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Simple Usability Question

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  • May 29, 2020 at 9:41 pm #2840
    Avatar photo[anonymous]

    Hello folks, I’m very new in the Publii world and I’m not a technical person. According to Publii’s slogan, this platform is also for beginners but that is proving quite the opposite so far. I am using the Simple Theme right now because it is the only free one with a top banner in the homepage.

    I want a simple website with a simple menu that contains 4 options: home, about me, portfolio, rates. It seems everything is done by posts so that is what I did. Created my menus and linked them to the corresponding post. Now I have three very specific questions on how to make it all flow better:

    • I am unable to see an item in my menu called “Home”. Even though clicking in the name of the site will take the user there, users are used to a home page. Is it possible to add one without having dupes and affecting my SEO?
    • I don’t want top banners for all of my pages just for the main page – how can I remove the banner from the rest of the pages?
    • Is there an easy way to add a contact form in Publii websites?

    Thanks so much in advance 😉

    May 30, 2020 at 4:01 am #2841
    Avatar photoBob
    [anonymous] wrote:

    According to Publii’s slogan, this platform is also for beginners but that is proving quite the opposite so far.

    Are you talking about the use or customization? If the first one is not too easy for you should consider changing the platform.

    [anonymous] wrote:

    I am unable to see an item in my menu called “Home”. Even though clicking in the name of the site will take the user there, users are used to a home page. Is it possible to add one without having dupes and affecting my SEO?

    Its a good UX solution and that can only increase the value of your site in terms of SEO.

    [anonymous] wrote:

    I don’t want top banners for all of my pages just for the main page – how can I remove the banner from the rest of the pages?

    It requires a change in core theme files.

    [anonymous] wrote:

    Is there an easy way to add a contact form in Publii websites?

    It depends on what hosting option you use; anyway have a look at https://serverless.css-tricks.com/services/forms

    May 30, 2020 at 11:33 am #2846
    Avatar photo[anonymous]

    Thanks so much Bob! This is very helpful 🙂