page definition for home page

[Matthew Page]

Hi,

I am creating a simple app that contains a single custom component.
I would like my component to reside on the home page.
My scaffolded app output pages/home.md

Which looks sorta like this:

---
title: Home
page_def:
phone: home-phone
tablet: home-tablet
---

It did not output a page definitions for home. That is, the pages_defs
folder is empty.

The docs (http://mulberry.toura.com/docs/page-definitions.html) say:

"If you specify a page_def that does not exist, the page will not be
displayed in your app. If you do not specify a page_def, then the
built-in default page_def will be used."

Since the pagedef doesn't exist and I need a custom component to
reside on the page, should I just create a couple page definitions
called "home_phone" and "home_tablet"?

Thanks!

[Rebecca Murphey]

Yes, what you'll want to do is run:

mulberry create page_def my-page-def 

(or similar)

That will create a new file in your project's page_defs directory, which you can then edit to include your custom component. You'll need to edit your page file, too, to tell it to use that new page definition.

We're working on making this way simpler! In the meantime, though, take a peek at the Todos app's page defs, specifically https://github.com/Toura/mulberry-demos/blob/master/todos/page_defs/todos.yml, which is what's used on the home page of that app. 

Hope this helps!

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