WordPress: create a custom home page

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I want to create a website using wordpress, but I want my website to have a customized home page, created by me, completely different from the theme of the site, and then link the wordpress pages directly from my page.

Is this possible? How can I achieve this?
Can I simply create the page, and link the other created with the wordpress panel, without breaking everything?

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  1. According to official WordPress codex:

    If a visitor goes to your home page at http://example.com/blog/, the following happens:

    1. WordPress first determines whether it has a static front page. If a static front page has been set, then WordPress loads that page according to the page template hierarchy.
    2. If a static front page has not been set, then WordPress looks for a template file called home.php and uses it to generate the requested page.
    3. If home.php is missing, WordPress looks for a file called index.php in the active theme’s directory, and uses that template to generate the page.

    Therefore you just need to create a home.php template and place it with the other theme (which so ever theme you will use) templates and WordPress will automatically start using home.php template for the home page.

  3. If you create HTML off your home page first than this is easy for you

    First Create a file Like this “template-home.php” in your theme.

    Now in “template-home.php” First you must write these lines at the top of the page

    <?php
/* ==========
  Template Name: Home
  ========== */
?>

    After that add your header.php and footer.php like this:

    <?php get_header(); ?>

     // Your Content is here

<?php get_footer(); ?>

    Now your Whole HTML is work between in Header and Footer

    Then Go to your Admin Panel

    Go to Pages > add new

    and create a page named “Home”

    NOTE: When you create a page Please Select a Template of Home and “Publish” it.

    Then go to Settings > Reading and select “A static page (select below)” radio button, then a drop down is active and select your “Home” Page Then click on save changes.

    I hope this will help you