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title: "How to Change Your Front Page in Drupal"
description: "By default, the main page of Drupal 8 is set up to perform much like the front page of a blog. It displays excerpts of nodes that have been promoted and allows the visitor to click on them to view..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/drupal/drupal-change-front-page/
date: 2013-06-06
modified: 2023-10-12
author: "Scott Mitchell"
categories: ["Drupal"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to Change Your Front Page in Drupal

By default, the main page of Drupal 8 is set up to perform much like the front page of a blog. It displays excerpts of nodes that have [been promoted](/support/edu/drupal/promote-content/) and allows the visitor to click on them to view the entire node. However, you may wish to have a custom static page on your site instead. This article will guide you through the process of changing the front page of your Drupal 8 website.

## How to Change Your Front Page in Drupal

1. [Log into your Drupal administration dashboard](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/drupal/how-to-log-into-the-drupal-admin-dashboard/).
2. [![select menu option](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-menu.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-menu.png) From the main menu across the top, select the **Menu** option.
3. [![select configuration from the secondary toolbar](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-configuration.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_Drupal-8__common-images_select-configuration.png) A secondary menu will appear under the first. Click on the **Configuration** button
4. [![click on site information section](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_Drupal-8_103_change-front-page_site-information.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_Drupal-8_103_change-front-page_site-information.png) A list of categories will appear. Click on the **Site Information** section under the *Systems* category.
5. [![enter the new front page node name](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_Drupal-8_103_change-front-page_enter-new-front-page-path.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_Drupal-8_103_change-front-page_enter-new-front-page-path.png) The *Site Information* settings page will appear. From here, locate the **Front Page** section and you will see the **Default front page** field. From here you will see the default *node* setting. You can replace that with the name of the node you want to display as the front page. In our case, we have an article node named *intro* that we wish to display.
6. After entering your chosen node, click on the **Save Configuration** Below you can see the default excerpt list and then the Introduction page that we appointed to be the front page. Before After [![front page before the change](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_Drupal-8_103_change-front-page_before.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_Drupal-8_103_change-front-page_before.png) [![front page after the intro page is assigned](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_Drupal-8_103_change-front-page_after.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/edu_Drupal-8_103_change-front-page_after.png)