[wp-hackers] newbie - static pages as Home, and Categorized

[Austin Matzko]

On 8/2/06, Colleen Robledo <colleenrobledo at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Just switched to Wordpress from Movable Type and Blogger.... and I love wp!
>
> Can anyone tell me:
> 1.  How  I can make a static Page (not a Post) my wp Home Page... think I
> read something about a plugin.
> 2.  How I can assign my Categories to the static Pages (only Post pages have
> a Categories option; not my write/edit Pages).

This is really a question for the support forums: http://wordpress.org/support/

But check out this page in the codex:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page