Homepage
A homepage is typically the first asset a visitor sees when arriving at your domain. Homepages have attractive text and media to increase engagement with the visitor.
For a wire frame example of what this content type can look like on your site, see Homepage design.
To create a homepage:
- In the header, click .
- From the Create list, select Homepage.
- Using the following table as a reference, complete the fields as needed.
- Complete your site's workflow and publish the homepage.
Homepage fields
Click each tab below to see a description of the associated fields.
| Field | Description |
| Internal Name | Enter an internal name for this asset. Brightspot uses this name internally, such as in the search panel and recent activity widget. This name is not visible to visitors to your site. |
| Content | Enter the asset's content by selecting and configuring a module. The module is visible to the visitors to your site. For more information, see Modules. |
| Field | Description |
| Title | Text appearing in the asset's <title> tag. Brightspot automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by entering a new title. |
| Suppress SEO Display Name | If toggled on, your site's name will not appear in the <title> tag and subsequently in search results. |
| Description | Text appearing in the asset's <meta name="description"> tag. Brightspot automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by entering a new description. |
| Robots | Text appearing in the item’s <meta name="robots"> tag. For an explanation of the available options, see Robots Meta Directives. |
| AMP Disabled | Toggle on to disable generation of an AMP version of this asset. For details, see AMP. |
Logos & Icons Overrides
| Field | Description |
| Logo | Select a new image to serve as the logo that displays on this asset. For information about creating a logo, see Image Logo. |
| News Publisher Logo | Select a new image to serve as the news publisher logo that displays on this asset. |
Layout Overrides
| Field | Description |
| Hat | Select one of the options to override the inherited hat. For details, see Creating a hat. |
| Navigation | Select one of the options to override the inherited navigation. For details, see Creating a navigation. |
| Banner | Select one of the options to override the inherited banner. For details, see Applying a breaking news banner. |
| Footer | Select one of the options to override the inherited footer. For details, see Creating a footer. |
| Above | Select one of the options to override the inherited Above layout block. For details, see Above, Aside, and Below layout blocks. |
| Below | Select one of the options to override the inherited Below layout block. For details, see Above, Aside, and Below layout blocks. |
Share Overrides
| Field | Description |
| Share Title | Text appearing in the asset's title when a visitor shares the asset. automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by entering a new title. |
| Share Description | Text appearing in the asset's description when a visitor shares the asset. automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by entering a new description. |
| Share Image | Image appearing in the asset's image when a visitor shares the asset. automatically populates this field from data on the Main tab, and you can override this as needed by selecting a new image. |
Site Map
| Field | Description |
| Change Frequency | Select an option from the list to denote how frequently the page is likely to change. This value provides general information to search engines and may not correlate exactly to how often search engines crawl this asset. See the <changefreq> tag definition in Sitemaps XML format. |
| Priority | Enter a value to designate this asset's priority over other URLs on your site. Valid values are 0.0 to 1.0. This allows you to relay to search engines which pages you deem most important for crawlers. For more information, see the <priority> tag definition in Sitemaps XML format. |
RSS Settings
| Field | Description |
| Disable Feed | Toggle on to remove this asset's RSS feed. (A visitor's RSS reader may retain a previously retrieved feed.) |
| Render Full Content | Toggle on to deliver an asset's entire text—not just the title or headline—to the RSS feed as plain text. |
| Enabled Feed Item Types | Select the content types to which these settings apply, or leave blank to apply the settings to all content types. For example, if you are publishing a section, you can select Article in this field so that these settings apply only to articles with a section. |
| Field | Description |
| Locale | Sets the content's locale. This setting can also be used to auto-localize content based on the users requested locale. |
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