Give the home page its layout #

The front page shows its own layout, not the default one.

Life cycle: Launch, example 1 of 33. Worked out on the Fit & Healthy site of Exponential 6.0.15+.

Contents #

1. In the Layouts editor
2. With templates
3. Which to choose
4. Check

In the Layouts editor #

1. Layouts > Layout mappings > New mapping; Link layout: Landing Page / Home; Priority: the highest of the site (210 on Fit & Healthy).
2. Target: Location with the site root (Fit & Healthy, node 89), Add target.
3. Add mapping.

The resolver treats the address / (and home) as the siteaccess' index page ([SiteSettings] IndexPage, /content/view/full/89 here).

With templates #

1. Without Layouts, the front page is the full view of its class (NG Frontpage) through override.ini.

Which to choose #

Layouts: the home page changes often and is composed of many blocks (28 on Fit & Healthy).

Check #

• The front page source has the home layout's blocks; exp:layouts list shows Rules 2 for Landing Page / Home.

Related pages #

• Which layout does a page get?
• Launch examples, every page
• Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.