Need advice setting a home page in wp

CMS & WordPress
1

I realize that if i create a home.php, wp will automatically go to that page as the home page. Great.
However to have the “home” link on a navigation menu I need to create it in the wp-admin pages.
and that page is not the same as the home.php.

finding that navigation bit confusing.

also if I have

<nav>
<?php wp_nav_menu(array('menu' => 'MainNavMenu')); ?>
</nav>

to get the menu from wp-admin.
do I use a mixed menu for other php pages?

like

<nav>
<ul>
<li>page 01</li>
<li>page 02</li>
<?php wp_nav_menu(array('menu' => 'MainNavMenu')); ?>
<li>page 03</li>
</ul>
</nav>

thank you
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2

If you use this template for your home page than yes.

You can set your menu in admin area as you want, add custom link, pages categories etc. and also rename them.

3

yeah…I think i maybe wp is starting to sink in…