WordPress: Display Single Post

Question

I am trying to display a WordPress post on the homepage of a site. It is reporting the following error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '=' in /home/####/####/####/####/wp-content/themes/oceanswaves/home.php  on line 105

<?php query_posts(‘p=143′); if(have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<?php the_content(); ?>
<?php endif; ?>

Thank you

Answer 1

If this is literally copy & paste out of your file, then you've somehow gotten a curly quote, which I believe would cause that error in PHP. Look closely at:

query_posts(‘p=143′)

The character before p is NOT a ' so rewrite it as:

query_posts('p=143') 

and try again.

I think you somehow have curly quotes on both ends of the argument. The only legit quoting characters are ' and " -- are you using MS word to write your code?

Answer 2

For interest's sake, you can make any Page (note, not a Post) the front page of your site through the admin dashboard. Visit Settings -> Reading -> "Front page displays."