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Change Home Page to /index.php???? 2 years, 1 month ago #2683

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Site is: chop-it-hd.com/index.php

The home page (which is an introduction) is chop-it-hd.com shows an image and a link to the index.php page. Once into the main site I would like it when people click on "Home" that it does not take them back to the image or introduction page. Any ideas?

I have seen a suggestion to create a new menu item but I would like to keep the content as it is for the moment.

Thanks for any help,

John

I found this link but it does not seem to work: viewtopic.php?f=47&t=404518

I am using 1.5.15

Re: Change Home Page to /index.php???? 2 years, 1 month ago #2685

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Hi John,

a completely untested speculation. Would recording chop-it-hd.com/index.php as the live site URL in the configuration.php file do the trick?

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Re: Change Home Page to /index.php???? 2 years, 1 month ago #2686

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John

Your splash page is index.html, which is the assumed 'home' page of your site. To change this edit your .htaccess file and put in

DirectoryIndex index.php

Then it will go to index.php as home.

Dex
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Re: Change Home Page to /index.php???? 2 years, 1 month ago #2688

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dex wrote:
John

Your splash page is index.html, which is the assumed 'home' page of your site. To change this edit your .htaccess file and put in

DirectoryIndex index.php

Then it will go to index.php as home.

Dex


I wish to keep the splash page as the "home" page. The suggestion you posted, that would just change the "home" button on the main site right?

Re: Change Home Page to /index.php???? 2 years, 1 month ago #2690

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austega wrote:
Hi John,

a completely untested speculation. Would recording chop-it-hd.com/index.php as the live site URL in the configuration.php file do the trick?

Cheers - David


No, that stuffs up all the configuration and shows a heap of text. Shelf that suggestion...

Thanks for putting it forward though,

JL

Re: Change Home Page to /index.php???? 2 years, 1 month ago #2691

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dex wrote:
John

Your splash page is index.html, which is the assumed 'home' page of your site. To change this edit your .htaccess file and put in

DirectoryIndex index.php

Then it will go to index.php as home.

Dex


Where do I put this in? I can see the .htaccess.txt file but am unsure where to add it.

Cheers,

JL

Re: Change Home Page to /index.php???? 2 years, 1 month ago #2692

Hmm - try this - goto yoursite.com/administrator - login goto MENU/Main-menu (or whatever top menu is called)
click on eth HOME menu item - hmm - what type of link is its currently? if it's an url - change it to:
www.yorusite.com/index.php
if you are unsure - please take a screenshot of this menu item so I can see it
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Re: Change Home Page to /index.php???? 2 years, 1 month ago #2693

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I am not able to edit the "link" section. I am assuming because it is the default item?
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Re: Change Home Page to /index.php???? 2 years, 1 month ago #2694

Ok I see - I know you didn't want to do this - but this will solve yoru problem.
Since you want to keep index.html as the landing page - i believe the easiest way is to do this - gotomenu manager - click new create a menu call it hidden - click save
now goto menu - hidden
click new
create a menu item - call it - flash page - select external link as type and put yoursite.com as teh url - save
check the checkbox next to that item (flash page) and then click the default star - top right
that should do it more or less - see how you go
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Last Edit: 2 years, 1 month ago by JustLoveJoomla. Reason: forgot something

Re:Change Home Page to /index.php???? 2 years, 1 month ago #2695

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Did you want it to work like this site?

www.angelakis.com.au

???
The only limitation is your imagination
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Re:Change Home Page to /index.php???? 2 years, 1 month ago #2696

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Lovely site Peter - could I ask you what you used to have the menu items different colours?
Thanks
Ian

Re:Change Home Page to /index.php???? 2 years, 1 month ago #2697

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buipy001 wrote:
Did you want it to work like this site?

www.angelakis.com.au

???


Spot on, yes that is how I would like it to work. Of course the link goes to /home.html but I have the page I as /index.php

Re: Change Home Page to /index.php???? 2 years, 1 month ago #2698

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JustLoveJoomla wrote:
Ok I see - I know you didn't want to do this - but this will solve yoru problem.
Since you want to keep index.html as the landing page - i believe the easiest way is to do this - gotomenu manager - click new create a menu call it hidden - click save
now goto menu - hidden
click new
create a menu item - call it - flash page - select external link as type and put yoursite.com as teh url - save
check the checkbox next to that item (flash page) and then click the default star - top right
that should do it more or less - see how you go


When I take the default from the current home menu and assign it to another it comes up with a 404 component not found error.

If you look at the site, you will see I have a home button setup and it is linked to the /index.php but the problem is assigning it as the default.

Cheers,

John

Re: Change Home Page to /index.php???? 2 years, 1 month ago #2700

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Hey John,

Willing to change your index.php to a home.html instead?
The only limitation is your imagination
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Re: Change Home Page to /index.php???? 2 years, 1 month ago #2701

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buipy001 wrote:
Hey John,

Willing to change your index.php to a home.html instead?


Makes no difference I would not think. With it being a Joomla site, should it be OK?

Cheers,

JL

Re:Change Home Page to /index.php???? 2 years, 1 month ago #2706

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Does this make sense?
www.pbwebdev.com.au/blog/adding-a-splash-page-to-joomla.html

I wrote it really late last night. Just reviewed it once then.
The only limitation is your imagination
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Re:Change Home Page to /index.php???? 2 years, 1 month ago #2707

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ycs wrote:
Lovely site Peter - could I ask you what you used to have the menu items different colours?
Thanks
Ian


Hey Ian, its all just CSS.
The only limitation is your imagination
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Re:Change Home Page to /index.php???? 2 years, 1 month ago #2709

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buipy001 wrote:
Does this make sense?
www.pbwebdev.com.au/blog/adding-a-splash-page-to-joomla.html

I wrote it really late last night. Just reviewed it once then.


Absolute genius. The amazing thing (from my POV) is that I followed it and it worked perfectly. A thousand thanks, this is a huge weight of my mind.

John

Re:Change Home Page to /index.php???? 2 years, 1 month ago #2710

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thats a first
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Re:Change Home Page to /index.php???? 2 years, 1 month ago #2711

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For me or you???

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