[wp-hackers] front-page.php always overrides home.php?
Otto
otto at ottodestruct.com
Fri Nov 19 21:28:54 UTC 2010
That depends on how you define "home". ;)
The home.php is a (deprecated) override for the index.php file. We
used it before we had the ability to set your own Page as the first
page. No theme should contain a home.php any more, IMO, since you can
now define any Page as the first page.
The front-page.php is the overall override for the first page of the
site, period. It's always the front page, if it exists.
-Otto
On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Chip Bennett <chip at chipbennett.net> wrote:
> Exactly!
>
> So "home.php" ISN'T "home". It's simply the blog-index (posts-index),
> whether on the front page or another page.
>
> front-page.php and is_front_page() cover all of the uses of home.php and
> is_home() for both posts-index-as-home and static-page-as-home - which is
> why I'm suggesting to rename "home.php" and "is_home()" to something more
> accurate.
>
> Make sense, or am I still off-base?
>
> Chip
>
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 3:08 PM, Chris Gossmann <chris at wupperpiraten.de>wrote:
>
>> Ok .. did a test:
>>
>> If you have a standard installation without any special setting under
>> wp-admin / settings / reading:
>>
>> Front-page.php will be used as your entry page. Home.php isn't used at all.
>>
>> If you define a page as Front page and a page as Posts page under wp-admin
>> /
>> settings / reading:
>>
>> Front-page.php will be used for Front page and home.php for your Posts
>> page.
>>
>> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> > Von: wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com [mailto:wp-hackers-
>> > bounces at lists.automattic.com] Im Auftrag von Chip Bennett
>> > Gesendet: Freitag, 19. November 2010 21:58
>> > An: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
>> > Betreff: Re: [wp-hackers] front-page.php always overrides home.php?
>> >
>> > I'm not confusing the two, as far as I know.
>> >
>> > Simple question: if "front-page.php" and "home.php" template files both
>> > exist in a Theme, under what conditions will "home.php" be used on the
>> > home/front page of the site using that Theme?
>> >
>> > Chip
>> >
>> > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Chris Gossmann
>> > <chris at wupperpiraten.de>wrote:
>> >
>> > > Seems as if you're mixing up front-page.php and front page template
>> > :)
>> > >
>> > > The existence of a front-page.php will always enforce the use of this
>> > file
>> > > as entry page of your blog. A front page template is a template file
>> > with a
>> > > different name that is activated by creating a page using this
>> > template and
>> > > the according settings under wp-admin / settings / reading.
>> > >
>> > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> > > > Von: wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com [mailto:wp-hackers-
>> > > > bounces at lists.automattic.com] Im Auftrag von Chip Bennett
>> > > > Gesendet: Freitag, 19. November 2010 21:27
>> > > > An: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
>> > > > Betreff: Re: [wp-hackers] front-page.php always overrides home.php?
>> > > >
>> > > > Thanks, Chris.
>> > > >
>> > > > But, does that make sense?
>> > > >
>> > > > If a Theme includes both template files "front-page.php" and
>> > > > "home.php", the
>> > > > Blog index will display differently, depending on user settings:
>> > > >
>> > > > If Blog (i.e. "posts") is set to display on the front page, then
>> > the
>> > > > Blog
>> > > > index will use "front-page.php"; however, if the front page is set
>> > to
>> > > > display a static Page, and the Blog set to display on a non-front
>> > Page,
>> > > > then
>> > > > the Blog index will use "home.php".
>> > > >
>> > > > That seems inconsistent (and confusing) to me:
>> > > >
>> > > > 1) Blog display will be different depending on location setting,
>> > rather
>> > > > than
>> > > > by content type (Page vs Post)
>> > > > 2) "*home*.php" is potentially used for a non-home page.
>> > > > 3) "front-*page*.php" is used for both Pages and Posts.
>> > > >
>> > > > I've not poked around Trac yet; does anyone know if any related
>> > tickets
>> > > > have
>> > > > been opened? I think some of this needs some cleaning-up.
>> > > >
>> > > > Chip
>> > > >
>> > > > On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Chris Gossmann
>> > > > <chris at wupperpiraten.de>wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > > > Hi Chip,
>> > > > >
>> > > > > this is the correct behavior.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Front-page is always the front page / first page, whereas home
>> > could
>> > > > be
>> > > > > your
>> > > > > home / first page or whatever you defined to show your regular
>> > posts.
>> > > > > Therefore front-page.php will override home.php.
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Chris
>> > > > >
>> > > > > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
>> > > > > > Von: wp-hackers-bounces at lists.automattic.com [mailto:wp-
>> > hackers-
>> > > > > > bounces at lists.automattic.com] Im Auftrag von Chip Bennett
>> > > > > > Gesendet: Freitag, 19. November 2010 20:38
>> > > > > > An: wp-hackers at lists.automattic.com
>> > > > > > Betreff: [wp-hackers] front-page.php always overrides home.php?
