Home page options
For the community Home page, you can enable configuration options that reflect the needs and use cases of your community.
Fastpath:
Note: This topic describes the options for what desktop users see when they login 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.
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| 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 Home 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.
This section calls out a few widgets that are commonly used on Home pages, but you have even more options. For more information, see Widget reference.