How to Use the Frontpage Component in Mambo Open Source

The FrontPage Component publishes content to your Home page (as long as the Front Page Component is the first Menu Item in your Main Menu). You can assign any Content Item to the Home page by checking the parameter "FrontPage" within the "Edit" Content Item page (in the Back-end as in the Front-end of your site). (If you haven't already read it, you may find this article useful: "How to Set your Home Page in Mambo Open Source"

The default configuration sets the link to the 'FrontPage Component' to the first published item in the 'mainmenu' menu. But, as any other component, it may be placed anywhere in your menus.

How to edit or create a link to the FrontPage Component in any menu:

There are 2 ways to create such a link: Go to MenuManager -> [the-menu-you-want-to-edit].

1. Create a 'Component' Menu Item and choose the 'FrontPage Component' in the drop-down (See Chapter on Menus). Details and Parameters to edit are described below.

2. Create a Link-Component Item and choose the 'FrontPage Component' in the drop-down. It adds a link to the FrontPage Component that automatically reflects the parameters of the original as defined in the "Component" menu item. You may NOT edit parameters for this type of link. The "Link - Component Item" is useful if you want the FrontPage Component to appear in more than one menu and just want to change the "Details" parameters for that component while keeping the general parameters as defined in the FrontPage Component Menu Item. One aspect is added to the "Details" function. It is the possibility of opening the link in a certain type of window.

If you have not defined parameters for the 'Component' FrontPage Component Menu Item, the default parameters will be used instead.

Using the FrontPage Component when syndicating your site:

If you wish to syndicate your site, the feed you provide is taken from the FrontPage Component assigned content items as listed in the FrontPage Manager, even if the component is NOT assigned to your Home Page or has no published module. Parameters for display are available by editing the 'Syndicate' component.

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