How to Theme the first page of Drupal
seanray - February 24, 2008 - 04:15
I plan to use Drupal to build up my web site, which is http://www.hostingtag.com, and I want to change the display of the first page. Right now, it will list out the latest created articles, I want to display the first 5 articles for each categories (I don't have a lot of article categories, so the thought still make sense).
Is there any one can tell me which file I need to go to update? I am new to Drupal but I know how to do the coding.
thanks,

Check out both the panels and views module
Check out both the panels and views module. The views module allows you to create a list of content in a variety of ways and could be used for the 5 articles in each category. The panels module (I prefere panels 2) allow you to break a page up into sections and include various content, in this case you views.
Panel and View Module is not Ready
Hi Nevets,
I am using Drupal 6.0 now, looks like the views and panel module are not ready now. What else I can do now?
thanks,
Ray.
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Sorry, missed that
Personally I am not using Drupal 6 till CCK, Views and Panels are available.
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page-front.tpl.php should still work
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custom front page tutorial
yes for V6 page-front.tpl.php part of the tutorial should still work
http://drupalzilla.com/tutorial/theming/drupal-custom-front-page
Very Helpful
Thanks ica,
I will work against your post, but I believe this is the right answer for me.
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