Set Front Page in Drupal

Publishing to the Front Page

Many articles of content you create may not qualify as 'good enough' to be the first thing your visitors see. However, when it is, Drupal provides a good solution for you.
When adding content, scroll down to the bottom of the page and select 'Publishing Options'. You will notice that you get a new set of check boxes. Now you can select 'Published to the Front Page' and Drupal will automatically 'tag' your post to display on the Default Front Page. Each article/blog-post/etc that has 'Published to the Front Page' selected will be displayed from newest to oldest.

Placing a Specific Piece of Content at the top of your Home Page

Many websites will choose to place a 'Welcome' message at the top of their front-page, or perhaps you as the designer have a certain piece of content you want everyone who visits your page to see every time.
When adding content, scroll down to the bottom of the page and select 'Publishing Options'. You will notice that you get a new set of check boxes. Now you can select 'Sticky at the top of Lists' and Drupal will automatically 'tag' your post to display at the top of the Default Front Page.

Selecting Your Own Default Front Page

After creating your content, you can make one of those items your home page. Go to the page you would like to use and note the URL (usually node/1 for your first content-page created).
The URL must be the system URL (eg "node/1"), not an alias such as that generated by another module or one you've assigned to a node yourself ("pretty-url-1.html").