Comments on: How To Turn My Site Into A Homepage? http://johansvensson.eu/2006/05/04/how-to-turn-my-site-into-a-homepage.html Computer Science, Arcade and Video Games, Johan Svensson Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:22:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Johan Svensson http://johansvensson.eu/2006/05/04/how-to-turn-my-site-into-a-homepage.html#comment-18 Tue, 16 May 2006 12:23:54 +0000 http://johansvensson.eu/2006/05/04/how-to-turn-my-site-into-a-homepage.html#comment-18 That would not be necessary. We already know it's not. That would not be necessary. We already know it’s not.

]]> by: Anonymous http://johansvensson.eu/2006/05/04/how-to-turn-my-site-into-a-homepage.html#comment-17 Mon, 15 May 2006 17:21:12 +0000 http://johansvensson.eu/2006/05/04/how-to-turn-my-site-into-a-homepage.html#comment-17 I think we should continue this discussion with a new topic: "Is Internet Explorer a Web Browser?" I think we should continue this discussion with a new topic: “Is Internet Explorer a Web Browser?”

]]> by: Kent Larsson http://johansvensson.eu/2006/05/04/how-to-turn-my-site-into-a-homepage.html#comment-16 Tue, 09 May 2006 19:08:48 +0000 http://johansvensson.eu/2006/05/04/how-to-turn-my-site-into-a-homepage.html#comment-16 There is a nice tutorial on the Wordpress Wiki about <a href="http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_a_Static_Front_Page" rel="nofollow">creating a static front page</a> which you might enjoy. And yes, according to both definitions you would have a homepage in that case for sure. I've also thought about creating some kind of front page. But it hasn't happened yet and I'm not planning to do it anytime soon. I wouldn't know what to put there except a list of blog entries. Just for a notice. If the TFD is the one we should go by, then Jens haven't got a homepage either. He's just got a listing of the site contents to start with and his musical preference. You've got that sort of listing to the left and it's mostly static as well. There is a nice tutorial on the Wordpress Wiki about creating a static front page which you might enjoy. And yes, according to both definitions you would have a homepage in that case for sure.

I’ve also thought about creating some kind of front page. But it hasn’t happened yet and I’m not planning to do it anytime soon. I wouldn’t know what to put there except a list of blog entries.

Just for a notice. If the TFD is the one we should go by, then Jens haven’t got a homepage either. He’s just got a listing of the site contents to start with and his musical preference. You’ve got that sort of listing to the left and it’s mostly static as well.

]]> by: Johan Svensson http://johansvensson.eu/2006/05/04/how-to-turn-my-site-into-a-homepage.html#comment-14 Tue, 09 May 2006 16:13:14 +0000 http://johansvensson.eu/2006/05/04/how-to-turn-my-site-into-a-homepage.html#comment-14 Thank you for making things clear, Kent! "The opening or main page of a website, intended chiefly to greet visitors and provide information about the site or its owner" is the definition of TFD (the first link you refered to). That means, if I have understood correctly, what I have to do, is changing my main page. Actually, I'm not completely comfortable with the current function of it. I don't really know what I want. Maybe some static information about the site and myself, together with just a list of the recent bloged topics? Decisions, decisions... Ok, but imagine that I replace the main page with some greeting and personal presentation, and put the blog one level down in the page hierachy. Then I will have a homepage, won't I? I doubt Jens would agree :(... Thank you for making things clear, Kent! “The opening or main page of a website, intended chiefly to greet visitors and provide information about the site or its owner” is the definition of TFD (the first link you refered to). That means, if I have understood correctly, what I have to do, is changing my main page. Actually, I’m not completely comfortable with the current function of it. I don’t really know what I want. Maybe some static information about the site and myself, together with just a list of the recent bloged topics? Decisions, decisions…

Ok, but imagine that I replace the main page with some greeting and personal presentation, and put the blog one level down in the page hierachy. Then I will have a homepage, won’t I? I doubt Jens would agree :( …

]]> by: Kent Larsson http://johansvensson.eu/2006/05/04/how-to-turn-my-site-into-a-homepage.html#comment-13 Tue, 09 May 2006 07:08:23 +0000 http://johansvensson.eu/2006/05/04/how-to-turn-my-site-into-a-homepage.html#comment-13 According to The Free Dictonary (TFD) a <a href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com/dict.asp?Word=homepage" rel="nofollow">homepage</a> isn't even the whole page, it's just the initial start page where your website begins. While Wikipedia agrees with TFD it also <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homepage_definition" rel="nofollow">adds this relevant definition</a>: "The website of a group, company, or organization. A personal homepage is usually a page featuring an individual user.". If we only follow the first definition which <acronym title="The Free Dictonary">TFD</acronym> uses I would say that you haven't got a homepage (and neither do I), as your first page isn't specifically intended to present your website. By the second definition though which is quoted above from Wikipedia you certainly have a homepage. As this page is your home on the internet where you express yourself as an individual. According to The Free Dictonary (TFD) a homepage isn’t even the whole page, it’s just the initial start page where your website begins. While Wikipedia agrees with TFD it also adds this relevant definition: “The website of a group, company, or organization. A personal homepage is usually a page featuring an individual user.”.

If we only follow the first definition which TFD uses I would say that you haven’t got a homepage (and neither do I), as your first page isn’t specifically intended to present your website. By the second definition though which is quoted above from Wikipedia you certainly have a homepage. As this page is your home on the internet where you express yourself as an individual.

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