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With the v2.10 release of Metro Publisher, there is a new version of the homepage editor.

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Automated Homepage Editor

The homepage editor allows options for automating or manually selecting the content that appears on your homepage:

1. Days of the Week: Your site can have a different Homepage for each day of the week, allowing you to plan in advance what your site visitors will see on Wednesday versus Thursday. This functionality enables your site to look fresh all week. Different looks can be accomplished with small changes; using different headline photos each day, swapping out different stories, or featuring different teaser Sprockets provides a new fresh look daily.
   
   By default the page opens to the current day of the week.
   
   
2. Copy: If you want all days of the week to have the same homepage configuration, here you may copy your changes to the rest of the week.
3. Headline Stories: Here you can configure automation rules for the content that appears as Headline Stories on the homepage.
• Auto Headlines:  Check to use automation. Un-check to use manual function.
• Number of Headline Stories: Select the maximum number of headline stories to appear. (Max = 8)
• Tags: Use tags to filter stories. By default, content will be included by tag.
• Exclude content with this tag(s): If you would like to exclude content by tag.
  
  
4. Featured Stories: Here you can configure automation rules for the content that appears as Featured Stories on the homepage.
   • Auto Headlines:  Check to use automation. Un-check to use manual function.
   • Number of Headline Stories: Select the maximum number of headline stories to appear. (Max = 8)
   • Tags: Use tags to filter stories. By default, content will be included by tag.
   • Exclude content with this tag(s): If you would like to exclude content by tag.
5. Sprockets: Add new sprockets or edit existing ones for the right and left columns on the homepage here.
   
   A couple things to note:
   
   • Left Rail Sprockets:  If may choose not to insert sprockets into the left rail. In that case, the featured stories stories will automatically stretch to fill the space. 
   • Editing Sprockets: Sprockets are centrally managed under the section called "Sprockets" in your work site. As a convenience, you may edit the sprockets you've placed in the homepage here. But, keep in mind that if these sprockets have also been placed in other sections of your site, any changes oyu make here will also effect those sprockets.