{"id":3861,"date":"2024-02-20T16:00:54","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T21:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/?post_type=reference-article&#038;p=3861"},"modified":"2026-02-27T17:36:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T22:36:06","slug":"homepage-configuration","status":"publish","type":"reference-article","link":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/reference-article\/homepage-configuration\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage Configuration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A custom-looking homepage can be easily built through creative configuration of regular&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20210325073217\/https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/platforms\/nc-state-theme\/blocks\/\">theme blocks<\/a>&nbsp;and special homepage blocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Changing the Page Template<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The homepage uses a different page template. To change the template, go to \u201cDocument\u201d in the right-hand settings panel. Then go to Page Attributes -&gt; Template and change the template to \u201cHomepage.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Header<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are two recommended header options for a homepage. Those options include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Floating Box Header: This header displays a still image or silent video footage at 100% of the page width. A callout box can also be laid on top of the imagery with a call-to-action to another page of your site.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Split Header: This header displays as a 50-50 split between a still image and text on top of a colored background.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Page Body<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The special homepage blocks sit within a container known as a <a href=\"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/reference-article\/split-container-block\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/reference-article\/split-container-block\/\">Split Content block<\/a>. Two blocks can be put in the Split Content block because each block has a width of only 50% of the page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"availability":[49,73],"content-type":[75],"class_list":["post-3861","reference-article","type-reference-article","status-publish","hentry","availability-nc-state-theme","availability-nc-state-theme-v3","content-type-site-settings"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reference-article\/3861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reference-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/reference-article"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reference-article\/3861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39329,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/reference-article\/3861\/revisions\/39329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"availability","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/availability?post=3861"},{"taxonomy":"content-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type?post=3861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}