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10g Release 4 (10.1.4)
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Assigning a Home Page

The home page of the Web site is the entry. Everyone who comes to your Web site usually starts at your home page.

To assign a page template to use as the home page for a section, perform these tasks:

  1. In the Site Hierarchy pane, right-click the Web site and choose Select Home Page from the popup menu.

    Select Home Page option in popup menu

    Select homepage option highlighted in popup menu
  2. In the Select (Home) page template dialog (see Select (Home) Page Template Dialog), choose how you want to create the home page:

    • Create a new page template: A new page template is created, checked into the content server, and associated with this section. Choose hcsp, jsp, or asp as the file extension.

    The available extension depends on the site type that you chose when creating the site.

    • Select existing page template from the content server: An existing page template in the content server is associated with this section. Select the page template in the menu or select <Choose From Server> to browse to it in the content server when this dialog closes.

    • Create a new page template from an existing one: A new HCSP, JSP, or ASP page is created based on another page template, checked into the content server, and associated with the Web site. The page template that is used to create the new one can come from one of two sources:

      • stored in the content server: A page template stored on the content server is used. Select it from the menu (if the page template is one you created recently); if not, select <Choose From Server> to browse to it in the content server when this dialog closes.

      • stored on the file system: A page template stored on the file system is used. This option can be useful if you've created a page template on your file system (perhaps using a third-party editor) and want to use that design for this page template. The file must have the appropriate file extension (hcsp, jsp, or asp).

  3. If you want to use this same page template in every section of the Web site below this one, check the box Apply recursively to all subsections. (This performs the same action as if you're reusing a page template throughout the site hierarchy.)

  4. Click OK to close the Select (Home) Page Template dialog.

    Depending on your choices above, you may be taken to the content server screen to select an existing page template or assign metadata to a new page template.

You can add a secondary page to the root of the site hierarchy as well and it serves as a backdrop for new files added by contributors.

Site Studio automatically assigns the value "Home" to the Web site, which directs users to this page. If you want to change this value, select the Web site in the Site Hierarchy pane, open the Properties pane, and enter a different value for Label.

A home page is different from a primary or secondary page in the following ways: First, it is associated with the root of your site instead of a section. Second, the home page link in some navigation fragments takes you to this page and no other page template. Third, the "Websites" menu in the content server takes you to this page of the Web site.

You should pay close attention to the names and metadata values (content ID, type, title, security group, and so on) that you assign to your page templates. This helps you better manage your page templates, especially if you start reusing them in your site hierarchy.