By dmpaulsen on

This seems like one of the most basic issues, and yet I've dug around my admin functions and Drupal handbooks and forums without finding anything to answer my question. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

When I submit new stories, they appear automatically formated on my home page in a central spot surrounded by my customized blocks. I've found some minor ways to customize how these story posts appear, through post and theme settings, but this doesn't seem to allow full customization of the display. For example, I might just want the title to appear without anything from the body, like a list. Or I'd like to pick and choose which posts wind up in that lineup.

Again, these kinds of parameters have been easy to set for new blocks through the View module, but I've found no way to do the same with the automated post display. I fear I'm missing an obvious step, so if anyone knows, please help. Thanks.

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nevets commented

As far as what post appear by on the default home page it is controlled by the "promote to front page" flag. For each content type you control is enabled by default and people with proper permissions can change the flag when adding/editing content.

For more control over the format of the posts on the frontpage views is one approach. Make a view that lists the content you want in way you want, add a page display with path and then change the default home page to use that path (under site information).

For fine grain control over what is shown in the view the node queue and flag modules provide ways to give you more control.

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dmpaulsen commented

Great, that's a big help. Thanks.