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I'd like to have a static home page and also have a link called "Blog" that lists posts in the "blog" category in chronological order.

Would the best way to do this just be to place code in archive.php and do a "switch case" on the category and do a loop on the posts?

Just looking for some options before I decide on a strategy and code the solution.

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  • 213 questions...10 answers. Impressive.
    – anu
    Commented May 9, 2011 at 13:45

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wp dashboard > 'Page' > add new > name it 'Home', publish

wp dashboard > 'Page' > add new > name it 'Blog', publish

wp dashboard > Reading Settings > 'Front page displays' select 'a static page' set 'Front page' to 'Home' page that you have added > set 'Posts page' to 'Blog' page that you should have added.

It doesn't seem like you need to create a 'Blog' category. Just let your new 'Blog' page display the posts loop, which will be your index.php theme file.

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    Absolutely correct. I'll just add: if you want to customize the the display of either the Front Page or the Blog Posts Index, create/modify front-page.php for the Front Page, and home.php for the Blog Posts Index.
    – Chip Bennett
    Commented May 4, 2011 at 3:33
  • Thanks for the help. I'll be doing it a bit differently (via script) but this helps clear up some questions I had about the default setup.
    – Scott B
    Commented May 5, 2011 at 12:39

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