in the new Support wiki that showed the maximum size for images, but now I can’t find it. (Honestly, I feel total sympathy for anyone who is just starting and trying to figure things out by using that wiki.)
Posted by Jennifer | May 16, 2009, 12:58Well by now I’ve worked out the correct numbers, and sooner or later I’m going to do a post on that…
[Update – post here:]
https://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/maximum-image-width/
Posted by Panos | May 17, 2009, 04:39I set a static front page to my blog (http://agatedesignjewelry.com) which I created with the K2-Lite template. However, with the static front page in place, I can’t seem to get to the blog (since the “Blog” tab is a link to the first page, which is static). Can you tell me how to get to the actual blog from the static home page?
Thanks!
Posted by tdchuh | July 28, 2009, 21:34BTW, I read the Forum on How to Get “Posts Page” with static front page, but I just don’t understand what needs to be done.
Sorry!
Posted by tdchuh | July 28, 2009, 21:52No problem – questions are welcome!
You create a new page (with no content), title it “Posts” or whatever you like, publish it; then go to Settings>Reading, select it as your Posts page, click Save Changes.
Posted by Panos | July 28, 2009, 22:09Thanks! It works (thank you for your patience!).
Posted by tdchuh | July 28, 2009, 23:08Thanks!
Posted by Rama Putra Iswara | May 16, 2010, 06:53You’re welcome (although you needn’t thank me here for a reply in the forum)! Key point for you is the last phrase/link of the post.
Posted by Panos | May 16, 2010, 07:11thanks A LOT man
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Posted by Joseph H. Plasan | November 2, 2011, 07:41Well I’m frustrated. While i was looking for a clue to add homepage link, you recommended this to me and it do not contain anything to relief me. My thumb down.
Posted by itspak1 | December 9, 2011, 07:46Learn to read more carefully please.
My original reply here:
http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/add-home-page?replies=10#post-765498
First, I did not recommend this post as the solution to your problem, I only gave it as a reference for the phrase “some themes display a Home tab in their default top menu and some don’t”.
Second, after that I gave you the tip on the Home tab only, not complete instructions on how to add a custom top menu, because both timethief’s previous reply as well as this post include a link to the Support doc on custom menus.
Posted by Panos | December 9, 2011, 09:11I’m sorry. It was my fault. I’ll try this not to be happened next time.
Posted by itspak1 | December 10, 2011, 06:55Apology accepted, but please stop insisting in the forum when you simply didn’t pay close attention to what we were saying. Now let’s be friends and move on please: have a nice weekend!
Posted by Panos | December 10, 2011, 08:08Yup same to you. That’s good.
Posted by itspak1 | December 10, 2011, 08:52For a Home tab in particular, there’s a better alternative – (free of the problems explained below): add a new page, title it Home, save draft, change slug to index-php, click ok, publish. (Thanks to Elizabeth for sharing.)
Though the Home tab will not change color to active when you on the home page. Small consultation. Otherwise
IT WORKS!
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Posted by Fred Mertz | February 13, 2012, 00:49If you’re talking about wordpress.com blogs, see Note 2 at the bottom of the post. If you’re talking about wordpress.org blogs, see point 1 here:
https://wpbtips.wordpress.com/comment-guidelines/
Posted by Panos | February 13, 2012, 01:51