By AndrewJarvis on

Hey, I'm a noob, so be gentle...

How do I change the content that is displayed on my front page from the "promoted to front page" items, to simply content like any other "page" content?

I figured I'd start with my easiest question and work up, next one will be harder, haha

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styro’s picture

styro commented

You can choose the path to use for your front page - eg node/12 if you want node 12 to be the content for your front page.

By default it is node which is the overview page of the node module. The "promote to front page" functionality isn't so much functionality as just a flag stored with each node. What the node overview page does is just list node teasers for nodes that have the flag enabled.

If you change the front page to something else, you probably won't get the "promote to front page" functionality anymore unless your new page is coded to look for the flag.

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AndrewJarvis’s picture

AndrewJarvis commented

Thanks to both of your for your help! :) I apogoize for asking such a newbie question, as promised, my next one's better! haha, see sperate thread

nevets’s picture

nevets commented

Look under administer -> site configuration -> site information.

Look for the textfield labled 'Default front page:', change 'node' to the path you want for the front page. For example if you want node/1 to be your front page, change the value to 'node/1'.

jefftrnr’s picture

jefftrnr commented

What I'd like to accomplish is the ability to post a block within the homepage content section, but above the homepage posts.
I've added the block and set it to display in the content section with a weight of -10. It's still showing below the posts. Now what???
Thanks!

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vm commented

you would need to create a "region" above the content area in template.php of of your theme to accomplish what you ask.

see: http://drupal.org/node/29139 for more information on regions.

One could also use the panels.module if they saw fit.
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