By breeze76 on

I am new to Drupal as well as php... I really like the flexibility of Drupal. What I can not figure out which I am sure I am overloooking it, is how do I get more then one item on the front page. I have a few articles or not sure what you call it.. (Like: an Overview statement, a Content statement... and so on) that I would like placed on the same page one under the other.

I told you I was new at this... Any help would be great.. also, any books I should get??

Thanks..

breeze76

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coreyp_1’s picture

coreyp_1 commented

As usual, there are several ways to do this.

1. Make sure that your front page is set to "node", and then check "Promote to front page" on the nodes that you want on the front page. This is core functionality.

2. You could use the contrib module Views to create a list of nodes to display.

3. You could use the contrib module Panels to place the nodes individually.

4. You could go templating crazy and hard-code the front page. (I probably wouldn't do this.)

I would try the above, in that order.

-Corey

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breeze76 commented

Thanks for the reply and wil give it a try tomorrow..

Gene

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breeze76 commented

I looked everywhere I can not find "1. Make sure that your front page is set to "node", and then check "Promote to front page" on the nodes that you want on the front page. This is core functionality."

A little more help please.... :)

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redraven commented

Goto:
Administer -> Site configuration -> Site Information (at the bottom)

admin/settings/site-information

This can be set to a node or a view, or other drupal generated URLs

coreyp_1’s picture

coreyp_1 commented

The "Promoted to front page" option is under "Publishing Options" when editing a node.

-Corey

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breeze76 commented

OK... I had both of those check on everything but still nothing... could it be because I am running it locally?

Gene

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coreyp_1 commented

No, running it locally won't matter.

What do you see when you visit http://yousitename/node ?

-Corey

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breeze76 commented

For the homepage where I would like to have the two items at, this is what I see:

http://localhost/pestop/?q=node/1

Gene

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coreyp_1 commented

Ah... going to "node/1" is taking you to a specific node. going to "node" will show you more than one node. So you want to go to http://localhost/pestop/?q=node .

-Corey

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breeze76 commented

I will look at that when I get home. I see what you are talking about. I have other questions but will take care of one issue at a time.. Thanks for all your hlp and I reall like this Drupal software.. I think it will do just what I need..

tks...
gene

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breeze76 commented

I am working on this site at home.. I want to install everything I need on my Vista laptop so I can work on it from work. Is there a good way to be able to sync one to the other as I move a long on this site?? I know I can use Logmein but if I do not always have internet access that would not work..

Thanks..

Gene

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coreyp_1 commented

Never had to sync between two machines, I always use my laptop.

Synching files should be a simple drag-and-drop, but synching databases is different. You might look into the Backup and Migrate module.

-Corey

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breeze76 commented

Ok I go to http://localhost/pestop/?q=node and I see both of my articles well kind of.. one has the complete article but the other has the title and stuff but all it has is a read more link which when click takes you to the complete article... any suggestions??

gene

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mjohnq3 commented

By default Drupal displays a Teaser for all content (posts) containing more than 600 characters. You can change this by going to the Post Settings page under Content Management /admin/content/node-settings and selecting a new value in the Length of trimmed posts: drop-down listbox.

The help text under the listbox explains:

The maximum number of characters used in the trimmed version of a post. Drupal will use this setting to determine at which offset long posts should be trimmed. The trimmed version of a post is typically used as a teaser when displaying the post on the main page, in XML feeds, etc. To disable teasers, set to 'Unlimited'. Note that this setting will only affect new or updated content and will not affect existing teasers.

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breeze76 commented

I set it to unlimited and still the same thing...

Nevermind... Realized it will only apply to new posts... that worked thanks...

gene

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mjohnq3 commented

Changing the setting does not affect any existing content (posts) until you update them. You can update an existing post by re-saving it.

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breeze76 commented

how would I moved one on top of the other?? I want the second one on top...

gene

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Jeff Burnz commented

Please read the documentation...

http://drupal.org/handbook/customization/tutorials/beginners-cookbook

Everything you are asking has been covered a million times before either in the documentation or the forums.

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