This simple question is asked over and over again on the Joomla forums by newbies. The most popular question would be, how do I change from two columns to one column display.
Understanding the FrontPage component
The Joomla frontpage is a component which allows you to control how your homepage looks. It is slightly different from standard components in the fact that its configuration is not done via the Components menu. Instead you need to find the Home link in your main menu. In a default installation the Home points to the frontpage component.
To customise the look and feel of the frontpage you need to edit the Parameters of the Home menu item link. Therefore go to Menu > mainmenu > and click on the Home link.
#Leading - This parameter determines the number of full width articles to display. Articles displayed in the Leading will have the Intro text displayed. This setting overrides the columns parameter i.e. if you have decided to have 2 columns and 1 items in the leading intro you will have a layout as follows:
Columns - the columns determines how many columns will feature in each row. If you want more than a single column, set the number of columns here.
#Intro - the number of articles whose Intro text will be displayed (excludes the number of items in the Leading parameter).
#Links - the number of links to articles to display (excludes the number of items in the Leading and Intro parameters). Items showed in the Links section will feature just the title of the article (with no Intro text displayed).
Joomla 1.5 - Changing the Title (Welcome to the FrontPage)
Hi mate, thanks for the help. I'm still amazed at how flexible Joomla is. Although I'd prefer non-tabled layouts. 1.5 Should be great!
Raed Darwich
- Thanks
|81.138.116.xxx
|2007-08-17 14:47:05
thank you
zagpau
- Thank You! : )
|75.28.148.xxx
|2007-10-28 12:05:19
This saved our project from certain doom.
It's so simple, it hurts.
Thank you.
jude
|219.65.40.xxx
|2007-11-28 09:10:38
in joomla 1.5 a two-column frontpage item sequence goes like this (to take one example)
ist article(lead)
2nd 5th
3rd 6th
4th 7th
Is there a fix to do row-pairs instead?
e.g.
2nd 3rd etc
mick
- thanks
|89.100.153.xxx
|2008-02-13 22:46:20
I was looking for this info for about 2 hours, thanks for the clear explaination!
Sephan
- help needed
|198.54.202.xxx
|2008-03-05 12:29:30
I would like to change the title of the front page. It's currently what joomla's default is "Welcome to the front page". I went to the home button, but there's no title to change in the parameters on the side.
Thanks
Bernard
- Home page annoying issue
|122.104.55.xxx
|2008-03-13 23:45:05
Hey there.
I've got a couple of links from joomla front page to some articles but when i want to look at each article it displays the article within the mainbody of the front page, rather than showing the article on its own?
Is this a built-in characteristic? or is it just my site? or is it just me? or am i crazy?
Lou
- Home page annoying issue
|162.83.195.xxx
|2008-03-20 18:29:34
I have the same issue Bernard, Any body know how to do this?
Angelus
- Question
|189.149.96.xxx
|2008-04-09 15:19:35
Hey i have the same question as Sephan i dont know how to change the front page's title, ive been looking for the option to change it but i dont see it anywhere... i use version 1.5. Thabks so much!
Have a great day!
DART Creations
- Welcome to the FrontPage
|217.145.5.xxx
|2008-04-09 15:39:51
I have just recently added a new article in Tips and Tricks section which details exactly how to change this.
I also added a link to this article at the bottom of the page.
Hope this helps
Ben K
- Woo-Hoo!!!
|142.161.28.xxx
|2008-07-20 18:43:09
Hidden little trick in Joomla exposed! Nice job on the solution, thanks!
CuriousG
- no go for me either
|190.10.64.xxx
|2008-07-23 01:57:58
For some reason when I change page title and set to show my joomla looks like it saves but it changes nothing. I still have "Home" on my frontpage. Any tips why the Page Title is not saving or being acknowledged?
GreaterGood
- Mr.
|98.148.51.xxx
|2008-09-11 18:17:33
Thank you for this. I had no idea what to search but i found this out of luck and it was exactly what i needed. Thanks again.
Christine
|70.216.32.xxx
|2009-11-22 22:36:44
details please
caleb
- THANK YOU
|204.13.44.xxx
|2008-09-16 17:50:39
holy crap, this was so easy and yet I had to dig so far for it... Really this is the stupidest way they could have built it. Why is it not linked from the frontpage manager? Really...
nikolas
- doesnt work
|70.26.249.xxx
|2008-09-21 03:34:11
i tried to change # leading etc..doesnt apply changes to front page...help....
bod
- Home page annoying issue
|Registered
|2008-09-23 11:16:18
DART
where is the link to this solution I've looked everwhere and cant find it?
DART
- Link
|SAdministrator
|2008-09-23 12:03:18
This should be a link in one of your menus (usually the Home menu).
Lubna
- frontpage body module?
|62.117.53.xxx
|2008-09-24 18:35:42
Hi, Id like to know wether its possible to display weblinks instead of articles in the frontpage main body.
Thanks
DART
- Weblinks
|SAdministrator
|2008-09-26 14:12:48
Yes you can. For J1.5 you just need to create a link to the weblinks component and set is the Default link. For J1.0 you need to make sure that the first link in the main menu is set to the weblinks component.
Sebi
- bad design
|88.151.43.xxx
|2009-01-08 01:07:09
Thanks for the tip, however it's interesting that everyone wonders how stupid they were and how 'easy' it was, when in fact this a clear case of bad design.
You confirm it yourself:
"This simple question is asked over and over again on the Joomla forums by newbies. "
If it's asked so much, maybe the problem is with the system, not the user.
Just my 2c.
GreenMinds
- thank!
|121.97.108.xxx
|2009-02-01 15:23:33
thanks a lot!
zubair
- Add Front Page Layout
|202.71.138.xxx
|2009-02-05 10:51:27
Hi,
I am added a new Front Page Layout for a section, now how can i customize it for the section.
DART
- Frontpage layout
|78.133.54.xxx
|2009-02-05 19:26:36
nOT SURE WHAT YOU MEAN HERE...
Pius
- What happens if that doesn't work
|204.210.227.xxx
|2009-02-05 22:21:30
So, I have re-set the columns to 1. I've even increased the 'leading' number to 5. Yet, Joomla still formats a second Front Page Article as if there were 2 columns. This is extremely frustrating as it makes the article far too narrow to fit the text and graphic I want.
Pius
- Scratch that
|204.210.227.xxx
|2009-02-05 22:23:22
Interestingly, the problem only arises in Firefox, not in IE. I suppose I can live with that.
kill
- Nice
|189.75.234.xxx
|2009-02-24 07:36:53
Thanks a lot.
jitendra
- how to get full width article top and bottom both
i was looking for more than 3 hours for this. i am really really thankfull.
DiaB10
- thanks
|92.225.47.xxx
|2009-03-10 22:18:12
Thanks a lot
albert123
- still not happy..
|81.184.168.xxx
|2009-03-25 08:17:17
Yes... but my problem is that I want to display a slideshow using the whole with, and before all I tried it seems it is possible only in a module, not in a content.. so my "Issue" is not solved as when set up to 1 colum and 0 for the rest items it definetly shows 1 colum but with the normal narrow size...
I doubt this can be done using the frontpage component. However, you should be able to tweak your template to be able to come up with something similar to that.
Alternatively ask at the Joomla forums, they might be able to guide you better on this.
Joseph Smith
|62.241.238.xxx
|2009-05-21 20:28:52
Gee, thanks, but what comes out when you click the menu doesn't look at all what you have there...
