By youssefaoun on

Hello,

I was wondering how I can make my Drupal Installation look like the www.drupal.org!

I mean, how to make many articles figure out at the frontpage?

Regards,

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gushie commented

Not sure what you mean by "figure out".
If you want an article to appear on the front page, then when adding it/editing it, expand the "Publishing options" section, and check "Promoted to front page"

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youssefaoun commented

In fact I have already promoted 2 articles at the same time to the frontpage and NOTHING has been done.
My frontpage is nothing more the "node/6".

I had to change the frontpage to "node" in order to let the "promote to frontpage" take effect.

Thank you

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NancyDru
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Set your default front page to <front>. If you have a "home" menu item, change it to the same.

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vickil5 commented

I'm new at this, only been working with Drupal for a few days. Is there an easy way to make articles appear on other than the front page? I want trip reports to appear on a "trip reports" page, and news to appear on a "news" page, though I may decide to put news on the front page eventually. Or I may make the trip reports my front page, Drupal give so many choices!

Just wondering if I can do this with out-of-the box options, or if it requires modifying code.

Thanks,
Vicki L.

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tm commented

try the "views" (think lists) and possibly "panels" (instant "regions" within content) modules. takes some getting used to, but unless you are a sql and theming wiz, these can be lifesavers.

between content-types and taxonomy, you should be able to filter in what you need.

good luck!

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NancyDru
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If you create a vocabulary that has those terms, then "taxonomy/term/xxx" will show you that kind of list. Very simple stuff. You can make it a bit fancier with Views, but the overhead of Views is really not necessary.

Nancy W.
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