Comments on: WordPress Custom Page Template with No Sidebars

By: Don Campbell

Don Campbell — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 01:10:55 +0000

@Gloria – Unfortunately you can’t do this with WordPress.com site. You would have to download WordPress 3.0 from WordPress.org.

By: Gloria

Gloria — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 23:23:48 +0000

Hi Don,

Do I have to download Wordpress 3.o first from Wordpress.org in order to custom the page w/o side bars? I am working on a blog from Wordpress.com. Would this work for the blog I created on Wordpress.com?

Thanks much for your help!

By: Elizabeth Cusulas

Elizabeth Cusulas — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:30:03 +0000

Thanks Thomas! I followed your steps and it works – much appreciated!

By: Thomas

Thomas — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 10:56:58 +0000

Elizabeth:
You can watch this video http://www.expand2web.com/blog/video-wordpress-home-page/ at about 3:30 minutes Don will show the steps.

Here are the steps:
1) Create your new Hompage in Wordpress using Pages -> Add New
2) Visit the Smallbiz Options Panel and “Omit: the new Page from the Nav Menu
3) In the left dashboard sidebar click “Reading” under the Settings tab
4) Set “Front page displays” to “A static page” and select your Home page from the drop down menu. It is important to leave the “Posts page” setting on default which is blank or -Select-

By: Elizabeth Cusulas

Elizabeth Cusulas — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 02:56:28 +0000

Hi Don,

I found that php code for no-sidebar was already installed with my theme so good to go there. Did a new page with no sidebar. Great so far. But when I completed the SmallBiz Theme options when I initially loaded the theme, it automatically generated a home page and I don’t know how to get rid of that so I can use the no-sidebar version of the home page I created. The auto-generated one is not listed in the “pages”. How do I replace what the theme auto-generated with my new home page? If I name my new page “Home”, I just get two tabs that say “home” and I have BOTH. Help!

By: Alba

Alba — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:55:22 +0000

Hi Don,
This is great! Thank you.
Question: I created simple custom page, but now I’m not able to use any widgets. Is there a way to enable widgets so they appear on a side bar?

By: Noa

Noa — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 08:16:06 +0000

@Don – the site isn’t ready yet. It’s: http://www.nafrtiti.com
that will be the main page. Since the menu bar disappeared, it’s not linked to the rest of the site. To view the rest go to: http://www.nafrtiti.com/myblog
I’m currently changing the template to Hebrew, so the site is a mixture of both right now. But you’ll manage to navigate, I’m sure.

By: Don Campbell

Don Campbell — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 01:15:50 +0000

@Noa – It’s hard to say without looking at your site. What theme are you using, and what is your website URL?

By: Noa

Noa — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 21:39:28 +0000

Very nice, thanks.
A quick question: My menu is at the bottem of the page, not at the top. When I apply your code, the menu also disappears. How do I fix it so that the menu stays and only the sidebar disappears?

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:47:02 +0000

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