Point Home page to Books index instead of Recently Viewed? #298

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OVERLORD · 2026-02-04T18:21:11+03:00

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 18:21:11 +03:00

Originally created by @lxtv on GitHub (Mar 22, 2017).

Hi; about to unleash Bookstack on my users as a Knowledge Base. I think they will find it more useful if they are presented with the list of available Books when visiting the home page, as opposed to Recently Viewed/Updated/Created etc. What's my best bet for making that happen? I tried swapping code from the books index blade to the home blade, but that broke the home page, so I know it's more complicated than that! Thanks for your assistance.

Originally created by @lxtv on GitHub (Mar 22, 2017). Hi; about to unleash Bookstack on my users as a Knowledge Base. I think they will find it more useful if they are presented with the list of available Books when visiting the home page, as opposed to Recently Viewed/Updated/Created etc. What's my best bet for making that happen? I tried swapping code from the books index blade to the home blade, but that broke the home page, so I know it's more complicated than that! Thanks for your assistance.

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2026-02-04 18:21:14 +03:00

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2026-02-04 18:21:21 +03:00

@nh-mike commented on GitHub (Mar 23, 2017):

+1, I would like to see this too even if it is something that needs to be configured manually.

I too am using Bookstack as a Knowledge Base.

@nh-mike commented on GitHub (Mar 23, 2017): +1, I would like to see this too even if it is something that needs to be configured manually. I too am using Bookstack as a Knowledge Base.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 18:21:27 +03:00

@lxtv commented on GitHub (Mar 27, 2017):

I don't even want to admit how much trial and error it took me to figure this out, but it's actually pretty simple:

In /var/www/bookstack/routes/web.php, change:

    // Other Pages
    Route::get('/', 'HomeController@index');

to

    // Other Pages
    Route::get('/', 'BookController@index');

So far it doesn't seem to have broken anything, but I'll chime in again if I find any gotchas.

@lxtv commented on GitHub (Mar 27, 2017): I don't even want to admit how much trial and error it took me to figure this out, but it's actually pretty simple: In /var/www/bookstack/routes/web.php, change: ``` // Other Pages Route::get('/', 'HomeController@index'); ``` to ``` // Other Pages Route::get('/', 'BookController@index'); ``` So far it doesn't seem to have broken anything, but I'll chime in again if I find any gotchas.

OVERLORD commented

2026-02-04 18:21:32 +03:00

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Apr 3, 2017):

Hi @lxtv, I like the solution you have found, Simple and clean. Just be wary when it comes to updating as it may either cause issues or be wiped.

I'm aware the home page could do with some improvement. There is already an issue open about impoving the homepage which can be found here. Since this issues overlaps that one I will close this issue but feel free to continue the discussion on #126.

@ssddanbrown commented on GitHub (Apr 3, 2017): Hi @lxtv, I like the solution you have found, Simple and clean. Just be wary when it comes to updating as it may either cause issues or be wiped. I'm aware the home page could do with some improvement. There is already an [issue open about impoving the homepage which can be found here](https://github.com/BookStackApp/BookStack/issues/126). Since this issues overlaps that one I will close this issue but feel free to continue the discussion on #126.

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Reference: starred/BookStack#298