Create a Drupal Block thats only visible on the front of the site

Posted May 13th, 2008 by david
  1. http://www.example.com/admin/build/block
  2. click add block (top left corner)
  3. fill out fields and save block
  4. your new block should now appear the bottom of the list in the "Disabled" section
  5. in the region column (middle), select the region you want the block to "live" in, regions are highlighted in yellow
  6. if you want it at the top on the side, select "left sidebar"
  7. if you want it at the top in the middle select "content top"
  8. click save blocks
  9. under the third column "operations" next to the block you just saved, click the configure link
  10. scroll down to where you see "pages" and in the box just below it type "<front>"
  11. this will make the block only visible on the front page
  12. click save block