<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:verdana,sans-serif">ChatGPT 3.5 response<br><br><i>If you have a WordPress site with no pages or posts, the default behavior depends on the theme you are using and how it's configured. Typically, when you visit a WordPress site without any content, the homepage will display a message such as "Nothing Found" or "No Results Found."<br><br>The specific message may vary based on your theme, but it usually indicates that there are no published posts or pages available. Additionally, some themes might display a basic placeholder content or a search form to allow visitors to search for content on the site.<br><br>To customize what gets displayed on your homepage, you can create a new page or set a static page as your homepage in the WordPress settings. You can also modify your theme or install plugins to customize the appearance and behavior of your site.<br></i></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, May 21, 2023 at 10:32 PM Gary Schiltz <<a href="mailto:gary@naturesvisualarts.com">gary@naturesvisualarts.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I haven't signed up for ChatGPT or similar, so I tried Google Bard to<br>
get an answer to a practical question to do with WordPress<br>
development. I knew that the answer that it gave me was incorrect, and<br>
said so. Here is an abridged version of the second conversation:<br>
<br>
Gary: I asked Google Bard the following question: "If I have a<br>
wordpress site with no pages or posts, what gets displayed when I go<br>
to the site?" and it basically told me that it won't display anything,<br>
and told me how to add pages or posts. That answer was just plain<br>
wrong. The theme somehow displays something by default, and I'd like<br>
to know what mechanism it uses to show this default content.<br>
<br>
Bard admitted it was wrong and pointed to what I presume is correct (I<br>
haven't looked into it to verify).<br>
<br>
Bard: You are correct, Google Bard's answer was incorrect. When you<br>
have a WordPress site with no pages or posts, the theme will display a<br>
default content. This default content is usually a message that<br>
encourages you to create your first page or post. The mechanism that<br>
the theme uses to display this default content is called the template<br>
hierarchy. The template hierarchy is a system that WordPress uses to<br>
determine which template file to load for a particular page or post.<br>
When you have no pages or posts, WordPress will load the index.php<br>
template file. This file is responsible for displaying the default<br>
content.<br>
<br>
The following is an example of the default content that is displayed<br>
by the index.php template file:<br>
<br>
Code snippet<br>
<br>
<!DOCTYPE html><br>
<html><br>
<head><br>
<title>Welcome to WordPress</title><br>
</head><br>
<body><br>
<h1>Welcome to WordPress</h1><br>
<p>This is your new WordPress site. To get started, please create your<br>
first page or post.</p><br>
<p><a href="wp-admin/post-new.php">Create a new page</a></p><br>
<p><a href="wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=post">Create a new post</a></p><br>
</body><br>
</html><br>
<br>
You can customize the default content by editing the index.php<br>
template file. You can find this file in your theme's directory.<br>
<br>
<br>
I wonder how ChatGPT would fare? Anyone care to try since I haven't<br>
signed up for it...<br>
<br>
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