The front page is the initial page seen by someone
reaching a Moodle site after or before a login. Typically a student will see
courses, some blocks of information, displayed in a theme. In the Navigation
bar and Navigation block it is called "Home".
A combination of site policies, user authentication
and front page settings determine who can get to the front page. And once they
get there what they can see and what they can do.
In many ways, a Front Page has similar features and
functions to those in a Course. For example, Activities, Resources and Blocks
can be added to the Front Page to give it different looks.
The site's Front page is similar to a course page.
The front page settings, roles, filters, backup, restore and questions are
currently duplicated in Settings > Front page settings AND Settings >
Site administration > Front page.
Front page and front page items when logged in
The centre of the front page can display any
combination of the following: news items, a list of courses, a list of course
categories, a list of categories and courses or none. The order is determined
by a combination box.
It is possible to create one setting for anyone who
gets to the front page without logging in to the Moodle site, and another look
for only those who have logged into the Moodle site. There are two combination
boxes.
Include a topic section
This adds a topic section to the centre-top of the
front page. When editing is turned on, resources and/or activities can be added
to the topic section using the dropdown menus, in the same way as on a course
page.
Note: The label resource can be used to add text
and/or an image to the centre-top of the front page.
Default front page role
The default frontpage role enables logged-in users
to participate in front page activities. It is recommended that it is set to
frontpage role. It should never be set to Guest.
For sites which do not have a default frontpage
role (because they upgraded from 1.9), it is recommended that the administrator
creates a new role with frontpage archetype, resets it to default and then sets
it as the default frontpage role.
Front Page roles
As in a course, you can assign users roles just in
the context of this page. Note this is different than the default Authenticated
User on Front Page role found in front page settings. As a security issue,
usually only admins can modify the front page, other users do not.
Front Page backup
You can backup the front page, similar to a Course
backup.
Front Page restore
As in a course, you can Restore a backed up version
of the front page. However, there are currently issues with front page restore,
as outlined in MDL-31500 and MDL-30808
Front Page questions
The Question bank is accessible from the Front
Page. For example, if "topic" is checked in the front page settings,
you can add a Quiz module activity.
Tips and Tricks
A Moodle site's front page can be
reconfigured from the default standard to give it a different look and or
change how it functions. Depending upon the changes, this can be a simple or a
more complex process. Of course a custom theme may have its own unique front
page format.
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