Front Page Gallery

Any type of gallery can be set as the primary content of the home page. In order to set the home page as a gallery, follow the following steps.

  1. Create a new Page, by clicking +New › Page in the header, or Pages › Add New in the WordPress admin.
  2. Give the page a title, such as ‘Home’ and add a gallery to the page by clicking the Add Media button above the main content area, then click Create Gallery.
  3. Add the images you would like to see on the home page to this gallery, and add the gallery to the page.
  4. Scroll down and in the Options metabox and next to Galleries, choose which type of gallery style you would like to use (horizontal, vertical, etc.)
  5. If you would like to make the page layout cleaner, and only feature the gallery, press the checkbox labeled ‘Make gallery immersive.’
  6. Save the page by clicking Publish.
  7. Now on the left admin menu, select Settings › Reading.
  8. Where is says ‘Front page displays’ select ‘A Static page’, and then from the ‘Front page’ option select the page which was just created, with the title Home.
  9. Press Save Changes and now checkout your new front page!

 

Front Page Blog

The Blog feed can be set to be the content of the front page.

  1. Create a new Page, by clicking +New › Page in the header, or Pages › Add New in the WordPress admin.
  2. Give the page a title, such as ‘Home.’
  3. On the right sidebar, under the Page Attributes metabox, select the Template to be set to Blog.
  4. Save the page by clicking Publish.
  5. Now on the left admin menu, select Settings › Reading.
  6. Where is says ‘Front page displays’ select ‘A Static page’, and then from the ‘Front page’ option select the page which was just created, with the title Home.
  7. Press Save Changes and now checkout your new front page!

 

Front Page Slider

To add and customize the home page slider, follow these steps.

  1. Go in the admin under Appearance › Menus and create a menu which contains the pages/posts/terms which you like to appear on the homepage slider. Save the menu when you’re finished editing it.
  2.  Go to the main ArtDroid administrative panel, by clicking ‘ArtDroid’ in your header admin bar, or on the left admin sidebar.
  3. Navigate to the Home Page tab, and enable the option to ‘Display a slideshow on the home page.’ An expanded set of options will appear.
  4. Under Menu, select the menu you just created, which you would like to appear as the slider, and customize the various other attributes of the slider. Press Save, now checkout your homepage!