The frontpage is often the most important part of any website, as it is the first thing the visitor will see and helps to provide a great first impression. Mamut eZ Publish gives you the opportunity to design the frontpage and choose which information from the website will be displayed.
You must be logged in as administrator in order to change the frontpage settings.
The frontpage already contains sample data, which means that you only have to edit the existing information. The fastest way of navigating to your frontpage is by clicking your logo.
On your frontpage, click Edit in the administration menu.
Step 1: Enter a Name
Name: Start by giving your frontpage a name (required information).
Short name: The short name is displayed below the user menu as a navigation path.
Step 2: Set a Billboard
You can upload an image or banner to your frontpage.
How to upload an image to your frontpage
Click the Browse button and locate the image on your computer.
Select the file.
Click Open.
You can now publish your website.
The image will be scaled to fit the page
automatically.
Step 3: Choose the Frontpage Layout and Content with eZ Flow
You can choose the layout and content of your frontpage. Which options are available depend on your program version and which of the modules that are possible to display.
How to define the layout of the frontpage
Select how many zones you wish to display on your website by clicking one of the radio buttons below the layout of your choice (six different layouts). Click Set layout.
In the box below, you can edit each individual zone.
Click Edit in the zone you wish to edit.
Add the building blocks that will make up the selected
zone from the drop-down list:
Click Add block to add the block to the zone.
Click Expand
in the upper left corner in order to add the content of each block.
Click Add item.
In the screen that opens, select the items you wish
to include on your frontpage.
Tip! Within the navigation screen, you can click the arrow button
in order to navigate to a higher level in your website structure.
When you have made your selection, click Select to return to the Edit frontpage screen.
You can assign a specific layout/design to each building block by selecting one of the options from the drop-down list Layout in the upper-right corner of each block.
You can now remove or change the order of the building
blocks within the zone by using the buttons to the right on each panel.
Click Publish to update your frontpage.
You have now successfully defined the layout of your frontpage.
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Components in Mamut eZ Publish
Step 4: Add Content to your Frontpage
Note! This
text editor is only available if you have selected the block
Frontpage,
simplified version (Frontpage,
previous layout options) from the drop-down list in
step 4 of the preceding procedure.
Use this field to write a text for your frontpage. Read more about text formatting here.
By using the different tools in the tool bar you can, for example, insert an image, table or embedded video clip.
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Tags
At the bottom of the settings screen, you can enter tags for your frontpage.
The tags are used by your website's internal search engine. The search engine will return more relevant results when you enter exact tags here.
Note! The internal search engine is
not available in Mamut eZ Publish
Express.
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