We run a graphics/design oriented community on BlenderArtists.org . One thing that’s been in the back of my mind is that we should have graphics on our homepage to better engage our audience, and not rows of text. The issue with that has always been the discoverability of the other, non-art related c…

My dev skills are fledgling, but I think you can do it by adding a theme component with this in the header: <script type="text/discourse-plugin" version="0.8"> const { setDefaultHomepage } = require('discourse/lib/utilities'); setDefaultHomepage("/tag/featured"); </script> (Adapted from How to…

I think that’ll do it, but Custom Homepage for Groups would do it if you want a plug and play option. (It’s rare that I create a useful theme component, so I’m always surprised when this one comes in handy)

Hmm, it works, but not entirely: When visiting https://blenderartists.org the topics selector correctly displays the featured tag, however the displayed topics are not featured. [image] After this, clicking on the ‘ BlenderArtists.org ’ logo in the top-left changes nothing in these settings, but …

Ah perhaps I should try your TC then :slight_smile: Does it only work on groups, or can I set up a default homepage for everybody too?

Ah, that’s a shame. I thought I’d done a clever. :slight_smile:

It was clever! I was elated when I figured out how to do that.it used to work, or works in most conditions? And then I took two days trying to solve the preloadStore issue. Yes, @bartv , if memory serves, you can set a default and I think even a different default for mobile (?!) .

Change homepage to tag?

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pfaffman (Jay Pfaffman) November 2, 2022, 10:58am 5

Yeah. I forgot about that. You need to invalidate the preload store and have it loose the right topics. There’s an example in my theme component.

Topic		Replies	Views
Custom Homepage for Groups Theme component	104	10472	August 6, 2025
Landing page customization Support	10	2781	July 7, 2021
Theme or theme components to put topics with selected tags on the homepage Support	1	862	June 20, 2020
Changing default topic list for tags Support	3	550	March 24, 2021
Discourse-home-page Plugin	17	6213	February 20, 2024

Change homepage to tag?

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