The Home module can be activated via Admin > Site settings > Modules:
Select the Home checkbox and click Save. The Home module will now be enabled.
The Home module can then be configured via Admin > Module settings > Home:
Set if the page title is displayed. Click Save to save your changes.
Click Home to display the home module:
The Home module is a single page of the site that typically serves as the site landing page.
Configuring the Home page
Click Edit to configure the home page:
The Edit home page will be displayed:
The Home edit page consists of a field to add a Dashboard name, and buttons to add Panels and Sections.
For more information on the dashboard builder, click here.
Only a Site Administrator can edit the contents of the Home module.
To configure the Home module:
- Enter a name for the dashboard, which will be displayed near the top of the page. No title is required.
- Enter the page content in the main section. (There is a separate guide for using the text editor as well as instructions for embedding other site content.)
- Select whether all users will have view access to the Home module by default (All), or whether no users will have access by default but access can be granted separately (Restricted). If Restricted permissions are selected, it is possible to give access to the Home module to certain security groups and not others, like any other module - described here. By default, permissions are restricted.
- Click Save to save any changes
Multiple home pages
As of 5.4, site administrators can choose to have multiple home pages within a site.
When you visit a site where you have access to more than one home page, you will see a list, and within that drop down list, all available Home pages that you have access to, listed by name (and translated to match the user's language, if available):
Please note that the pages will appear in the order that the site administrator has chosen
Please note that if the user does not have permissions to view Client home for example; it will not be displayed in this list.
Migration from 5.3 to 5.4
When an instance is migrated from 5.3 to 5.4, the dashboard service checks the integrity of site home pages. If it identifies any issues, the home page is not migrated. As a result, the home page for some sites, site templates, or new sites based on a site template, may be missing after the upgrade to 5.4.
Please check site templates before you create a new site. If you find a site created from a template that is missing a home page, please ask your system administrator to check the template before you try again. If this does not resolve the issue, please contact the HighQ support team.
Adding multiple home pages
To add more home pages, navigate to Admin:
Within the Admin screen, navigate to Module settings > Home. The Home screen will be displayed. Within the Home screen, click Add to add a new Home page:
The Add new home page screen is displayed:
Give your new home page a name and a tooltip. You can also supply translations for these by clicking the globe, and anyone viewing the site in the language you have provided a translation for, will be able to view the translated text.
Once you have added your new home pages, click Save.
Multiple home pages and site navigation
Once you have multiple home pages set up, they will automatically appear in the default site navigation to any users who have the permissions to view them. Optionally, you can create custom navigation and link to specific home pages from specific menu items. To do this you need to set up a new menu item. To set up the new menu item, as an administrator, navigate to the site you want to set this up for, and click Admin:
The Admin screen will be displayed. Within the Admin screen, navigate to Site settings > Site navigation:
The Site navigation screen will be displayed:
Within the Site navigation screen, you have the following options:
Automatic site navigation
Multiple home pages are automatically added under the Home module if you use automatic site navigation. To use automatic site navigation, click Automatic site navigation to display the following options:
This area displays the default site navigation which allows you to rename each module. Additionally, the navigation bar is connected to and will reflect the enabled modules.
To rename a module, click More actions next to the module you wish to rename and click Rename:
The Rename - screen is displayed:
Within the Rename - screen, you can rename the module in English, and also add names for each language, to be displayed if the user is viewing the module with another language enabled.
Additionally, you have a Reset default names option, which will reset the names to the default names.
Once you have renamed the module, click Save.
Your changes will be Saved.
Custom site navigation
Click Custom site navigation to display the following options:
Within the Custom site navigation section, you can create your own site navigation. This enables you to rearrange the navigation order, add new menu items and containers and to remove modules completely.
Please note that this option is 'disconnected' from the module settings and does not reflect the modules and settings that are enabled.
Adding a new menu item
To add a new menu item to the home page, click Add.:
The Add menu item screen will be displayed. Within the Add menu item screen, select the Link to drop down and click Home page:
The following options will be displayed:
You can now click on one of the Home page names to insert a link to that page.
Re-arranging the navigation order
To re-arrange the navigation order, click Move next to the module that you wish to move and drag and drop it to the new position:
Once you have re-arranged the order, click Save to save your changes.
Deleting a module
To delete a module, click More actions for the module you wish to delete and click Delete:
The module will be removed from this list. Click Save to save your changes and to confirm the deletion.
