Your home page is the very first thin
Posted: Tue Dec 24, 2024 5:08 am
Your home page is the very first thing people will see when they come to your site’s domain name. Some blog themes simply have your most recent blog posts displaying on the home page – but this is a wasted opportunity. Instead, you want to use your homepage to quickly introduce your lifestyle blog and give readers a compelling reason to read it. You also want to make sure you highlight some of your best content on your home page.
You can create your home page just like any other page. Simply go to Pages → Add New and you can use the built-in WordPress block editor to put together a great-looking home page.
Once you’ve created your page, you need to tell WordPress to use it for your home page. Simply go to Settings → Reading and click the option for “A static page” and select the name of your home page from the dropdown list:
Setting Your Homepage as a Static Page in WordPress (Screenshot)
Tip: Want to go further with your home page design? Use a page builder theme like Elementor to get lots of fancy features.
Your About Page
About Page Example for a Lifestyle Blogger (Cupcakes and Cashmere)
Example: The Cupcakes and Cashmere About page
New visitors may well check out your About page to get a sense of what your blog covers—and since lifestyle blogs may cover a range of topics, it’s a great idea to use your About page to clarify what readers can expect!
You might want to share a bit about you and your life, and add a photo of yourself, on your About page. This is also a good place to highlight some of your best content, so once you’ve written a few blog posts, come back and edit your About page.
Tip: WordPress will have already created a sample page for you, which you can find under Pages → All Pages. You could either delete this or edit it to use as your About page.
Your Contact Page
Contact Page Example for Lifestyle Bloggers (Cup of Jo)
Example: The Cup of Jo contact page
A contact page lets readers get in touch—and if you want to monetize through running ads or sponsored posts, it also lets potential advertisers contact you.
Your contact page doesn’t need to be long, and you might not even create it as a separate page: the Contact page on Cup of Jo, above, is a section of the much longer About page.
It’s a good idea to include:
You can create your home page just like any other page. Simply go to Pages → Add New and you can use the built-in WordPress block editor to put together a great-looking home page.
Once you’ve created your page, you need to tell WordPress to use it for your home page. Simply go to Settings → Reading and click the option for “A static page” and select the name of your home page from the dropdown list:
Setting Your Homepage as a Static Page in WordPress (Screenshot)
Tip: Want to go further with your home page design? Use a page builder theme like Elementor to get lots of fancy features.
Your About Page
About Page Example for a Lifestyle Blogger (Cupcakes and Cashmere)
Example: The Cupcakes and Cashmere About page
New visitors may well check out your About page to get a sense of what your blog covers—and since lifestyle blogs may cover a range of topics, it’s a great idea to use your About page to clarify what readers can expect!
You might want to share a bit about you and your life, and add a photo of yourself, on your About page. This is also a good place to highlight some of your best content, so once you’ve written a few blog posts, come back and edit your About page.
Tip: WordPress will have already created a sample page for you, which you can find under Pages → All Pages. You could either delete this or edit it to use as your About page.
Your Contact Page
Contact Page Example for Lifestyle Bloggers (Cup of Jo)
Example: The Cup of Jo contact page
A contact page lets readers get in touch—and if you want to monetize through running ads or sponsored posts, it also lets potential advertisers contact you.
Your contact page doesn’t need to be long, and you might not even create it as a separate page: the Contact page on Cup of Jo, above, is a section of the much longer About page.
It’s a good idea to include: