# Designating a Front Page for your Site

## Goal

Configure which content item is displayed as the front page of your website.
## Site prerequisites

The content item that you want to designate as the front page of your site must
exist. See [Creating a Content Item](/link/713).
## Steps

1. In the _Manage_ administrative menu, navigate to _Configuration_ > _System_ >
    _Basic site settings_ (_admin/config/system/site-information_).
1. Under _Front page_, replace _/node_ with the name of the page you
    would like to make the home page. To use the home page that was previously
    created, provide its path _/home_. Click _Save configuration_.
    !['FRONT PAGE' area with /home in text field](https://docs.cocobook.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-10/menu-home-new-text-field.png)
1. Navigate to the home page to verify that it displays content as configured by
    you.
    <img src="https://docs.cocobook.com/uploads/images/gallery/2026-10/menu-home-final.png" alt="'FRONT PAGE' with 'Home' (Basic page) content added" width="100%" />

## Expand your understanding

* [Adding a Page to the Navigation](/link/717)
* Follow [Creating a Content Item](/link/713) to create an error page to be used as a 404 (page
not found) or 403 (not authorized) response on your site. Then following the
steps here, you can designate it as the error response, in the _Error pages_
section of the configuration.
## Related concepts

[Concept: Menu](/link/716)
## Videos

[Designating a Front Page for Your Site](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOL8arBYpJ4)