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There are many situations in which a joomla developer needs to know if the code is being shown / executed in the main page. This is, the “context” in which the code is executed. For instance, if you want to use a different template for the frontpage and another for other visualizations (custom frontpage). Or if you only want a plugin to be shown if the page is not frontpage.

How is this done?

Joomla 1.0.*

<?php if($_REQUEST['option']=="com_frontpage" || !isset($_REQUEST['option'])){?>
Have the HTML code for the homepage layout
<? }
else{?>
Have HTML code for the rest of the pages
<?php } ?>

Joomla 1.5.*

<?php if($_REQUEST['view']=="frontpage") {?>
Have the HTML code for the homepage layout
<? }
else{?>
Have HTML code for the rest of the pages
<?php } ?>

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