First open the admin interface. It's usually something like:
http://yourdomain.com/yoursite_admin
or whatever you called it in the setup process.
- then go to the "Content" tab and see what's the node id of the root folder (it's probably 2).
- then go to Setup->Advanced->Templates and click on: /node/view/full.tpl
- click "Create New" and on the next page type the name of your template, and the node id of the root folder. Then click Create and write your template. - clear the caches from Setup->Cache management
You'll probably figure out all the details. Also look at this tutorial:
thanks for your tip! However, when I follow through the instructions, I end up getting the frontpage.tpl file displayed within the pagelayout.tpl file. I need the front page to display a completely different layout that is stored in the frontpage.tpl file.
You probably need to change the priority your template files is sorted. Your welcome template have to be listet before the frontpage.tpl. Just put 0 (zero) in the priority field of your welcome template, and hit update. This is because ez is starting to read from the top, and when it finds a template that can be used it ignores the rest. So remember to always list the templates associated with a specific node before the "general" ones..
Hope this was understandable :)
Edit: Sorry, I might have misunderstood you. You want a welcome site that is not including the pagelayout at all?
A simple solution is to make a index.html file, cause it will load before index.php. But if you use rewrite rule that won't work.
Yep, I need the front page to be different from all the rest. The front page must have a full flash intro in the header, while the rest of the pages will have a simple looping flash menu. I also have to split the front pages into few sections, such as latest news, etc, while the rest of the pages will have only the content of a selected article. Just like you said, I though to use an index.html file for front, but then again, I need the content in the news box to be dynamically updated, plus I need a login box on the front page.
I use my pagelayout.tpl for all pages except the frontpage. For the frontpage, I created an override template in /design/your_site/override/templates called homepagelayout.tpl.
