By netentropy on

I need to get my front page to behave like a blog.

I made a view and set it as front page BUT whenever you login instead of going to the URL it goes teh the URL/viewname

⋅ Categories: Drupal 5.x

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VVN’s picture

VVN commented

Simply add a new path alias:
URL/viewname -> nothing
(remember this when you change frontpage)

netentropy’s picture

netentropy commented

if you mean, leave a blank for my path alais

it won't let me do that.

VVN’s picture

VVN commented

Strange. Works for me.

Another possible way is writing a custom module
Maybe something like this:

function yourmodule_menu($may_cache) {
  if (!$may_cache && arg(0) == 'viewurl') { drupal_goto(base_path()); }
  return array(); //hook_menu must always returns an array
}
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netentropy commented

how can that work for you

when you use the URL alias link

the alias name is the name the alias is indexed by on the URL alias screen.

leaving it blank gives it nothing to index

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VVN commented

I checked, my mistake. I missed that Global Redirect module "let" me to do this (the alias is not added, but Global Redirect module also provides the functionality you need)