Solved: Front Page Static Image

[jleesaxon]

I currently have my front page set up as a 2-column with categories on the left and the image slider module on the right (http://www.elliscamera.com)

 

But I want a single (static) image instead of the slider. Is there a way to do that?

Edited July 7, 2013 by jleesaxon (see edit history)

[NemoPS]

Hi,

You can do it 2 ways:

 

1- Easy

Disable the slider and any modules that appear there. Open up index.tpl in your theme folder and hardcode your image before or after {$hook_home}

 

2- DIfficult

 

Clone the block advertising module, change all names and references to a custom name you choose. Add the hookDisplayHoome function instead of the hookLeftColumn (or right column) and assign the image url as variable. More complicated. but you can change theimage from the back office!

[Paulito]

Good morning

 

Just a thought, if you have the image slider setting as:

 

Height: whatever you want px

Width: whatever you want px

Speed: 0 ms

Pause: 0 ms

Loop no

 

Add only one image and save these settings you will get what you want,well, it works for me

 

Paul

[jleesaxon]

Nemo1, thank you. Your simple method works, and I may try the difficult method later.

 

However, I don't understand why the simple method works. I would expect hardcoding my image before/after {$hook_home} , which presumably places everything, to put my image before/after everything. How does it know to go to the center column?

Edited July 5, 2013 by jleesaxon (see edit history)

[NemoPS]

The center column is opened before including that file, and closed after. Everything in that filw will fall into the center column, unless you edit the header and footer.tpl

[jleesaxon]

Okay, let's see if I understand how the front page gets generated: layout.tpl loads first with "includes" that load header.tpl and footer.tpl. Then footer.tpl's "if content" script loads whatever is tagged as main / center column content for the current operation - which when you're starting is index.tpl. Yes? No?

[NemoPS]

no Each content is loaded through a controller, which calls the needed tpl file for the center column

[jleesaxon]

This stuff is way over my head haha, I need to stick to the CSS