Help, Wordpress is driving me bonkers!!!

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I am trying to set up a simple Wordpress website. Its non-photography related and simple but its driving me nuts!
I have managed to get the pages I want in the theme I want but as well as the home page I have made there was another one called home (in lower case as opposed to the rest of the menu in upper case). I think this was originally an uncategorised page but not 100% sure. I have made this odd page a static page and that appears to be OK other than I can't change it to upper case to match the rest! Tried the wordpress forum but no help.

Does anyone know what I'm talking about!?:thinking::thinking:
 
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Look in the stylesheet for the theme you are using and then look for an entry in the menu code that says something like: text-transform: uppercase

Change the 'uppercase' for 'normal' and save.

A good tip for modding WP pages is to copy the file into a .txt file before making any changes. WP has a habit of being a pig to get back to what it originally looked like if you make a mistake.
 
By default Wordpress has a 'home' page which I think shows the latest posts (as it assumes that it's a blog-site).
If you go into the settings on the dashboard you can change the homepage to 'static page' and choose the home page that you created. This should get rid of the default one. Post up a link to your site if you still can't get it working.
 
Harriers TopB, thanks for the help.
I'll go back in tonight and try out the advice, . I'll let you know how it goes :)
 
OK, tried again, no resolution:'(
I can't see where I can change the menu coding for the theme.

I cahaged the home (in lower case) to a static page which looks good in the dashboard but still the same on the webpage. I also can't work out how to get rid of the search option or reduce the spacing between the page titles and the menu. I have removed the widget but its still there??:help::thinking:
The website is http://assured-drylining.co.uk and its the first page .... @this is somewhat embarrassing...' that I am trying to get rid of.
 
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From what I can see, the theme has a "Home" link on it (Twenty Ten theme did aswell) so in the options you have a option to set a static page as your homepage, this is then clickable via the "Home" link on the top

Not sure if you can mke it invisible or set the other "HOME" to "Home" and then hide the option of "HOME" in the menu
 
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From what I can see, the theme has a "Home" link on it (Twenty Ten theme did aswell) so in the options you have a option to set a static page as your homepage, this is then clickable via the "Home" link on the top

Not sure if you can mke it invisible or set the other "HOME" to "Home" and then hide the option of "HOME" in the menu
Click to expand...

Just going to have a look at that........ OK, I have deleted my new homepage and restored the original. I've now set that home page as a static page but although the word home is in capitals in that page in the dashboard it hasn;t changed to capitals when I view the site, any ideas why not?

Anyone any ideas on how to minimise the gap between each page title and the menu, or get rid of the search option? :thinking:
 
That's a theme that I've used on a site.
This worked for me:
Create a new page titled 'HOME' with your desired homepage content on,
On the dashboard go to Settings>Reading.
Select 'static page' and then on the drop down list choose 'HOME'.

That should sort your issue with 2 home pages (I just tried it and it worked for me).

In terms of removing the search bar and gaps in titles etc you need to edit the CSS for the theme.
On the dashboard go to Appearance>Editor. Then click 'stylesheet (style.css)' on the right hand side of the page. This is the CSS for the site and where you need to make your modifications. My first advice would be to copy the whole CSS text, paste it into a text document and save it on you PC so that you can go back and reinstate the default settings in case you mess it up.

This website gives all the key CSS changes you will probably need (e.g. removing the search bar, changing spacings etc): Wordpress Twenty Eleven CSS modifications

Any more questions/help just ask.
 
OK, I deleted the site and started over. I created a HOME page and set that as a static page. Now I have jsut the one home page again but the word 'home' on the menu is in lower case. When I created the page the title 'home' is in upper case. No matter what I try I haven;t been able to get the word home in upper case:thinking:
 
Right. I think I've sussed it.

First create a page with a recognisable title and save.

In the Dashboard go to APPEARANCE > MENUS. On the page that appears you'll see on the left a column of options and on the right a large area with a MY MENU tab.

In the left side options under PAGES you'll see your newly created page. It'll be greyed out until you create your own menu. Do that by going to the MENU tab and type in a description for your new menu then SAVE.

The left side will now be active. Place a tick in the box for your page and click on ADD TO MENU. It will then move over. SAVE it.

Back to the left side and at the top you'll see THEME LOCATIONS > PRIMARY MENU. Click the dropdown and select your menu then SAVE.

View your site and it should have lost that HOME item and replaced it with your page.

Now you know how it works you can rename your original page and also add further pages/menu items.

Let us know how you get on.

Phil...
 
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Thanks Phil, I'll give that a go today and let you know how it goes... fingers crossed :)
 
Some WordPress themes hardcode a home link into the template. Try this to remove this link follow these steps.

1. Under Appearance > Editor, open header.php and look for something like this

<div class="navigation">
<ul>
<li><a href="<?php bloginfo('url'); ?>">Home</a></li>
<?php wp_list_pages('title_li=&depth=1');?>
</ul>
</div>

2. The line you want to remove is the <li>...</li> ABOVE the wp_list_pages() function.
3. Save.

I would suggest backing it all up first :)
 
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