I'd like to have a Wordpress-frontpage without a menu in the Montezuma-theme.

I tried to edit the header.php sub-template like

<?php if ( !is_front_page() ): {
wp_nav_menu( .....existing code .....
?>

But the php-code is not parsed and appears as text at the beginning of the header.
Tried the internal and an external editor....

What am I doing wrong ? Is there another approach ?

Thanks in advance.
Mork

I believe you can create a home.php or front-page.php depending on whether your front page is latest blog posts or a designated page and edit that template by taking out the get header line and replacing with all that is in header.php. Then remove the code that calls the menu.

Thanks a lot for your reply. Worked like a charm !