CMS page as homepage

[SHIROKO]

Hello all,

 

How can I set a CMS page as homepage on prestashop 1.6 please ?

[vekia]

hello

perhaps this will meet your requirements?
https://www.prestashop.com/forums/topic/245898-module-cms-page-content-on-homepage-free/

[SHIROKO]

Hi vekia,
 
Thanks for your input. Looks like the module adds the contrent of a cms page into my homepage.
What i'd like is to define a CMS page as home page
 
The idea behind this is to have a "traditionnal website" with a shop, the menu would look like this :
 
Index / Home page (cms page) / About us (cms page) / Contact us / Shop (Prestashop index page)
 
Is it possible ?

[vekia]

if you want to create a cms page as a shop homepage - it is possible but only with controller modification.

for example, we have CMS page with ID 4. and we want to use it as a homapge.

 

 

go to:

controllers/front/IndexController.php

 

replace contents of this file with:
 

<?php
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class IndexControllerCore extends FrontController
{
	public $php_self = 'cms';
	public $assignCase;
	public $cms;
	public $cms_category;
	public $ssl = false;

	public function canonicalRedirection($canonicalURL = '')
	{
		if (Tools::getValue('live_edit'))
			return;
		if (Validate::isLoadedObject($this->cms) && ($canonicalURL = $this->context->link->getCMSLink($this->cms, $this->cms->link_rewrite, $this->ssl)))
			parent::canonicalRedirection($canonicalURL);
		elseif (Validate::isLoadedObject($this->cms_category) && ($canonicalURL = $this->context->link->getCMSCategoryLink($this->cms_category)))
			parent::canonicalRedirection($canonicalURL);
	}

	/**
	 * Initialize cms controller
	 * @see FrontController::init()
	 */
	public function init()
	{


		parent::init();


	}

	public function setMedia()
	{
		parent::setMedia();

		if ($this->assignCase == 1)
			$this->addJS(_THEME_JS_DIR_.'cms.js');

		$this->addCSS(_THEME_CSS_DIR_.'cms.css');
	}

	/**
	 * Assign template vars related to page content
	 * @see FrontController::initContent()
	 */
	public function initContent()
	{
		parent::initContent();
        $id_cms=4;
            $this->cms = new CMS($id_cms, $this->context->language->id);
			$this->context->smarty->assign(array(
				'cms' => $this->cms,
				'content_only' => (int)Tools::getValue('content_only'),
				'path' => $path,
				'body_classes' => array($this->php_self.'-'.$this->cms->id, $this->php_self.'-'.$this->cms->link_rewrite)
			));


		$this->setTemplate(_PS_THEME_DIR_.'cms.tpl');
	}
}

you can find there code: $id_cms=4;

 

just change value of this variable to display another cms page. (4 is a id of cms page)

[SHIROKO]

Hi Vekia, it works great tyvm !

 

But now, how would I make a link to old index in my horizontal menu ?

Index (cms page) / About us (cms page) / Contact us (cms page) / Visit our Shop (Prestashop index page)

 

I'd like a traditional website to present our company + a store (as catalog).

 

Cheers

[vekia]

hello

i don't understand this part, or it's to obious for me ;-)

you just simply want to create "home" link that will redirect to homepage (cms page) ?

[freelance-web]

Hello Ambassadors, y was looking for a script like this one

to remplace the traditional index by a CMS page.

Work good

I use prestashop 1.6.1.3

Any solution?

Best regards

Edited January 3, 2016 by lestyx (see edit history)

[freelance-web]

First of all Happy New Year!

 

I understand the issue of Kuroko and indeed I have the same question.

After you change the default home page with your sript to a CMS page, how to create a link in the menu pointing to the home page by default of prestashop, not the cms home page ? I am clear !!!!

Edited January 3, 2016 by lestyx (see edit history)

[vekia]

just type url to your shop front office main page and this should be enough to create "homepage" menu item

[freelance-web]

I expressed myself badly, sorry.

 

My question is:

 

before the change of "IndexController.php" the index of my site was the home page the default index page off prestashop,

after editing the file "IndexController.php"

how can I call home page the default index page off prestashop? not the new cms page

 

creating a second "IndexController.php" as IndexController2.php ???

Edited January 4, 2016 by lestyx (see edit history)

[emilyoct]

I am having same questions as well.

 

Thank you to vekia, I got the cms page as homepage now, but I lost the old default homepage link, can you please help, what should I do to get the old default homepage to become the Shop menu button link please?

 

just type url to your shop front office main page and this should be enough to create "homepage" menu item

Edited September 8, 2016 by emilyoct (see edit history)

[mansour codes]

I have the same question

how to create a prestashop with this menu 

 

Home (cms page) / About us (cms page) / Contact us (cms page) / Visit our Shop (Prestashop index page)

I thinks the request as very clear

However I find something usefull but I could not apply it 😕

Here: https://www.brontobytes.com/knowledgebase/202/.htaccess-URL-Masking-Examples.html?language=english&currency=7

Quote

Example 1

#Show content from a different path on the same domain
#This way each time someone accesses yourdomain.com/path the actual content that will be displayed will be for yourdomain.com/different/path while the URL will remain unchanged.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^path/?$ /different/path/
 

Example 2

#Redirect and keep everything after the URL
#Visit yourdomainA.com/page and it will show the content from yourdomainB.com/page
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourdomainA.com
RewriteRule ^(.*) http://www.yourdomainB.com/$1 [P]

Can any one apply it ?