Changing theme home pages

The Member site uses a pair of home pages: one that appears to guests (unauthenticated view) and another that appears to those who have signed in (authenticated view).

You can change one or both of them, or drop one entirely (have one home page appear to all).

To change the unauthenticated home page

To have your own home page behave like the default one (switch to the authenticated home page when the user signs in), you need to add the code-bearing HTML iPart that does so.

1.  Create a new content record for your unauthenticated home page.

2.  Copy the AuthScript code to your new home page:

□    In Content Management > Content designer > Manage content, edit the unauthenticated home page @\[theme]\Home.

□    Locate the HTML iPart named AuthScript.

□    Select Move To and select your unauthenticated home page. 

□    Now edit your unauthenticated home page and move the AuthScript iPart to the top of the content record.

□    Save and Publish your home page.

3.  Make your site’s home page link to your new home page.

□    In Content Management > Site designer > Manage sitemaps, select your website.

□    Edit the default navigation item (flagged with a star ) and select your new home page for Content or URL to Link to.

□    Save and Publish your sitemap.

To change the authenticated home page

To have your own authenticated home page appear as soon as the user signs in, you need to edit the code-bearing HTML iPart that calls it.

1.  In Content Management > Content designer > Manage content, edit the unauthenticated home page @\[theme]\Home.

2.  Locate the HTML iPart named AuthScript.

3.  Select Configure and switch the editor’s view from Design to HTML, to view the code.

4.  Edit the path to be the published path of your new authenticated home page:

path = "~/Mbr/Home/[theme]/MemberHome.aspx";

To use only one home page

You can drop to a single home page either by:

■    Removing the script that opens the authenticated home page

□    In Content Management > Content designer > Manage content, edit the unauthenticated home page @\[theme]\Home and delete the HTML iPart named AuthScript.

■    Substituting your own page entirely

□    In Content Management > Site designer > Manage sitemaps, set your desired content record to be the default home page of your website.