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publish Catalog with thumbnails on front page

Submitted by gscerb on Mon, 07/14/2008 - 22:43
gscerb
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I would like to have two blocks appear on the front page. One would be a standard "page" welcoming to the site. Then below I would like to have the "catalog" (mysite.com/catalog) appear with the various product category thumbnails visible.

How can I publish the catalog with thumbnail images to appear as a 2nd block on the front page?
permalink #1 Mon, 07/14/2008 - 23:43
Alaska
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Is this what you are looking for or something else? And are you looking at a site design that is 2 columns wide? i.e. one sidebar on the left with one main column to the right.

Jim

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permalink #2 Thu, 07/17/2008 - 15:59
gscerb
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Yes. One left sidebar and one main center column.
I would like a text block at the top
and a catalog block below it.

I can view the catalog block by itself OK: www.rainbowislandpearls.com/catalog
But I can't figure out how to combine it with a text node.
I tried the "panels" and "front-page" modules but they don't seem to do what I need.

greg

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permalink #3 Thu, 07/17/2008 - 16:14
kerunt
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gscerb wrote:
Yes. One left sidebar and one main center column.
I would like a text block at the top
and a catalog block below it.

I can view the catalog block by itself OK: www.rainbowislandpearls.com/catalog
But I can't figure out how to combine it with a text node.
I tried the "panels" and "front-page" modules but they don't seem to do what I need.

greg

You can do this:
- Create a new "top content" region above the "content" region (http://yubastudios.com/blog/drupal-creating-new-regions)
- Create a block for your introductory text
- Set the new block to only display on the /catalog page.

permalink #4 Mon, 07/21/2008 - 09:47
gscerb
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I found that I could create a block with my introductory text and place it in the "content" region. I set it to only appear on the catalog page.

Now the catalog with images appears at the top and below it is the Introductory text that I need.

How can I change the sort order so that the text block appears above the catalog block?

...

Or,

I can call up the "catalog" page with www.mydomain.com/catalog
Is there a way to call the "catalog" so that it appears in a separate block? I can then sort the blocks that I need.