getting started with the home page

Sorry, typo. Fixed below …

I’m trying to figure out how to set up the home page. I want it to look like the image I clicked on when I downloaded the Expound home page (it has one large image and four small images and some text). Can someone help me with this?

Thanks,
Laura S.

Hello Laura,

The Featured section (both the 1 large and the four small) works off the Sticky Post settings.

So basically all you have to do is decide which of the 5 posts from the list of your posts you want future and mark them as Sticky by ether click the quick edit link in the posts list view or by going to each post and on the right under Visibility: Public click edit and check the Sticky post box, click OK and then update post.

Once you’ve done that the theme will take over and automatically display your posts ??

Thank you very much! That was extremely helpful.

I’m also wondering if there is a way to use the CSS to remove those little gray “category” banners? I used the Element Inspector in my browser to try to figure out how they are created, but couldn’t figure it out.

You are welcome.

For the category banners in your child theme or using a custom css plugin you can add the following and it will get rid of the banners.

.entry-thumbnail-category {
   display: none;
}

Fantastic, thanks so much!

I have marked 5 of my posts with sticky but they did not appear on the home page. Do the posts have to be a certain format? It’s currently on normal. Also, does it make a difference if it’s set on Private under Settings-Site Visibility. (It’s still under development and not ready to be published yet). Thanks in advance for your help! Kenneth