- Front page settings
- Front page FAQ
The site’s Front page is similar to a course page. The front page settings can be found in ‘Front page settings’ in the Site administration.
Contents
Full site name
This name appears at the top of every page above the navigation bar.
Short name for the site
The short name appears at the beginning of the navigation bar as a link back to your site front page.
Front page summary
This summary can be displayed on the left or right of the front page using the course/site summary block.
The summary is also used as the HTML metadata description in some themes, for the front page of the site. This is not generally seen by users but can be useful for search engines that index the page.
News items to show
This setting only applies if the front page is set to display news items or if you are using the Latest announcements block.
Comments per page
Each course may include a comments block which allows the display of user comments. The number of comments displayed at any time is set here.
Default front page role
The default front page role enables logged-in users to participate in front page activities. See ‘How do I enable logged-in users to participate in front page activities?’ in Frontpage FAQ for more details. It is recommended that it is set to ‘Authenticated user on frontpage’. It can also be set to Student. It should not be set to Guest.