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Yes that’s the easy answer! ??
However I still think it should be fixed in 20-11. ??

@ipstenu, thanks I am looking at it right now and it
seems to do the trick, just need to understand a lot
more to be able to fix it…..

I still think WP should fix the 20-11 theme to keep
the sidebar on the static front page!!!
I can’t see that anyone would really want it this way….

OK my question was removed as a duplicate….and I figured I had
rephrased my question and put it in the right place, the Twenty Eleven forum!
As it is related to the theme and not WP itself.

Thanks, probably I will go there in the end.
I once was a programmer, but that was 25 years ago! ??

I also posted a query in the TwentyEleven forum, maybe someone already did this!?

OK thanks, that answers my question!
But it doesn’t solve my problem….
I really want a static first page WITH the sidebar function!

In that case I will have some difficulties….are you
sure about this, it doesn’t seem to be logical.

I use the Twenty Eleven theme by the way.

Of course you can customize it, but this is what the page you linked
to says:
‘Creating a virtual static front page does not require editing or coding of files or templates. Using the default configuration for a “static front page” in WordPress does not remove the sidebar or change the look of the entire site, just the content area.’

So I should not have to customize anything!

Thanks, I was just about to post here that I found it! ??

However the sidebar disappears from my “home” page and appears on
the “Blog” page….it clearly says on the top of the linked page that this should not happen!