Trouble setting certain page to HOMEPAGE

Hello!
One way to serve a particular page as your ‘Home’ page, is to create a template file.
The Codex is helpful on this matter:
To create a custom site front page template, include either of the following in the Theme:
front-page.php
A Custom Page Template (e.g. template-featured.php for featured content)

Much more about Static Front pages in this Codex page.

Good luck!

Thanks for the help, but using these Static Page steps did not help at all.

Firstly, I created a front-page.php using a simple text editor, copied the code from page.php and pasted it into front-page.php (I looked up for to create one and this was the answer I found).

Then when I uploaded it to my server, and changed the settings in my Theme for Static Page to show my Professional Tab – nothing loads. In fact it loads for so long that I believe it cannot even find what it is looking for.

I really have no idea why this is so difficult to change.

I am using the Elegance theme.

The front-page.php has this inside of it, if that help (it is the same as my page.php):
<?php
/**
* Page Template
*
* @package Mysitemyway
* @subpackage Template
*/
global $mysite;
get_header(); ?>

<?php if( isset( $mysite->is_blog ) ) : ?>

<?php get_template_part( ‘loop’, ‘index’ ); ?>

<?php else : ?>

<?php if ( have_posts() ) while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

<div id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>” <?php post_class(); ?>>

<?php mysite_before_entry(); ?>

<div class=”entry”>
<?php the_content(); ?>

<div class=”clearboth”></div>

<?php wp_link_pages( array( ‘before’ => ‘<div class=”page_link”>’ . __( ‘Pages:’, MYSITE_TEXTDOMAIN ), ‘after’ => ‘</div>’ ) ); ?>
<?php edit_post_link( __( ‘Edit’, MYSITE_TEXTDOMAIN ), ‘<div class=”edit_link”>’, ‘</div>’ ); ?>

</div><!– .entry –>

<?php mysite_after_entry(); ?>

</div><!– #post-## –>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php endif; ?>

<?php mysite_after_page_content(); ?>

<div class=”clearboth”></div>
</div><!– #main_inner –>
</div><!– #main –>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

Hmm, sorry you’re having trouble with the front page.

If your theme is a Premium theme, you may try the theme’s support page; they should be able to point you in the right direction.

Did you try using a Custom Page Template?
<?php /* Template Name: My Professional Template */ ?>

Read more about Page Templates in the Theme Handbook.

Thank you beaudaignault for the help.

I’ll try the Custom Page Template once free and try contacting the Elegance support page.

Thanks again!

A pleasure!
Good luck!

Did you also set a Posts page?