Front page layout switcher for your page.tpl.php file
Last modified: August 23, 2009 - 22:26
description
This snippet automatically switches your theme to a custom page-front.tpl.php for the front page of your Drupal site.
It's an alternative method of customising your front page to using the front_page.module.
usage
- Make a copy of your page.tpl.php file and rename it to page-front.tpl.php.
- Using a text editor like notepad.exe or equivalent, copy the snippet and place it at the very top of your page.tpl.php file.
- Edit your page-front.tpl.php layout file
- Upload your new page-front.tpl.php layout file and your edited page.tpl.php file to your active theme folder
<?php
/**
* This snippet tells Drupal to load up a different page-front.tpl.php layout
* file automatically. For use in a page.tpl.php file.
*
* This works with Drupal 4.5, Drupal 4.6 and Drupal 4.7
*/
if ($is_front) {
include('page-front.tpl.php');
return;
}
/**
* This snippet MUST go at the very top of your page.tpl.php file.
* the rest of your page.tpl.php in entirety should follow this snippet.
*/
?>notes
- for more details on the variables available to your new page-front.tpl.php file, click through to the Customising full page layouts and sections page.