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I want my home page to direct people to 3 different places, one of which is buddypress social features. I see bp adds menu tabs at the bottom of the main banner, links for login, etc at the very top of the page, and login or my profile in the right column.

I’ve created a static home page, but when I read about wp templates, it says you can’t change the header or footer – or can I really create a new header template that would just be used for the home page?

Or?

Thanks!