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I'm using the Menu Block content type to provide a list of the secondary level menu items down the left hand side of the website.

it works perfectly other than on the front page where I can't seem to make the menu Block display.

I'm using a Theme heavily based on Bartik (just with logos and colours changed), I can't find a specific front page template and have no idea what else to do.

I have changed the site configuration to use a basic page as the Home Page (but with this or the default home page it still doesn't work.

Anyone got any suggestions please?

Dave

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  • How are your block visibility options ? Have you checked the 'Show on every page except listed' option ? – Countzero Feb 24 '12 at 15:31
  • Thanks for the suggestion - I did check that, at the moment it is set to show on all pages except listed, with nothing in the list. – Dave Feb 24 '12 at 16:45
  • OK so that's definitely not the problem. Did you edit the front page template ? I would check that the region where the block belongs is correctly printed, for example by assigning another block to the same region and see what happens. – Countzero Feb 24 '12 at 16:51
  • Can you test to see if you can get another type of block to show up on the home page? That would rule out it's a specific issue with Menu Block. Also, what if you switch to another theme temporarily, again for ruling things out / testing. – Danny Englander Feb 24 '12 at 16:55
  • nice idea.The search bar appears as it should and if I move it from sidebar first then it disappears, I've also checked that the Menu exists etc. – Dave Feb 24 '12 at 21:54
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This sounds like a bug that I ran into myself and has been brought up here: http://drupal.org/node/1468420 (submenus of a parent menu item that links to the front page (<front>) do not show when viewing the site's front page). At the time of writing the bug has not been fixed, but there are 2 workarounds that might help you out:

  1. Set the menu link with the <front> path to 'show as expanded'.
  2. Do not use <front> as the menu link path, but instead use your actual front page path (same as in 'admin/config/system/site-information').
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  • Nasty bug, this, but your solution worked perfectly for me. Thanks! – John McCollum Dec 17 '12 at 10:36
  • Set the menu link with the <front> path to 'show as expanded' is enough for me to make it working – Matoeil Mar 24 '15 at 16:29

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