Setting a "Page" as your "Home" Page - Is it possible.

[Digital Doctor]

Based on these posts:

Can we set a page to use as a homepage instead of the forum home?​

I see this question hasn't been answered . I have the same question... when I go to the example page now, it sits/is accessible through a link in the 'Test and examples' forum. But I have no use for that... what I really need is exactly this functionality of static pages for my site. Not the forum. So, when visitors click on [Home], they are presented with exactly this. Is this possible?

Yes it is. Don't add the page to the forum list, and point your homepage url to this page.

What is a Page ? - A Page is a Page as defined here: Pages Example: example-page

I get the feeling you can create a Page that serves as your Home Page. Home page is defined as what shows up when someone goes to www.site.com.

Questions: Do you get redirected to www.site.com/pages/created-page ? (does this redirect have to be there?) When people go to my site www.site.com I want the "Home" tab to be selected and I want my custom Page there.

Anyone accomplish this with Pages ?

 

[Paul B]

Yes it is.
I've done it on my site to test.

The page URL is http://www.mysite.com/pages/home/ and it is set to not visible in the node list.

Then under Options -> Basic Board Information I have set the Home Page URL to http://www.mysite.com/pages/home/

I haven't been able to get the site to load directly on the "home page" URL yet (http://www.mysite.com/pages/home/) but it should be easy enough with an .htaccess redirect.

 

[Russ]

Home -> Options -> Basic Board Information -> Home Page URL -> would define the "Home" Tab I believe.

As for pointing directly to the domain and having it go to the create-page I think you could achieve that through an .hta edit but I'm not too sure on that one.

 

[Digital Doctor]

Anyone have an example site ? (Seeing is believing)

 

[Paul B]

Anyone have an example site ? (Seeing is believing)

I've sent you a PM

 

[wii]

Is it possible to have www.mydomain.com/home instead of like now www.mydomain.com/pages/home ?

 

[Nick]

Is it possible to have www.mydomain.com/home instead of like now www.mydomain.com/pages/home ?

As mentioned above, it is most likely possible with an .htaccess redirect/edit.

 

[Digital Doctor]

If this is possible ....
Why doesn't xenforo.com look like this ?


I post @ vbulletin.com complaining that vBulletin.com doesn't use their own CMS. IB.Adrian and the like say that "We need things customized". And I reply when vBulletin.com uses it's own software, I'll be ready to support vBulletin again.

It's not like there is some fancy Code on the xenforo.com landing page.

Thoughts ?

 

[Paul B]

If this is possible ....
Why doesn't xenforo.com look like this ?

They have coded a home page separate from the forum.
They're not using the forum Pages feature for the home page.

 

[Digital Doctor]

There are three things still not met !
(1) www.site.com - should land on the Home "Page", not the forums.
(2) I want the Home Tab selected when I go to www.site.com
(3) I want my page displayed under the Home Tab.

Anyone think this is still possible ?

 

[Russ]

I think the fact that there selling the product on the home page it should be as easy to navigate and not confusing at all. They customers to know exactly where to go, just my thoughts

 

[Digital Doctor]

I don't think that "Pages" is going to fit the bill for a "Home Page" as everyone expects.

Q: Is it possible to use the Home Tab as a HomePage - with some custom HTML page ?
with the idea that going to www.site.com lands you on the Home Tab with the custom HTML page selected ?

 

[Digital Doctor]

I think the fact that there selling the product on the home page it should be as easy to navigate and not confusing at all. They customers to know exactly where to go, just my thoughts

I wonder if any xenForo customers sell anything ?

 

[Russ]

I wonder if any xenForo customers sell anything ?

Not sure if we're on the same page heh, my example was referring to xenforo.com specifically. As for customers who use XenForo the software it is still in beta so the home page is sort of your own doing. I know Jaxel is working on a portal page which can suffice for the home page, also a wordpress bridge is developed that I have yet to try out but options are coming.

Sorry if I'm not following you or if I came across in a wrong direction.

 

[Paul B]

There are three things still not met !
(1) www.site.com - should land on the Home "Page", not the forums.
(2) I want the Home Tab selected when I go to www.site.com
(3) I want my page displayed under the Home Tab.

Anyone think this is still possible ?

1. You can achieve that with an .htaccess redirect
2. That will require template/code edits as the home page tab is not designed to be displayed as an active tab in the current configuration.
3. See 2

 

[Digital Doctor]

I hope someone can lead the way here.
It's a pretty obvious need.
The idea that a website is just a forum is so 1999.
I'm surprised the Home "Tab" looks so good, but really isn't

 

[Digital Doctor]

XenPorta and Wordpress Bridge

Yes, but they will obviously need to make their own Tabs, as the Home Tab isn't a Tab.

 

[Digital Doctor]

You can achieve that with an .htaccess redirect

Anyone know the .htacess edit needed ?

 

[Jake Bunce]

Anyone know the .htacess edit needed ?

I would just create an index.php file in the web root with this code:

<?php

header("Location: http://www.apple.com/");

?>

Change the URL appropriately. That will redirect the user to the URL that you specify.

 

[Digital Doctor]

I would just create an index.php file in the web root with this code:

<?php

header("Location: http://www.apple.com/");

?>

Change the URL appropriately. That will redirect the user to the URL that you specify.

That is only for people who install xenforo to a subdirectory, correct ?
Do the instructions tell people of this important point ?