Review : Drupal 6 Views Or Advanced FrontPage Module?

Exploring Drupal and all of the wonderful modules, does make things exciting. Although it is not always easy to find what you want without a little experimentation. Such was the case when it came to the template I had settled on for my site.

Since the theme is essentially a new - music type theme, I wanted to maintain that look, yet keeping it super simple. I had already installed the Advanced Frontpage module on one of my Drupal 6 sites, it was filled with static text.

Tutorial : How to Make a Custom Front Page in Drupal

Custom Front Page with a Node

In Drupal 5 you can set a custom front page on your Site Information page found at http://example.com/admin/settings/site-information. At the bottom of that page you will see the following option:

Essential Drupal Plugins

Drupal : Front Page Module + Nice Menus = Headache

How To : Take control of your Drupal front page layout using contemplate and CCK

Wouldn't it be nice for me to be able to determine how my Drupal front page is going to look like? That is a question a lot of people including myself have asked at one time or another. You are tired of just having a list of teasers on your front page and want to see something more artistic. This is even more true if you know how to design web pages without using a Content Management System(CMS) like Drupal.