[Resolved] Editing the homepage

[Stuart]

Hi, new to GeneratePress and relatively so WordPress.

I’ve installed the Scribe template but can’t find the homepage anywhere in the backend to be able to edit text/blocks etc. Only thing I’ve been able to find is the intro.

Can you point me in the right direction? Thanks.

[David]

Hi there,

ok so first off the Home Page on scribe is set to Display the Latests posts. ( For reference that is set in Dashboard > Settings > Reading ).

This means it will only show the latest posts and the page cannot be directly edited like as if it were a static home page.

So questions – which parts do you want to edit or add to ?

[Stuart]

Thanks for the reply. So I’m stuck with that exact layout and can’t add or remove blocks?

[Stuart]

To follow up, one of the things I’d love to do is add a newsletter subscription box above the fold e.g. https://thehustle.co

[Leo]

The top section here is created with a block element page hero named Home Page Intro:
https://www.screencast.com/t/RzaYiTJPh

You can edit it in Dashboard > Appearance Elements and add in the newsletter subscription box:
https://www.screencast.com/t/oOPvxZd5AQ

More info here on block element page hero here:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/block-element-page-hero/

The posts blocks are displayed with two block element content templates:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/block-element-content-template/

You can edit them in Dashboard > Appearance Elements:
https://www.screencast.com/t/20JtfZUPdp

[Stuart]

Thank you. If I want to add a new block do I pile it into one of the existing blocks or is there an option to add and order them?

[Leo]

Since the home page is the posts/blog page and cannot be edited like a static page as David mentioned above, any extra content would need to be added using a hook:
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/block-element-hook/
https://docs.generatepress.com/article/hooks-visual-guide/#posts-page

That is how the newsletter section is added at the bottom of the home page:
https://www.screencast.com/t/uiGH2I9O7X

[Stuart]

Thanks for your patient help, I appreciate it. I’ll give it all a go and let you know how I get on.

[Leo]

Sounds good 🙂

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