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There is a static page named pcmuskel.de/ratgeber. Trying to access this URL wordpress redirects me to the frontpage.

I had this page set up as frontpage before but it didn't work. The frontpage showed the last articles instead.

How can I set the static page as frontpage? There is an error or bug because I set it up in the settings and is didn't work like described. But the menu item of the static page becomes active on the frontpage.

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You can have your static page ratgeber but you need to add it to WordPress first.

So open your ratgeber file and add this to the top of it ... 

<?php
/*
Template Name: ratgeber
*/
?>

Save the file in your theme folder.

Now go to WordPress > All Pages > add page
and from the Template drop down choose ratgeber
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Save and publish the page.

Finally ... go to WordPress > Settings and choose ratgeber as your static homepage.

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ratgeber is a simple static wordpress page. Why do I need a custom template? – danijar Aug 19 '12 at 9:32
Ok i wrote a front-page.php template file and now it is working. I don't understand why, front-page.php ist the same as index.php. But doesn't matter! ;-) – danijar Aug 19 '12 at 9:52
@sharethis WordPress looks for index.php or frontpage.php in your theme folder and either of these 2 files are automatically loaded .... a custom template is needed because WordPress is a database driven CMS so you can't just create static files. – Damien Aug 19 '12 at 11:58
By static I meant pages as they are a build in feature of wordpress. I just wondered why I need a frontpage and a index with the same content to can set a page to home in the settings. – danijar Aug 20 '12 at 14:56

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