Home page options
For the community Home page, you can enable configuration options that reflect the needs and use cases of your community.
Admin Console: System > Settings > Home Page
Note: This topic describes the options for what desktop users see when they log in to your community. To set up a landing page experience for users who are viewing the community on a mobile browser, see Creating mobile Home page.
The Home page is the page users see when they log in to your community. It is an optional page that you can configure with a variety of widgets. Alternatively, you can delete the Home button from your community in the Admin Console.
Customizing the Home Page
You can customize the Home page of your community if you have Manage Community permission, which is a System Administration permission.
Note: If you do not enable a community Home page, your users see the News page (/news) when they log in. For more information about the News page, see Customizing News page.
Configuration Options
| Option | Description |
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| Enable the main navigation create menu | Enabling this setting allows users to create a variety of content, such as discussions and documents, in the community. This option is helpful for communities focused on content creation and sharing, for example, a community focused on employees getting work done together. For more information, see Enabling or disabling Create menu. |
| Enable the widgetized community home page | Enabling this setting allows you to configure the Home page with a number of useful widgets, such as the Image Navigation widget that links users to your most common places or content, the Newest Members widget to encourage adoption and participation, and a Featured Content widget that connects to your community's important content. Note: If you do not enable a community Home page, your users see the News page (/news) when they log in. |
| Simple home page | Enabling this will remove the left sidebar that includes links to Inbox and Actions. This option is helpful if you want to de-emphasize the participatory and collaborative features of the application and focus more on content consumption, for example, in a customer or partner support community where people are typically trying to find answers to questions. |
If you want to choose a different community page as the default for all users, you can use the skin.default.landingpage system property to set it to any of the custom pages. Check the URL of the target page for the correct value. For example, to set the default page to Activity, set the value to /activity.
Customizing Widgets
You can customize the community Home page with a variety of widgets that feature important content. The instructions for configuring the commonly used widgets are listed below:
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Setting up Image Navigation widget With this widget, you can provide your users with image-based navigation to quickly direct your users to useful pages.
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Setting up Search widget The Search widget allows your users to quickly search a specific space or group in your community, or the entire community.
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Setting up Ask widget The Ask widget allows users to quickly ask questions in a broader context than just a specific space. After the user types a question into the Ask widget, the search function displays possible answers based on matching keywords. If the user doesn't see the correct answer in the results list, they can create a discussion right from the widget. This can be especially helpful in places designed to support customers or employees.
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Setting up Answered Questions widget The Answered Questions widget allows your users to quickly see a list of questions that have been answered in a specific space or group in your community, or the entire community. Answered questions displayed in this widget are those that include a reply marked as a Correct Answer.
To save the changes, click Save for Later. To revert to the last saved configuration, click Discard Changes. To publish the changes, click Publish Layout.