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[HowTo] Change to a "default" Drupal front page

Project:BlueMasters
Version:7.x-1.3
Component:Miscellaneous
Category:task
Priority:minor
Assigned:MJCO
Status:needs review

Issue Summary

Using a clean installation of D7 and BlueMasters, the "Main page content" block in the Content region is not displayed. In fact, anything placed in that region is not displayed. Please see the attached image. I tested this in Firefox and IE, with all ad blockers disabled. In Firefox, the error console indicates no errors.

Any ideas what might be going wrong?

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Comments

#1

Status:active» closed (works as designed)

This is by design.

Bluemasters uses a custom front-page template which has a number of block regions...

Read the documentation here:

http://wiki.morethanthemes.com/index.php?title=Blue_Masters_7.x

If you want the normal drupal front page (you'll lose the slideshow without making changes to the theme):

Remove the "page--front.tpl.php" file from the theme directory.

If you want the normal drupal front page (AND the slideshow/banner on ALL pages):

Open file: "template.php"

Change:

if (drupal_is_front_page()) {
drupal_add_js(drupal_get_path('theme', 'bluemasters') . '/js/bluemasters.js');
}

To:

drupal_add_js(drupal_get_path('theme', 'bluemasters') . '/js/bluemasters.js')

Open file: "page.tpl.php"

Find:
</div><!--EOF:header-->

After, add:

<div id="banner">
    <?php print render($page['banner']); ?>
</div><!--EOF:banner-->

Remove file: "page--front.tpl.php"

Create an HTML block (Admin/Structure/Blocks/Add)

Insert:

<div class="main_view">
  <div class="window">
    <div class="image_reel">
      <a href="#">
        <img src="<?php print base_path() . drupal_get_path('theme', 'bluemasters') . '/images/slide-image-3.jpg'; ?>">
      </a>
      <a href="#">
        <img src="<?php print base_path() . drupal_get_path('theme', 'bluemasters') . '/images/slide-image-2.jpg'; ?>">
      </a>
      <a href="#">
        <img src="<?php print base_path() . drupal_get_path('theme', 'bluemasters') . '/images/slide-image-1.jpg'; ?>">
      </a>
    </div>
    <div class="descriptions">
      <div class="desc" style="display: none;">Our Portfolio</div>
      <div class="desc" style="display: none;">Creation of Beaches</div>
      <div class="desc" style="display: none;">About iPadMasters</div>
    </div>
  </div>
  <div class="paging">
   <a rel="1" href="#">1</a>
   <a rel="2" href="#">2</a>
   <a rel="3" href="#">3</a>
  </div>
</div>

Assign the block to the "banner" region.

#2

Title:Content region content is not displayed» [HowTo] Change to a "default" Drupal front page
Component:Code» Miscellaneous
Category:bug report» task
Priority:major» minor
Assigned to:Anonymous» MJCO
Status:closed (works as designed)» needs review

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