michael darnell
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Problem Adding Theme, Logo, etc to New Site
Had a html .index file that I erased to blank and uploaded to my Wordpress domain, jsccorps.com. Idea was to use this as my Wordpress startup front page when someone brings up the site. However, the Theme, colors, etc, don’t show up on jsccorps.com. If I create a home page, then the Theme, etc. appears on jsccorps.com/home Why is jsccorps.com blank and I can’t add theme, logo, etc from Wordpress dashboard?
I am confused. You uploaded a blank page and are wondering why it is blank when you browse to it?
What is it you were expecting?
What is it you are wanting to do for your home page?
Wordpress is based on themes which in turn are based on templates.
Each page (post) is rendered using a particular template. Pages allow you to select the template to use (RHS of the screen when you edit the page).
You can configure a specific page to be your startup page.
New template files can be created and added to your theme folder (or preferably child-theme). The template files usually include the header.php and footer.php files which render the frame of your site
You would then need to retrieve the post content and output it on the page where you want it to go as well as (optionally) create widget areas and other page elements that might be specific to your requirements.
Unless you are using a theme like Divi or that uses Site Origin Page Builder or similar, that allows you to create your own pages dynamically then Wordpress is not going to do that for you - you have to get your hands dirty building a template that you can use for your page.
What is it you were expecting?
What is it you are wanting to do for your home page?
Wordpress is based on themes which in turn are based on templates.
Each page (post) is rendered using a particular template. Pages allow you to select the template to use (RHS of the screen when you edit the page).
You can configure a specific page to be your startup page.
New template files can be created and added to your theme folder (or preferably child-theme). The template files usually include the header.php and footer.php files which render the frame of your site
You would then need to retrieve the post content and output it on the page where you want it to go as well as (optionally) create widget areas and other page elements that might be specific to your requirements.
Unless you are using a theme like Divi or that uses Site Origin Page Builder or similar, that allows you to create your own pages dynamically then Wordpress is not going to do that for you - you have to get your hands dirty building a template that you can use for your page.
ASKER
No doubt that I am confused.
Will not be using blogs/posts - just a website for church.
I thought that I would be able to add theme, logo, and church info to the blank page. Similarly to what I was doing before moving to Wordpress. Previous site design was based on Frontpage and HTML. Was told that design would not port to Wordpress so I am starting with clean slate.
Will be doing more reading and taking tutorials on Wordpress.
Will not be using blogs/posts - just a website for church.
I thought that I would be able to add theme, logo, and church info to the blank page. Similarly to what I was doing before moving to Wordpress. Previous site design was based on Frontpage and HTML. Was told that design would not port to Wordpress so I am starting with clean slate.
Will be doing more reading and taking tutorials on Wordpress.
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Thanks!!
You probably just need to change the website url
https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL
As I can see you are at an early stage, you can réinstall WP , most of hosting company have an autoinstaller
check https://www.wpbeginner.com/how-to-install-wordpress/
Also there are plenty of free videos on that topic
https://www.udemy.com/how-to-create-a-website-using-wordpress-step-by-step/
https://www.udemy.com/courses/search/?courseLabel=&sort=relevance&q=wordpress&price=price-free