Thought I would write a small article to help with anyone wondering why on earth a product as large or as mature as Magento latest version (2.2) Still won't allow you to add a 'Home' button onto the menu system.
It requires mod_rewrite on your php installation which most do as standard, and adding only one line. Crazy I had to do this but hey!
- Setup the home link via shop categories as normal. In admin goto Catalog - > Categories -> and click 'Add new subcategory'. (see below image)
- Add the URL key as 'home'
- Your .htaccess should look like this - last line is the NEW piece of code required in bold. Just change to your website name
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c> ############################################ ## enable rewrites Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine on ############################################ ## you can put here your magento root folder ## path relative to web root #RewriteBase /magento/ <b>RedirectMatch permanent ^/home.*$ http://www.NAME_OF_YOUR_website.com</b>
Apparently earlier versions of Magento would allow you to use the seo url rewriter lurking in the admin to do this. Great except not for latest version - how silly!