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > All,
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > If a Theme defines both a "home.php" template file (for a
>> > custom
>> > > > "home"
>> > > > > > page
>> > > > > > displaying Posts) and a "front-page.php" template file (for a
>> > > > custom
>> > > > > > "home"
>> > > > > > page displaying a static Page), it appears that "front-
>> > page.php"
>> > > > will
>> > > > > > always
>> > > > > > take precedence over "home.php":
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Here's the definition of
>> > > > > >
>> > > >
>> > is_front_page()<http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/3.0.1/wp-
>> > > > > > includes/query.php#L353>
>> > > > > > :
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > 344 /**
>> > > > > > 345 * Whether current page query is the front of the site.
>> > > > > > 346 *
>> > > > > > 347 * @since 2.5.0
>> > > > > > 348 * @uses is_home()
>> > > > > > 349 * @uses get_option()
>> > > > > > 350 *
>> > > > > > 351 * @return bool True, if front of site.
>> > > > > > 352 */
>> > > > > > 353 function is_front_page() {
>> > > > > > 354 // most likely case
>> > > > > > *355 if ( 'posts' == get_option('show_on_front') &&
>> > > > is_home()
>> > > > > > )*
>> > > > > > 356 return true;
>> > > > > > 357 elseif ( 'page' == get_option('show_on_front') &&
>> > > > > > get_option('page_on_front') &&
>> > is_page(get_option('page_on_front'))
>> > > > )
>> > > > > > 358 return true;
>> > > > > > 359 else
>> > > > > > 360 return false;
>> > > > > > 361 }
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > And then here's the relevant code from the template
>> > > > > > loader<http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/wp-
>> > > > > > includes/template-loader.php#L21>
>> > > > > > :
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > 21 if ( defined('WP_USE_THEMES') && WP_USE_THEMES ) :
>> > > > > > 22 $template = false;
>> > > > > > 23 if ( is_404() && $template =
>> > > > > > get_404_template()
>> > > > > > ) :
>> > > > > > 24 elseif ( is_search() && $template =
>> > > > > > get_search_template()
>> > > > > > ) :
>> > > > > > 25 elseif ( is_tax() && $template =
>> > > > > > get_taxonomy_template() ) :
>> > > > > > *26 elseif ( is_front_page() && $template =
>> > > > > > get_front_page_template() ) :*
>> > > > > > *27 elseif ( is_home() && $template =
>> > > > > > get_home_template()
>> > > > > > ) :*
>> > > > > > 28 elseif ( is_attachment() && $template =
>> > > > > > get_attachment_template() ) :
>> > > > > > 29 remove_filter('the_content',
>> > > > 'prepend_attachment');
>> > > > > > 30 elseif ( is_single() && $template =
>> > > > > > get_single_template()
>> > > > > > ) :
>> > > > > > 31 elseif ( is_page() && $template =
>> > > > > > get_page_template()
>> > > > > > ) :
>> > > > > > 32 elseif ( is_category() && $template =
>> > > > > > get_category_template() ) :
>> > > > > > 33 elseif ( is_tag() && $template =
>> > > > > > get_tag_template()
>> > > > > > ) :
>> > > > > > 34 elseif ( is_author() && $template =
>> > > > > > get_author_template()
>> > > > > > ) :
>> > > > > > 35 elseif ( is_date() && $template =
>> > > > > > get_date_template()
>> > > > > > ) :
>> > > > > > 36 elseif ( is_archive() && $template =
>> > > > > > get_archive_template() ) :
>> > > > > > 37 elseif ( is_comments_popup() && $template =
>> > > > > > get_comments_popup_template() ) :
>> > > > > > 38 elseif ( is_paged() && $template =
>> > > > > > get_paged_template()
>> > > > > > ) :
>> > > > > > 39 else :
>> > > > > > 40 $template = get_index_template();
>> > > > > > 41 endif;
>> > > > > > 42 if ( $template = apply_filters( 'template_include',
>> > > > > > $template ) )
>> > > > > > 43 include( $template );
>> > > > > > 44 return;
>> > > > > > 45 endif;
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Is this the intended behavior? If so, it would seem to make the
>> > use
>> > > > of
>> > > > > > "home.php" obsolete, since "front-page.php" covers both use
>> > cases.
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > (And sorry for the incredibly belated question. I know that
>> > "front-
>> > > > > > page.php"
>> > > > > > has been around for a year. I've just never actually *used* it,
>> > so
>> > > > > > wasn't
>> > > > > > aware of how it was defined/used by the template loader.)
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Chip
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