Making a CMS page the homepage

[test312]

Hey guys! 

I'm trying to set a CMS page as homepage in my Prestashop 1.6 but i can't find the way to achieve it.

Things i've tried:

1. This free module: https://mypresta.eu/modules/front-office-features/cms-on-homepage.html
2. Replace the index.php with cms.php as i saw a post in internet.

 

But none of them worked for me. Has someone achieved this? I believe lots of people have this problem but i can't find more information in the net.

Thanks!!

[Whiley]

First you create your cms page, then you open this cms-page in your browser and then you copy the whole url to your clipboard (ctr c)

(something like http://yourdomain.tld/xxx/yourcms)

Then you open the file:

/controllers/front/IndexController.php

at about line 37 you find:

parent::initContent();
$this->addJS(_THEME_JS_DIR_.'index.js');

between this to lines you insert:

Tools::redirect('http://yourdomain.tld/xxx/yourcms');

(the red part is that what you have copied to your clipboard before

Now it looks like :

parent::initContent();
Tools::redirect('http://yourdomain.tld/xxx/yourcms');
$this->addJS(_THEME_JS_DIR_.'index.js');

Then save the IndexController.php and clear the cache.

 

regards
Whiley

[ventura]

This will be a better practice to add a redirection in the controller with the Tools instance

Tools::redirect($link->getCmsLink(5));

5 it´s the CMS id

[test312]

Thanks for your replies guys! I managed to get it working 

[Eddy]

Hi,

I have a related question, how do you link to the classic home page in the menu?

Thanks

[Alessandro]

Hi,

The solution proposed does use a cms page as the index, but is shows the cms url.

Is it possible to keep the default index url?