How to set a custom route page as the homepage

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1

I have customized the route /home and created a new homepage. Now I want users to be redirected to my /home page when they click on /. Currently, it defaults to redirecting to /latest.

What is the best way to modify this?

2

Are you using the custom_homepage approach? It’s our recommended method discussed here.

It works like this:

Step 1 — Enable the modifier in your theme’s about.json:

{
  "name": "My Custom Homepage Theme",
  "modifiers": {
    "custom_homepage": true
  }
}

Step 2 — Create a connector for the custom-homepage outlet or use Block System

javascripts/discourse/connectors/custom-homepage/my-homepage.gjs


import Component from "@glimmer/component";

export default class MyHomepage extends Component {
  <template>
    {{! Your custom homepage content goes here }}
    <div class="my-custom-homepage">
      <h1>Welcome!</h1>
    </div>
  </template>
}

Block system:

The /home method is outdated.

3

At the same time, you’d want to make sure you’ve set your own (and for users) ‘default home page’ to the (default) option in Preferences > Interface.

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So on Meta, on the Meta Branded theme, because I selected ‘Latest’, I do not get the custom homepage that was created via the method in @chapoi 's post, instead getting the latest topic view.