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This is probably (hopefully) a simple question, but I can't figure it out: I'm trying to customize a theme to add a div/region for a "banner" that will display the title of the page on each page...except for the front page. The front page will have a similar "banner" but with different content, more like a promotional thing.

I thought the simplest way to include the banner with the title was simply to move the title rendering in the page.tpl.php:

  <div id="banner"><div class="section clearfix">
      <?php print render($title_prefix); ?>
      <?php if ($title): ?>
        <h1 class="title" id="page-title">
          <?php print $title; ?>
        </h1>
      <?php endif; ?>
      <?php print render($title_suffix); ?>
  </div></div>

This works fine, but then I will get it on the front page as well, and there I want it replaced by a similar banner but with custom content, preferably inserted by a custom block I will create.

How do I do this separately for the home/front page?

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You can differentiate a front page using drupal_is_front() API

<?php if(!drupal_is_front_page()):?>
 <div id="banner"><div class="section clearfix">
      <?php print render($title_prefix); ?>
      <?php if ($title): ?>
        <h1 class="title" id="page-title">
          <?php print $title; ?>
        </h1>
      <?php endif; ?>
      <?php print render($title_suffix); ?>
  </div></div> 
<?php endif;?>

Or you can create a new TPL page-front.tpl.php and omit this div element in that TPL so that it never gets printed. This TPL will be used for front page only.

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  • Ok, thanks. I think I like the first idea better. But in case I were to go with a separate template for the front, where do I specify that the front page should use that template? – Anders Svensson Jul 19 '12 at 9:30
  • Just put the new file in your theme folder and drupal will pick it up (i.e once you clear cache and visit admin/build/themes) – GoodSp33d Jul 19 '12 at 9:32
  • Ok, I just tried the first suggestion though, and when using it (with or without exclamation mark for is drupal front or is not drupal front, but either way I got a completely unstyled page as a result... so something must have gone wrong with the conditional here... – Anders Svensson Jul 19 '12 at 9:33
  • Ok i think your css depends on banner and some other IDs that are not getting printed modify if($title) like if($title && !drupal_is_front()) so that some divs gets printed and remove condition at top and last endif – GoodSp33d Jul 19 '12 at 9:36
  • Sorry, that didn't work. In fact, even this causes the problem: <?php if(!drupal_is_front()):?> <?php endif;?> – Anders Svensson Jul 19 '12 at 9:55
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You can create a page--front.tpl.php file in your theme. This file is the same as page.tpl.php but only for the front.

Remember clear cache after the creation of the file.

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