Adding a forum home/about page?

[MissChurro]

Sorry if this isn't the right section to post this question, I wasn't sure. I'd like to add a separate page to my forum (preferably the first page you land on when you enter the site URL) which is a "homepage" of sorts. I would like it to include a news feed, an "About us" page, etc... But I'm not sure how to do that with ProBoards. Does anybody else know how? I know little to nothing about coding, so if there's a way I can do it in the Admin settings already that'd be better. Thanks for any answers!

[Tumbleweed]

Sept 11, 2015 18:27:09 GMT -8 MissChurro said:

Sorry if this isn't the right section to post this question, I wasn't sure. I'd like to add a separate page to my forum (preferably the first page you land on when you enter the site URL) which is a "homepage" of sorts. I would like it to include a news feed, an "About us" page, etc... But I'm not sure how to do that with ProBoards. Does anybody else know how? I know little to nothing about coding, so if there's a way I can do it in the Admin settings already that'd be better. Thanks for any answers!

Hi there,

You can go to: Admin> Structure> Custom Pages> and create a new custom page and when you have it all ready to go you can set it to be the homepage or landing page and you'll find that option under settings. ProBoards offers all kinds of layouts you can choose from and to add things under the Visual Editor tab. You'll see some zones and you can click on widget and pick some of the options. Not sure if you mean a feed from your site or a feed from like your sites facebook page but there is a option of recent threads and posts in the widget list.

One thing great about a custom page is you can play with it and not worry about anyone seeing it until you are ready. So just go ahead and create a custom page and play around with things to get a feel for it. If you get confused about anything, just post back.

[MissChurro]

Sept 11, 2015 22:44:27 GMT -8 Tumbleweed said:

Sept 11, 2015 18:27:09 GMT -8 MissChurro said:

Sorry if this isn't the right section to post this question, I wasn't sure. I'd like to add a separate page to my forum (preferably the first page you land on when you enter the site URL) which is a "homepage" of sorts. I would like it to include a news feed, an "About us" page, etc... But I'm not sure how to do that with ProBoards. Does anybody else know how? I know little to nothing about coding, so if there's a way I can do it in the Admin settings already that'd be better. Thanks for any answers!

Hi there,

You can go to: Admin> Structure> Custom Pages> and create a new custom page and when you have it all ready to go you can set it to be the homepage or landing page and you'll find that option under settings. ProBoards offers all kinds of layouts you can choose from and to add things under the Visual Editor tab. You'll see some zones and you can click on widget and pick some of the options. Not sure if you mean a feed from your site or a feed from like your sites facebook page but there is a option of recent threads and posts in the widget list.

One thing great about a custom page is you can play with it and not worry about anyone seeing it until you are ready. So just go ahead and create a custom page and play around with things to get a feel for it. If you get confused about anything, just post back.

Thank you so much! I was able to get my homepage set up exactly how I envisioned it.

[Tumbleweed]

Sept 12, 2015 10:01:18 GMT -8 MissChurro said:

Sept 11, 2015 22:44:27 GMT -8 Tumbleweed said:

Hi there,

You can go to: Admin> Structure> Custom Pages> and create a new custom page and when you have it all ready to go you can set it to be the homepage or landing page and you'll find that option under settings. ProBoards offers all kinds of layouts you can choose from and to add things under the Visual Editor tab. You'll see some zones and you can click on widget and pick some of the options. Not sure if you mean a feed from your site or a feed from like your sites facebook page but there is a option of recent threads and posts in the widget list.

One thing great about a custom page is you can play with it and not worry about anyone seeing it until you are ready. So just go ahead and create a custom page and play around with things to get a feel for it. If you get confused about anything, just post back.

Thank you so much! I was able to get my homepage set up exactly how I envisioned it.

Awesome! Glad I could help.