- Set "Show" to "0 posts".
- Add a static HTML / Text gadget.
- Tweak the template for the new gadget, to display only on Home page.
Today, I realised that Blogger recently gave us this option, in a far simpler solution, last month - but not so many people noticed it.
The "Custom Redirects" feature is just what you need, to create a static home page.
- Setup a Static Page. Use the dashboard Pages wizard, make a "New page", and select "Blank page".
- Use the "Custom Redirects" dashboard wizard, and redirect from the Home page to the new Static page.
- Work on the static home page, and make it attractive.
I setup a test blog - Nitecruzr Redirected Home Page Test, and added a Static page - "Static Home Page".
nitecruzr-test-redirected-homepage.blogspot.com/p/static-home-page.html
Having setup the static page, I redirected the Home page to the static page, using the "Search preferences" - "Custom Redirects" feature.
- From: /
- To: /p/static-home-page.html
- Permanent: Yes
Edit "Custom Redirects".- Enter "From:" as "/".
- Enter "To:" as "/p/static-home-page.html".
- Select "Permanent".
- Click the "Save" link.
- Hit the "Save changes" button.
And, that is it. You can see my test blog, as a basic demonstration.
Note that just as easily as redirecting the home page to any static page, you can redirect to any dynamic page (aka a "post"). So, you can pin a post to the main page, using Custom Redirects.
Once the "Home" page / tab is static, you can index the posts using any sidebar gadget - such as an Archive or Label index gadget. Or, you can index posts, as if they were pages.
- Publish your posts to a given label - I used "Posts".
- Add a label search entry, as a "Web address", to Pages.
Now, anybody can have a blog with a static home page, in 10 minutes (don't overlook steps #3 and #4, above - as I did, the first time).
(Update 2012/06/30): See The Video, for a live demonstration.
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33 comments:
Fantastic idea! Congrats for spotting it.
I've been thinking for a while that surely Blogger must be due to solve this one, since it's such a sore point for so many people. Kinda guessing they didn't mean to do it this way ... but I'm not complaining!.
Fantastic. So glad I googled this again.
Thanks for the info! I was able to redirect my / page to a static home page, but now I can't access my blog posts. My / page is where my blog posts are located. So how did you get an identifiable url to the blog posts so that it can still be linked to?
Lando,
I published my post using the "Posts" label - then I added a Pages entry for a "Posts" label search.
Then, I renamed the "Home" page as ".", since the Pages Editor doesn't let us hide pages.
hi, i found some problem with my blog.
I follow your method, and it works well, thanx for that... :)
My Problem is,
When I click on particular label, it will show all posts on same page related to that label, and also I found that, there is one Link came
"Showing posts with label testing. Show all posts"
(testing is my label name)
when I click on "show all Posts" it will redirect me to my home page.
Is there any way to limit number of labeled post per page, like 5 post related to that label on page 1 and rest of the post on page 2, or something alternative like that , so that when I click on "show all Posts" it will stay me on that label page and it will not re-direct me to my homepage. or how do i remove "Showing posts with label testing. Show all posts" thing
and one more thing, how to add page number in blog, like I saw in one blog : http://quick-easy-healthy.blogspot.in/
in this blog the blogger adds page number below all posts...
Thanks for this post!
Thank you! I was searching for a way to quickly add assignments for my four classes to a blog, yet still have them separated by class AND have a message/announcements that are applicable to all. This did the trick!
Hi Chuck :-)
I've got a question... You told me about creating a static "custom adult warning" page , then re-directing it to my home page, but it still has all of my columns/blog information on it... Could I just set up a secondary blog, with the warning page as the only page - that way I can make the warning the entire page - and then redirect my blog through that? If I could, would Blogger's adult warning still pop up?
Thanks so much :-)
Jen
Jen,
That's a good point. My suspicion though is that you will want the published URL (primary blog?) to contain just the warning page - then you'd put your content on the secondary blog.
If you could redirect the home page of your primary blog to the secondary blog, it would work as you suggest. Unfortunately, you can only use a Custom Redirect within the same blog.
Thanks for this. On the dynamic blog page, based on the label, "posts," do you know if there's a way to disable the link that appears tat the top of the page to "show all posts" since it currently redirects to my new static home page? Alternatively, I would be all right if the entire informational banner were removed; I'm just not sure where to edit it.
Adina,
There are several possible solutions for blocking the "Showing posts with label ..." box, aka the "Status Message" box.
http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2007/07/removing-showing-posts-with-label.html
This does work well, however now if I click on the navigation link pointing to the blog, it automatically goes back to the landing page. So it seems there is not no way to navigate to blog. Any way to fix this?
Millie,
This question would be worth exploring, in Blogger Help Forum: Something Is Broken.
wow. thanks for the info. really worked
Wow! this is of great help. Thanks a lot...was trying to figure out couple of days before...Thanks again for the great ideas!
Thanks a lot for this info. I actually landed a litle project webdesigning project. And I wanted it to look like a real website with a static page and then links to several sections. Will try this trick and see how it goes
Thanks a lot for this info. I actually landed a litle project webdesigning project. And I wanted it to look like a real website with a static page and then links to several sections. Will try this trick and see how it goes
ThankYOU! Been trying to get a static home page for what seems like ages. So quick and simple for someone not capable of coding.
This is so cool!!! Thank you so much!
Great idea! I'm testing it now :) thanks!
Thank, for useful information
I definitely appreciate this post! It's helped me achieve a "splash page" in a sense. However, I do have a question.
I see you already answered it with Lando, but I'm having a hard time following those steps. I too am now not able to go to the "home" page, which is where the blog entries are. It just redirects me to the new redirected page. Would you mind explaining it again- maybe a little slower so I can follow?
Thank you!
Waw.
I cant believe it is finally happened!!!
i tried for along time to make this static page.
really thanks a lot.
Just what I needed- Feel free to check it out.
Http://bible-verses-for.blogspot.com
Thanks a million -
thank you
This has helped a lot on my homepage, however, mobiles/tablets still access the blog page/home first and not my static home. Any way around that? I have turned my mobile template off.
Thanks so much for this. I'm gonna give it a try.
Many Thanks
Thanks a lot! Helpful tip!
Ohhh my goodness... I have been looking for something like this that WORKED for forever!!! You totally just made my day!! THANK YOU!!! It worked perfectly!
Hi, I tried this a few months ago and it worked great but I am trying to set up another static page for a different blog and it's not working. I get this mssg:
The source and destination values cannot be empty or more than 256 characters and must start with /.
awesummmest buddy uu r a champ =) this was just wat i was looking for...gr8
Cool idea boss! Can we add css into that page to get more look and feel...
this is my site and I want a static home page on this http://www.amfastech.com/
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