Home page

Now we will create the home page. Delete the existing /Home page. Click the root and click New to create a new Page (menu item) document. Enter the page name Home and choose to create a blank page using the Simple layout:

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Click Save to create the page.

Now we will define a new HTML layout for our home page. Click the Home page. Switch to the Design tab and click the Edit layout () icon. Replace the default code with following code:

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<cc1:CMSWebPartZone ID="zoneCenter" runat="server" />

</td>

<cc1:CMSWebPartZone ID="zoneRight" runat="server" />

</td>

</tr>

</table>

Click Save to save the new layout and close the HTML layout editor. Add the Text -> Editable text web part into the zoneCenter web part zone. Set its properties:

•	Editable region title: Main text

•	Editable region height: 450

Click OK. Add another Text -> Editable text web part into the zoneRight web part zone and click OK. Set its properties:

•	Editable region title: Contact text

•	Editable region height: 100

Click OK. Click the Page tab. Now you can see that the page contains two editable regions. Enter the following text:

•	Main text: Here comes the welcome text.

•	Contact text: Call 800 111 2222

Click Save.

Click Live site and you will see the home page of your new web site:

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Configuring the web site home page

When the site visitor comes to the root of your web site (e.g. to http://www.example.com), the system needs to know which page should be displayed as a home page. Go to Site Manager -> Settings, select My web site in the Site drop-down menu, click Web site and make sure the value Default alias path is set to /Home, which is the alias path of our new home page. If not, please uncheck the Inherit from global settings box, enter the value and click Save.

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Page url: http://devnet.kentico.com/docs/tutorial/index.html?home_page.htm