{"id":2275,"date":"2013-03-08T16:40:08","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T16:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2013\/03\/08\/home-page\/"},"modified":"2024-03-11T11:00:49","modified_gmt":"2024-03-11T15:00:49","slug":"home-page","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/movable-type\/home-page\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Set Your Movable Type Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>In this tutorial we will show you how to set your home page for Movable Type. Movable Type creates a Main Index page by default, we will remove this page and set a page you created as the main page.<\/div>\n<h2>Setting Your Homepage:<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/movable-type\/create-new-page\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Create a page in Movable Type<\/a> you want to be your homepage.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>Pages<\/strong> link in the navigation menu, then click your page on the list.<\/li>\n<li>In the publishing section on the right, click the <strong>Edit<\/strong> button under Filename.<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/movable-type_edit-filename.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/movable-type_edit-filename.png\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"editing the filename in movable type dashboard\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/movable-type_edit-filename.png 240w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/movable-type_edit-filename-184x300.png 184w\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Replace the filename with \u201cindex\u201d (be sure to use all lower case letters). Then click the <strong>Update<\/strong> button.<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/movable-type_update-filename.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"saving index.html filename in movable type\" class=\"std_ss\" height=\"393\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/movable-type_update-filename.png\" style=\"margin: 15px;\" width=\"241\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Click the <strong>Design<\/strong> link in the navigation menu. In the <em>Index Templates<\/em> section, click the check box beside the <strong>Main Index<\/strong> option, then click the <strong>Delete<\/strong> button.<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/movable-type_delete-main-index.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"removing the default index page from the template\" class=\"std_ss\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/movable-type_delete-main-index.png\" style=\"margin: 15px;\" width=\"571\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click the <strong>Pages<\/strong> link in the navigation menu, then select all pages and click the <strong>Publish<\/strong> button.<br><a href=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/movable-type_publish-all-pages.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"republishing all of the pages in movable type\" class=\"std_ss\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/movable-type_publish-all-pages.png\" style=\"margin: 15px;\" width=\"336\"><\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>A message will pop up asking \u201cAre you sure you want to publish this page?\u201d click the <strong>OK<\/strong> button. The page you renamed index in Step 4 will now be your homepage.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>Congratulations, now you know how to set your homepage in Movable Type!<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this tutorial we will show you how to set your home page for Movable Type. Movable Type creates a Main Index page by default, we will remove this page and set a page you created as the main page. 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