home.php not loading

You say you copied the entire content of index.php into home.php but I assume you have made some changes? Because if not the pages looks identical so maybe it is loading, but just the same? Now are you having posts or pages you want to display on your front page? Because for the posts and … Read more

Multiple Blogs on one site. Best Practise

I would go with option 4: A simple SQL statement (UPDATE {$wpdb->posts} SET post_type=”testimonial” WHERE post_type=”post” AND post_status=”publish” or something like that) to move the current “blog posts” testimonials to their own custom post type. You could also use a plugin to do this. Then use the blog (the “post” post type) as you normally … Read more

Setting a static home page and blog page without using the settings

The answer appears to be that it is possible: http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page Configuration of front-page.php If it exists, the front-page.php template file is used on the site’s front page regardless of whether ‘Settings > Reading ->Front page displays’ is set to “A static page” or “Your latest posts,” the Theme will need to account for both options, … Read more