By pommac on

Hi!

I've just started building a website for a client and this is my first time with Drupal. I've been trying to familiarize myself with the Views and Panels modules - they're perfect for the kind of site I'm creating where the client wants to extend the site with new pages consisting of various assembled blocks. I'm very happy with the way these modules work, but I have some questions:

1) How do I create a login page? I want to hide the login form from visitors and have a page where my client can log in and administer the site.
2) I can't figure out how to replace the front page with my Panels-generated page. How can I make the front page editable with Panels? I can easily create a page with Panels, but can only access it with the URL I'm given. I'd like my Panels-generated page to appear as the front page.

Thankful for any help!

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joeboris commented

As far as issue 2) goes, set your default front page to node under Administer > Settings > General settings, and the path on your panel also to node. That should do it!

On issue 1), I'm sure I've seen some info on that lying around.. Try searching for "custom login" or something like that. Good luck!

Best regards,
joeboris

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pommac commented

1) was pretty easy, I suppose. I just created a Panels page with the login form as content, and now I can access it with ?q=login.

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Thanks for the reply! I'm trying it out now.