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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_EditLayout) icon. Replace the default code with following code:

 

<table style="width:100%;height:500px;border: 0px">

      <tr valign="top">

          <!-- left column -->

          <td style="width:280px" class="HomePageLeftColumn">                  

          </td>

          <!-- center column -->

          <td style="padding: 3px 5px 0px 5px;width:450px;">

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

           </td>

          <!-- right column -->

          <td style="padding: 3px 0px 0px 5px;width:270px">

           <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.mydomain.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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