Homepage Overview
Navigate to Content > Pages > Index
NOTE: You cannot change the name of the Index page. The INDEX template is your home template and assigned automatically to your home page. This templates operates the same as your "Subpage Fullwidth" template.
The home page (Index) works using various modules and elements throughout Ekklesia. The basics are:
- Header: Logo, navigation, and search
- Header area: three options - header image, background video, or image rotator
- Sections: nine fullwidth sections available (utilizing monklets)
- Footer: church information, social media links, sitemap, quick links, and newsletter sign up (utilizing monklets and sections)
Header Area
The header options for your homepage are the same for your subpage templates: static image, looping/muted background video or image rotator.
Header Overlay
The "Header Overlay" check box will add a dark color over to your static image or background video. When using a rotator, the "Slide Overlay" check box can be added per slide.
Header Text
With a static image or background video, the "Header Text" field in your page settings can be used to add content overtop of the header spot (ie: text, buttons, etc.)
Note: the "Header Overlay" and "Header Text" fields will not be used with the image rotator option. The text overlay and additional settings pull from each rotator slide.
For the rotator options, see more info here >>
Sections
Your homepage includes 9 sections and utilizing monklets designed for your custom homepage.
You can rearrange, remove, or replace any of these sections as you'd like, at the very bottom of the page editor. Leaving any of the Section fields blank won't cause an issue - you can choose to make your homepage as long or as short as you'd like.
Homepage Sections Overview
STEP 1: The content for each box is managed in the following sections:
- Home Visit - Column 1
- Home Visit - Column 2
STEP 2: The columns and buttons are managed under Content > Link Lists > Visit Links
Displays a row of banners from a link list and each link within the list represents a column. The description field of the link displays in the column area, and the url and button text fields control the button.
The description field includes the slug title of the corresponding section where the content is managed, ex: {{home-visit-column-1}}
Within the "Home - Visit" section, the "Section Monklet - Visit Links" monklet is used. You can use the "find_category" or "find_group" to display articles for a specific category or group.
ex: {{section-monklet-latest-sermon|find_group="cambridge"}}
The "Join Us Every Sunday" is managed in the section content field. The "Background Angle Left" section category is added, and background image field is used.
Content > Sermons
Displays the image, title, series, date and summary for your latest message.
Within the "Home - Sermon" section, the "Section Monklet - Recent Sermon" monklet is added in the content field. The "find" parameter is needed in order to specify which link list to use.
ex: {{section-monklet-visit-links|find="visit-links"}}
The "Latest Sermon" title is hard coded in the monklet. The "View All Sermons" link is managed in the content field.
Content > Link Lists > Home Banners
Within each item, the following fields are used: name, link, image, description and subtitle. The subtitle will display as the text overlay for each banner item.
Within the Home - Banners section, the monklet labeled "Section Monklet - Linklist Fullwidth Columns" is added in the content field. The "find" parameter is needed in order to specify which link list to use.
ex: {{section-monklet-linklist-fullwidth-columns|find="home-banners"}}
**No other section options or content should be used with this section. It should be the monklet only.
Events > Events
Displays a rotator of the six most recent events published as featured
Within the Home - Events section, the monklet labeled "Section Monklet - Featured Events" is added in the content field. You can use the "find_category" or "find_group" to display events for a specific category or group.
ex: {{section-monklet-featured-events|find_category="churchwide"}}
The "Background Angle Right" category option is added, and the background image field is used. The "Upcoming Events" title is hard coded into the monklet.
Content > Articles
Displays the image, title, category, series, date, author and summary for your latest article. There are two versions available:
- Section Monklet - Latest Article Left Image -> displays the image on the left and article details on the right (this is the default setup on the homepage)
- Section Monklet - Latest Article -> displays the article details on the left and image on the right
Within the Home - Article section, the monklet labeled "Section Monklet - Latest Article Left Image" is added in the content field. You can use the "find_category" or "find_group" to display events for a specific category or group.
ex: {{section-monklet-latest-article-left-image|find_category="discipleship"}}
The "View All Articles" link is managed in the content field of the section.
This is a freeform content section, so any text, images, links, etc. are managed in the content field.
For this section, the following section options are used:
- Animation Squares Off
- Background Angle Left
- Contain Background Image
The background color, background image and large padding fields are also used.