Title: Static Front Page creating problems
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Static Front Page creating problems

 *  [bdndnet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdndnet/)
 * (@bdndnet)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-front-page-creating-problems/)
 * To anyone out there,
 * I’m running a self-hosted WordPress blog/cms that I’ve designed, site link is
   below:
 * [http://catherinenewton.net](http://catherinenewton.net)
 * As you can see, the home page isn’t viewing correctly. This is because of one
   closing div tag. Normally this wouldn’t be a problem to fix, however:
 * – All the other Pages using the page.php template look fine and don’t have any
   issues.
    – Whenever I make any of the pages the static home page (as a test),
   they display incorrectly.
 * My questions:
    1. Which template does the static home page look at, if it is 
   different from the normal page.php template? 2. What is changing the code?
 * I really hope someone can help me!!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-front-page-creating-problems/#post-1864522)
 * If it doesn’t have a custom page template, then the static front page uses front-
   page.php (if it exists). If the theme includes home.php, that template file may
   also be used.
 *  Thread Starter [bdndnet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdndnet/)
 * (@bdndnet)
 * [15 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-front-page-creating-problems/#post-1864689)
 * thanks esmi. i’m using the twenty ten template, and i don’t seem to have either
   front-page.php or home.php
 * on the front page, all i need to do is add a </div> just before the <div id=”
   main”> to get it to display properly (at least that’s what firebug is displaying!).
   i’ve duplicated the page.php twice, one named home.php, one named front-page.
   php but it still won’t work!
 * this is really doing my head in!
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-front-page-creating-problems/#post-1864718)
 * Try creating a [custom template](http://codex.wordpress.org/Pages#Creating_Your_Own_Page_Templates)
   for your home page.
 *  Thread Starter [bdndnet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bdndnet/)
 * (@bdndnet)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-front-page-creating-problems/#post-1864722)
 * I’ve solved the issue now: I copied the content of header.php into all my other
   templates and made a couple of changes, and then changed the header.php to make
   the home page work. A stupid amount of work for a problem that shouldn’t exist,
   but hey it works now.
 *  [David1980](https://wordpress.org/support/users/david1980/)
 * (@david1980)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-front-page-creating-problems/#post-1864797)
 * In Reading change the front page back to ‘select’ — this worked for me… I think
   the error occurs when using option tree to select a static page as well as through
   reading.
 * Hope that helps

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 * Last activity: [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/static-front-page-creating-problems/#post-1864797)
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