Linking from Blog to index.html?

  • Resolved therecoveringliberal

    (@therecoveringliberal)


    16 years, 11 months ago

    Hello!

    I tried searching for the answer but either I’m not using the proper verbiage or I’m just plain ignorant.

    I have my site set up and have WordPress in its own directory, ie:

    https://www.mywebsite.com/wp_blog

    All the WP files reside in the wp_blog subdirectory. I have the rest of the site:

    index.html
    page2.html
    page3.html
    etc residing in the root.

    I can link to the blog from index.html, but when I attempt to navigate back to what the blog lists as “home”, I return to the blog. I understand that this is how WP is designed to work but I’d like to change that.

    I’m hoping instead to link the blog title and the menu item labled “Home” to my index.html file.

    Any help in this area would be greatly appreciated.

    Jeremy

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  • You’ll have to hardcode those items then.

    If you want to always treat the index.html at the root as the “home,” then you can change Settings –> General –> Blog address (URL) to https://www.mywebsite.com (without the wp_blog appended).

    But be sure NOT to change WordPress address (URL). It must remain https://www.mywebsite.com/wp_blog because that’s how WP finds itself.

    My suggestion would be to move WP to the root. Then you can recreate index, page2 and page3 as *pages* on WP. Afterwards, you can set index as your home page (the front page doesn’t have to be the blog.)

    (love the screen name)

    Thread Starter therecoveringliberal

    (@therecoveringliberal)

    Thanks for the quick replys guys.!

    recreate index, page2 and page3 as *pages* on WP.

    Ok, that sounds good. I understand that part.

    you can set index as your home page (the front page doesn’t have to be the blog.)

    Would that be “index.php” created WP or my own “index.html” file?

    Or would I be following both your’s and jabeckers instructions regarding this set up in that I would then point the Blog address (URL) to my own “index.html”?

    Or, do I just need to forget using my own .html files and rely totally on WP to create the entire site? I’m not opposed to that, I’m just concerned about being able to create tables in WP.

    You should try to adopt a new way of thinking: in WP, you will be doing away with true “static files”. You wouldn’t be creating an index.html, you will be creating a dynamic page with a unique name (Home, for example.) Then go to Settings > Reading and select Home as your front page. To have a blog page, you can create a blank page (Blog, for example) and assign it as your posts page. If you decide to go in this direction, you may have to change the address of your posts page in Setting > General in the Blog address (URL) field (unless that is done automatically by WP.) I’m not sure about that.

    Another advantage of this method is that if you decide to change the theme, you would not have to worry about modifying the static files to match the new theme.

    Thread Starter therecoveringliberal

    (@therecoveringliberal)

    Wow, I’m very late in checking back on this. Thanks buzz, that makes a ton of sense. WP will power my entire site.

    Thank you again!

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