Using the Front Page feature of WordPress with Cutline doesn’t seem to work.
I’ve added that to the http://codex.ww.wp.xz.cn/Themes/Theme_Compatibility/2.1 Themes that don’t seem to work section.
But it doesn’t seem to work when I used the default theme either.
Just tried that and I had no problem with the WordPress Default 1.6 theme and the Front Page options set.
Administration > Options > Reading
OK–I had 1.5, so I uploaded 1.6. It still doesn’t work.
I should have noted that I had to alter Cutline to get all my pages to display in the navigation. For some reason, it has only 3 pages hard-coded into the header.php file. I replaced that with this:
<?php wp_list_pages('sort_column=menu_order&depth=1&title_li='); ?>
so that only top-level pages will appear.
Perhaps the better question for me to ask is this: What code needs to be in the template files to work with the front page option set to static front page. I’ve not been able to find anything about that.
Another question: does it matter what the page slug is for the front page?
No, based on my tests it doesn’t matter at all what the page slug is.
Hardcoded Pages list and WP generated Pages list – might interfere.
I don’t think any special code is needed for a Page to work as a ‘static front’. I tried (and succeeded) to make a frontpage even my Archive page…
I can see that the hardcoded list is a problem, but the wp_list_pages should work–it’s part of wp, right? What’s confusing is that the post page is working fine–it’s only the front page that doesn’t work.
As a test, I did a completely new install of 2.1 with only the default and classic themes. I then created “Welcome” and “Posts” pages and assigned them through the Options page to the front page and the blog posts, respectively. Everything worked correctly.
I then uploaded my modified version of Cutline, and the links work correctly. Finally, just to check one more thing, I turned on the permalinks function. It still works correctly.
Not sure why it worked this time around, but at least I know I can make the front page option work with Cutline.
