I suppose it all depends on whether you want it to look like a blog (dynamic)… or more like a traditional “web site” (static).

I love the changing content you get with the blog format - everyone says this encourages repeat visits by both people and search engines - yet at the same time, some blogs could benefit from a short, permanent “intro” as I’ve done with Banabu… and then linked to the longer “welcome” page (which once was the static home page… when we first did the site).

Maybe I’ve hacked a “solution” to suit my needs by hard coding the shorter intro in the index.php template… and it’s probably not the best way to do it… but the intro with the latest X posts (just set from within WP-Admin/Options/Reading) works for me in this case…

And maybe even the Different Posts Per Page plugin might also be useful here too…

Stephen

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I personally think that static page is great idea BUT … I would also add the loop to it to display at least last 3 posts. It can be done easily using LIMIT statement …

That way you get the benefit of static page AND your latest posts been available.

Alex

I recently tried a static home page with a new blog… and while I’m not 100% sure, I think it slowed down the speed at which my new posts were picked up by search engines since they were no longer being shown on the home page… As a compromise, I inserted a permanent “welcome” message to appear at the top of the home page instead simply by editing the index.php template. That way, my new posts are still displayed.

Just another possibility to consider

Cheers
Stephen Spry

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