How to make the homepage the blog?

[fullStackDataSolutions]

I'm new to Astro but I've been Next for a long time.

How do I make the blog use the homepage "/" as it's default page?

I tried to add that in the settings, but it still showed whatever I had on the index page.

[prototypa]

Hello @blazestudios23

To do this just delete the home page that comes with AstroWind index.astro (or rename it) and then go to the AstroWind configuration and in the blog / list settings instead of "blog" change it to ""

Ex:

const CONFIG = {
  // ..

  blog: {
     // ..

    list: {
      pathname: '', // -> This
      noindex: false,
      disabled: false,
    },

    // ..
  },
};

[abhinavkakku]

hey @prototypa ,
this does not works on github pages or gitlab pages.

Is there a fix ?

This has been working on local builds but redirection does not happens when I set blog as default home like you have advised above.

[abhinavkakku]

@prototypa this does not seems to work when deployed on github-pages or gitlab pages.

I was trying on local builds, works perfectly fine,
but on github pages, the blog-list takes home path when edited as you said,
but home does not displays the blog list as intended.
just for example I have it set at ethicalhackx.github.io

`apps:
blog:
isEnabled: true
postsPerPage: 10

post:
  isEnabled: true
  permalink: '/%slug%' # Variables: %slug%, %year%, %month%, %day%, %hour%, %minute%, %second%, %category%
  robots:
    index: true

list:
  isEnabled: true
  pathname: '' # Blog main path, you can change this to "articles" (/articles)
  robots:
    index: true`

[abhinavkakku]

This configuration changes works on local builds, but fails on gitlab pages.

On gitlab pages when deployed with official workflow, the blog list home page is not loaded as homepage, instead the default astrowind landing-page is loaded as homepage

[prototypa]

Hi @fullStackDataSolutions and @abhinavkakku

Example of AstroWind in github pages:

• Demo: https://prototypa.github.io/astrowind/
• Repo: https://github.com/prototypa/astrowind

Steps:

1. In config.yaml replace apps.blog.list.pathname to ''
2. In config.yaml replace site.site and site.base to corresponding values in github pages (Ex: https://prototypa.github.io and /astrowind)
3. Add .nojekyll to public/ folder
4. Create github actions to auto deploy to github pages

[abhinavkakku]

@prototypa thanks, suggesting here to add another step to this -> removing the default index page or renaming it ( if it is not already mentioned), Figured out doing so solved it for me.
in future releases maybe there is more clarity on this.
Thanks for solving this.