does having a different front page require front page module?
My customer wants a static home landing page - do I have to install the front page module, or can I just turn off the menu block visibility etc. for the home page (leaving a link to main site, of course!), and do it through the existing site setup? -- Jean Gazis www.jeangazis.com www.boxofrain.us "Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it." - André Gide
I'm not sure what the front page module does, but I've never needed anything special except views for my front page. I usually only use the basic title/body content type and then enable/disable the different blocks that I want displayed. To turn off blocks on front page, go to the blocks admin page, scroll down to the "Page specific visibility settings" section, choose the "Show on every page except the list pages" radio button and enter "<front>" in the Pages textarea. That tells the block not to display on the front page. Hope that helps Eric. Jean Gazis wrote:
My customer wants a static home landing page - do I have to install the front page module, or can I just turn off the menu block visibility etc. for the home page (leaving a link to main site, of course!), and do it through the existing site setup?
-- Jean Gazis www.jeangazis.com <http://www.jeangazis.com> www.boxofrain.us <http://www.boxofrain.us>
"Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it." - André Gide
Jean Gazis schrieb:
My customer wants a static home landing page - do I have to install the front page module, or can I just turn off the menu block visibility etc. for the home page (leaving a link to main site, of course!), and do it through the existing site setup?
A small addition to Eric's post: no, frontpage.module isn't required. If you go to admin/settings/site-information and scroll to the bottom you'll see "Default front page". Enter the url of the node (page) you would like to have as frontpage and enable/disable the blocks you like/dislike the way Eric described. Now you've got you special front page. hth, Stefan
Can I do it this way even if I want a different header and no node title? I haven't installed views module. Can I put any url (html file) for the front page or does it have to be a node? On 6/4/07, Stefan Borchert <stefan@borchert.cc> wrote:
Jean Gazis schrieb:
My customer wants a static home landing page - do I have to install the front page module, or can I just turn off the menu block visibility etc. for the home page (leaving a link to main site, of course!), and do it through the existing site setup?
A small addition to Eric's post: no, frontpage.module isn't required. If you go to admin/settings/site-information and scroll to the bottom you'll see "Default front page". Enter the url of the node (page) you would like to have as frontpage and enable/disable the blocks you like/dislike the way Eric described. Now you've got you special front page.
hth,
Stefan
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Jean Gazis schrieb:
Can I do it this way even if I want a different header and no node title? I haven't installed views module. Can I put any url (html file) for the front page or does it have to be a node?
I just tried it with a custom html-file and received a "Page Not Found". Perhaps reading http://drupal.org/node/23348 and http://drupal.org/node/46006 will help you. greetings, Stefan
On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 11:32:06 -0400, "Jean Gazis" <jgazis@gmail.com> wrote:
Can I do it this way even if I want a different header and no node title? I haven't installed views module. Can I put any url (html file) for the front page or does it have to be a node?
You can set the front page to be any Drupal path. It could be a node, but it doesn't have to be. It does have to be a valid Drupal path, not an arbitrary URL. --Larry Garfield
On 6/4/07, Larry Garfield <larry@garfieldtech.com> wrote:
On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 11:32:06 -0400, "Jean Gazis" <jgazis@gmail.com> wrote:
Can I do it this way even if I want a different header and no node title? I haven't installed views module. Can I put any url (html file) for the front page or does it have to be a node?
You can set the front page to be any Drupal path. It could be a node, but it doesn't have to be. It does have to be a valid Drupal path, not an arbitrary URL.
--Larry Garfield
It may well be possible to do what you want without the front_page module, but I would like to point out that the front_page module makes it very easy to do such things. One can create a splash screen as the home page, and it can be different for authenticated (logged in) users versus anonymous users. It provides a lot of flexibility and capability, and is relatively easy to use.
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