It will allow webmasters to show various versions of the homepage to different user roles.
Installation:
- Upload or copy the 'front' directory and its content to your MODULES folder.
- Go to the ADMINISTER section of your drupal site.
- Click on MODULES
- Enable the front_page.module
- Go to ADMINISTER - SITE CONGIFURATION - ADVANCED FRONT PAGE SETTINGS
- Paste in the TEXT/HTML/PHP contents of your front pages.
- Once you are happy with your front_pages, set the DEFAULT FRONT PAGE setting to be front_page.
- Go to ADMINISTER - USER MANAGEMENT - PERMISSIONS and enable ACCESS FRONT PAGE for anonymous/authenticated users.
Features:
- Allows you to specify a custom front page based on role type. e.g. For a musicians website, you could have a different front page for Drummers, Guitarists, Singers, Bass Players etc.
- Allows you to have a FULL front page or SPLASH page - a completely different layout to your main drupal site - or alternatively as a THEMED full page, i.e. it loads with your default drupal site theme & layout.
- Automatically REDIRECT users to a specific page or path.
- Disable your site for everyone but Administrators and display a custom "under maintenance" message.
- Display a custom "mission" style message for authenticated users who have not visited the site for a set period. e.g. If you have had a significant update to the site, you might want to have a special notice for users who haven't visited for 1 month, or 1 week etc.
- Override your HOME and Breadcrumb links on your site. e.g. you might have a splash front page that you don't want visitors already on your site returning to when they
- click on HOME.
- Can include PHP/HTML or both in the frontpage
What is new in this release:
- Fixed bug where front page module was preventing any Drush calls to run.
What is new in version 7.x-2.0-rc1:
- Fixed bug where forms on the home page were redirecting to front_page.
What is new in version 7.x-2.0-alpha2:
- Rewrote README text to represent way 2.x version now works and give information about new and old features.
Requirements:
- Drupal 7.x/6.x/5/x
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