Front page settings

Full site name

The full name of your Totara site.

Your site full name will also be displayed across your browser tab(s).

Short name for site

The short name appears at the beginning of the navigation bar as a link back to your site front page.

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Front page summary

An optional setting enabling you to add a short description of your site in a block on the front page.

This summary can be displayed on the front page using the Course/site summary block.

Include a topic section

This adds a single topic section to the centre top of the front page.

When editing is turned on, resources and/or activities can be added to the topic section using the Add an activity or resource option.

Number of announcements  

The number of Site Announcement forum posts shown on the front page

Select Add a new topic... within the Latest announcement block to add new announcements.

Default frontpage role  

Set the default role all authenticated users will be assigned when viewing the Front page.

Please see the roles documentation for more information on assigning and managing front page roles.

Display an add course button

Check this box to add an Add a new course button to the front page.

The Add a new course button displays above the front page centre block region (when editing is switched on).