XF 2.1 Making a news home page, please help

[smodtactical]

I've tried to research this heavily but seem to be running into a wall here. I want to create a homepage that has announcement posts from a certain forum node in my main forum (like a traditional front news page except the posts are being done in the forum and going to the home page).

Page as portal homepage

With XF2 it's really simple to add a Page as the homepage and populate it with widgets to create a "portal" page. As a few people have asked how to do it I thought I'd post this quick guide. Go to admin.php?nodes/ and click Add a Node Select...

xenforo.com

I did use the above article and created the page but does this guy have a special featured posts widget? Because I am getting an error when I use his code on the page. Any more direction on how to do this? Which widget should I use? How do I specify the node I want to feature on the home page. What if I want some pictures as well from the post to show up on the front page?

My website is: www.sonicvisions.org

Also when I click my home button I get an oops error. Im thinking thats related to some inappropriate setting in my basic board info?

Thanks for the help.

 

[imno007]

Yes, using the confirmation link results in an error. Requested page can't be found. Not sure what to tell you besides to double-check your registrations settings.

 

[smodtactical]

It's happening even when I click a notification link in my email when someone posts on the forums. It just goes to the oops page again.