You need to copy this file:
ROOT/components/com_community/templates/default/frontpage.guests.php
to:
ROOT/templates/your-template/html/com_community (if you don't have "html" or "com_community" folders, feel free to create them).
Then edit file and replace this (starting from line 22 up to line 53:
<div class="row-fluid hero-area">
<div class="hero-area-wrapper">
<img class="hero-area-bg" src="<?php echo $heroImage; ?>"></img>
<div class="content hidden-phone">
<h1><?php echo JText::_('COM_COMMUNITY_GET_CONNECTED_TITLE'); ?></h1>
<div class="content-cta">
<div class="row-fluid">
<div class="span7">
<p><?php echo JText::_('COM_COMMUNITY_HERO_PARAGRAPH'); ?></p>
</div>
<div class="span4 offset1">
<?php if ($allowUserRegister) : ?>
<a class="btn btn-block btn-large btn-primary" href="<?php echo CRoute::_( 'index.php?option=com_community&view=register' , false ); ?>">
<?php echo JText::_('COM_COMMUNITY_JOIN_US_NOW'); ?>
</a>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="content visible-phone">
<?php if ($allowUserRegister) : ?>
<a class="btn btn-block btn-large btn-primary" href="<?php echo CRoute::_( 'index.php?option=com_community&view=register' , false ); ?>">
<?php echo JText::_('COM_COMMUNITY_JOIN_US_NOW'); ?>
</a>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
</div>
</div>
with this:
<div class="row-fluid hero-area">
<?php if($moduleCount > 0) { ?>
<div class="hero-area-wrapper-module">
<?php $this->renderModules('my_frontpage_module'); ?>
</div>
<?php } else { ?>
<div class="hero-area-wrapper">
<img class="hero-area-bg" src="<?php echo $heroImage; ?>"></img>
<div class="content hidden-phone">
<h1><?php echo JText::_('COM_COMMUNITY_GET_CONNECTED_TITLE'); ?></h1>
<div class="content-cta">
<div class="row-fluid">
<div class="span7">
<p><?php echo JText::_('COM_COMMUNITY_HERO_PARAGRAPH'); ?></p>
</div>
<div class="span4 offset1">
<?php if ($allowUserRegister) : ?>
<a class="btn btn-block btn-large btn-primary" href="<?php echo CRoute::_( 'index.php?option=com_community&view=register' , false ); ?>">
<?php echo JText::_('COM_COMMUNITY_JOIN_US_NOW'); ?>
</a>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class="content visible-phone">
<?php if ($allowUserRegister) : ?>
<a class="btn btn-block btn-large btn-primary" href="<?php echo CRoute::_( 'index.php?option=com_community&view=register' , false ); ?>">
<?php echo JText::_('COM_COMMUNITY_JOIN_US_NOW'); ?>
</a>
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php } ?>
</div>
And add this code in line 11 (right under defined('_JEXEC') or die(); located in line 10):
$moduleCount = count(JModuleHelper::getModules('my_frontpage_module'));
How does it work?
There is code that counts modules in certain position.
Then I created a condition if there is more than 0 modules assigned to position "my_frontpage_module". If yes, module is loaded and hero image is gone. If no modules are assigned - hero image is displayed.
You can replace "my_frontpage_module" position name with your own (remember to do it in all 3 places in code).
When assigning module to position, you'll need to type module position name as it will be not listed.
Code snippet is for JomSocial 3.2.1.4.
