How to add text to the "home" (index) page?

[jessica]

Hi,

Not sure if this is a "template" related question but how do I add some text to the home page (index)?

(Example: like a "welcome this website is about..." above the "categories" section but below the "adsense" ads)

I'm using eSyndicat 2.0.1 and the "Aqua" theme.

Thanks.

P.S. Thanks for quickly helping me out with my little "glitch" on mysite - do you ever sleep? :-)

[Tilek E.]

Hi, jessica!

Welcome to our support forum!

The easiest way to add the site description is to fill up the description of Root category.

You should do it via admin panel:
1) Go to the http://www.your_site.com/admin/browse.php. You will see all your categories. Click the "Edit" icon on the right side of the page in order to edit the root category's properties;
2) Now you are in the "Edit Category" page. Fill in the description field with the description of your site.

[jessica]

Thanks, it works and accepts html too! :-)

[jessica]

Forgot to ask, (sorry):

I'm using the default "Aqua" theme in 2.0 - where do I change it so the category descriptions are "above" the category menus?

The reason is that Adsense is getting a bit "confused" since it is directly above the many different category links I have - thus not displaying the right ads.

I thought if I could move where the category descriptions appears - right below the default Adsense banners, then Adsense could "zero-in" on the pages' topic.

Thanks.

Jess

P.S. its' the default template, where typically the adsens banner is in the center of the page, followed by the categories menu, then the category description. (I want to move the descriptions above the menu).

[Greg]

Originally Posted by jessica

Forgot to ask, (sorry):

I'm using the default "Aqua" theme in 2.0 - where do I change it so the category descriptions are "above" the category menus?

The reason is that Adsense is getting a bit "confused" since it is directly above the many different category links I have - thus not displaying the right ads.

I thought if I could move where the category descriptions appears - right below the default Adsense banners, then Adsense could "zero-in" on the pages' topic.

Thanks.

Jess

P.S. its' the default template, where typically the adsens banner is in the center of the page, followed by the categories menu, then the category description. (I want to move the descriptions above the menu).

Hi Jess

Try this (make sure you back up the file just incase)

Open index.tpl
Find:

{if $categories}
	<div class="box-categories">
		{if $breadcrumb}
		{else}
			<div class="box-categories-caption">{$lang.categories}</div>
		{/if}
					{$categories}
		<div class="box-categories-footer-right">
			<div class="box-categories-footer-left">
					<div class="box-categories-footer"></div>
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>
{/if}

{if $category.description}
	<div class="box">
		{$category.description}
	</div>
{/if}

and replace that with:

{if $category.description}
	<div class="box">
		{$category.description}
	</div>
{/if}

{if $categories}
	<div class="box-categories">
		{if $breadcrumb}
		{else}
			<div class="box-categories-caption">{$lang.categories}</div>
		{/if}
					{$categories}
		<div class="box-categories-footer-right">
			<div class="box-categories-footer-left">
					<div class="box-categories-footer"></div>
			</div>
		</div>
	</div>
{/if}

Hope that's right?

[alex3071]

thanks a lot for this I was racking my brain trying to figure out how to do it.

[Mumszone]

Im trying to do this with version 2.1 but for some reason I cant use HTML has anyone else had that problem? I just get one continuous paragraph of text!

[Dave Baker]

Mumszone,
***Open templates/yourTemplate/index.tpl and find code***

{if $category.description}
	<div class="box">{$category.description|escape:"html"}</div>
{/if}

***Replace with***

{if $category.description}
	<div class="box">{$category.description}</div>
{/if}

***Save file***

[Mumszone]

Thanks Sergey sorted this for me yesterday and a few other problems.

[gmax21]

Hi Dave,

Would this cause any security issues, ie would it allow people to use html when suggesting a category or anything?