How to create a Static Homepage in Blogger



Blogger does not allow you to have a static home page. This is really annoying !!!! but there is a solution for every problem. In this tutorial you will learn to make a static home page in blogger. Lets just start with a little introduction about what static pages are ?? 



Static Pages


A brief defination of what of what static pages are.....
A static web page (sometimes called a flat page/stationary page) is a web page that is delivered to the user exactly as stored, in contrast to dynamic web pages which are generated by a web application. [Read More]

Ok now time to have a Static home page for you Blog...

Instructions:



  • First create a new page.



  • Now add your content to your home page and publish it.



  • Now you will see two home pages.


Now we will redirect the original home page to our static home page.


  • Goto 'Settings' tab. And then 'Search Preferences'. From 'Search Preferences' settings click Edit next to 'Custom Redirects'



  • In the 'From:' box enter only a  forward slash '/'. In 'To:' box enter the exact page url. e.g in our case the page url is '/p/a-little-this-site.html'. Check mark the Permanent option and click Save Changes.



Now we have to hide the original Home page which can be done by following some simple steps.
Read this post for hiding the Home page or anyother page.