By lsolesen on

I found out how to choose which page to use as a frontpage on admin/config/system/site-information. However, I want the frontpage to be special layout. How do I use a special layout for exactly the page I choose to be my frontpage? Thank you in advance!

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ryivhnn’s picture

ryivhnn commented

Make a page-front.tpl.php. Have you read the theming guide?

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lsolesen commented

I have created page-front.tpl.php. But the only way I can get it to show is:

// page.tpl.php
if ($is_front):
  include('page-front.tpl.php');
  return;
endif;

But I must be doing something wrong then?

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wismoyo commented

thank you.. it's works fine to me.. :)

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lsolesen commented

I have read the theming guide - will reread it :) I have done the following:

- created page-front.tpl.php
- I chose one specific node to be the front page

But it is just using page.tpl.php, not page-front.tpl.php. Maybe I am missing something?

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lsolesen commented

Turned out that in Drupal 7, you need to use page--front.tpl.php. I also tried to edit another content type, but there I could not get page--subject.tpl.php to work. I had to use node--subject.tpl.php.

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ryivhnn commented

I am so sorry for appearing to abandon you, I find it hard to get on the forums every day. Am glad you worked it out, and sorry for inadvertantly leading you astray with the page--front.tpl.php, probably a combo of habit from D6 and dodgy keyboard :)

Pages are templates for the entire document layout, nodes are to lay out just the content type. Structure wise it goes:

html.tpl.php (contains your doctype, head and opening and closing body tags as well as some code for running and exiting scripts, I also put skipnav up here)
- page.tpl.php | page--type.tpl.php (included by html.tpl.php, layout for the site, use page--type if you want a page like the front to look different)
-- node.tpl.php | node--type.tpl.php (included by page.tpl.php, lays out the content types you make)

Just in the unlikely event you didn't already find it while trawling the docs :)

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lsolesen commented

Thanks for taking your time to reply :) I am getting the hang of Drupal.

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asim.shahzad commented

yes using double dash in file name does the trick for me.
So that means in order to override front page template in drupal 7 one needs to use page--front.tpl.php as template or file name.
where as in drupal 6 one need to use page-front.tpl.php as template or file name.

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Anonymous (not verified) commented

There's also the Front Page module:

http://drupal.org/project/front

[edit: ah, I see you say 7]

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d.sandip59 commented

i have created a theme and made the following files:-
1.html.tpl.php
2.page.tpl.php
3.page--front.tpl.php

then i have run the home page such as http://www.example.com/, then it calls html.tpl.php page, but it does not call "page--front.tpl.php" nor the "page.tpl.php" page.

So how can i make call the "page--front.tpl.php" page to make a different template page for home page at drupal 7?

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ryivhnn commented

Stupid questions:

  1. you selected the right theme? :)
  2. do you really need your own html.tpl.php? If not try ditching it and see if using the system one solves anything
  3. if you need your own, does it have $styles and $scripts in the head and $page_top, $page and $page_bottom in the body?

If you add extra tpls you usually have to clear the cache for Drupal to notice them.

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dks786 commented

goto admin/content than
+Add content -> Basic page (create a basic page)
give title and content of that page
in URL path settings set URL alias like front-page
than save.

Now drupal created a page with some title and content and url is yoursitename/front-page

Now go to configuration->site information->FRONT PAGE->Default front page
in text box enter the url alias of your front page for eg. front-page
and Save configuration

Now its your front page ready!