Use home.php just as Sisir said. Copy the content from index.php to that file and you are all set.
home.php tells wordpress that that page should be the homepage in a theme so no backend settings needs to be changed.
Use home.php just as Sisir said. Copy the content from index.php to that file and you are all set.
home.php tells wordpress that that page should be the homepage in a theme so no backend settings needs to be changed.