XF 1.1 Setting a page as the home page.

[Renari]

Below is what I'm trying to do:

• Set a node page as the home page.
• Make site.com/ go to the home page.
• Make site.com/forum go to the forum.
• Have the home tab selected in the navigation when on the home page.
• Have the home page include the sidebar the same as on the forum.

I've been trying to do this fore quite some time with no luck. What I currently have is.

• A node page that I want to be the home page, however when you go there the url is /pages/home/ and going to the root of the site takes you to the forum.
• The home tab is not selected on the home page.
• The sidebar only shows the first section with the user info.
• site.com/forum redirects you to site.com

Anyone know how to go about accomplishing this? *sigh*

 

[James]

http://xenforo.com/community/threads/how-to-set-recent-activity-as-homepage.35569/

May provide some assistance.

 

[James]

Actually, no, this is probably the better way:
http://xenforo.com/community/threads/library-set-your-own-route-controller-as-homepage.10156/

 

[Renari]

Thanks, I tried that but I don't seem to see anything changed.

<?php
class Renari_CustomIndex_Listener
{
    public static function initDependencies(XenForo_Dependencies_Abstract $dependencies, array $data)
    {
        if (!$dependencies instanceof XenForo_Dependencies_Public)
        {
            return;
        }
 
        $config = new Zend_Config(array(
            'routePrefix'     => 'pages',
            'controllerClass' => 'XenForo_ControllerPublic_Page',
            'params'          => array('node_name' => 'home'),
        ));
 
        GeekPoint_CustomIndex_Helper::setDefaultRoute($config, $data);
    }
}
?>

When I go to /pages/home nothing changes and the forum is still the main path.

 

[Renari]

Nevermind, fixed it.

 

[Renari]

Strange, I set this up on a dev copy and it worked fine. Exported it and copied all the files over installing it on a live site and now going to /pages/home simply puts you back at the root which is the forums. Making the /pages/home page inaccessible.

 

[Renari]

It was conflicting with route changer. Disabling that fixed the problem.