Configuring Your New Hub

HUBzero® Platform for Scientific Collaboration

1Copyright © 2012HUBzero Foundation, LLC

Configuring Your New Hub

Erich HuebnerHUB Liaison, HUBzero® Platform for Scientific Collaboration

HUBbub 2013Purdue University

Copyright © 2012HUBzero Foundation, LLC 2

Two Sides

“Front End”What end users see

“Back End”What Hub Administrators see


Change the hub name


Change the hub style (template)

List of installed templates

Star marksactive template

Choose another and save


Same site, different templates

hubbasic2013 hubbasic

Create your own templates:https://hubzero.org/documentation/


Changing “static” pages

See this page on the front end?



Edit this page on the back end…




Changing “static” pagesReload the pageon the front endto see the effect


Change the front page

See instructions about changingthe home page here here

Don’t be fooled by various placesin the back end that say “front page.”

Here’s how it works…



Star markscurrent home page



“welcome” module

module position:featureLeft

module position:featureMiddle

module position:featureRight

Front page is an“article” with lotsof embeddedmodules


Front page is an “article”

module position

hard-coded text


Exploring modules

Find the “welcome”module on the

back end


Edit the “welcome” textChange themodule on theback end…

…See thechange on thefront page


Create new modulesFrom the module manager…

Choosemoduletype

Edit modulepropertiesand position


Create new modulesNew module showsup in “featureLeft”position

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