Since I am not a developer I was hoping to move to IPS5 with zero or as few as possible template code modifications. I would like to only use the front end theme and page editors.

I am under the assumption that that the bone stock template is as fast as anything and plays well with Google Core Web Vitals. It is not sex but my site is not very sexy.

The one thing I can not figure out is in pages how do I get rid of the cover photo when the whole article is displayed?

I want this on my index page

But NOT this on the actual aritcle

Do I need to get a dev to make this change or can I do it without code?

You would need to amend your records template, unless its a new database? If its a new database, just dont use "Record Image".

@Marc I found "Record Image Settings" in Pages / Editing Database Articles / Options. That setting toggles on and off the thumbnail on the index page AND the large image at the top of the actual article page.

I want to remove the large image at the top of the individual article page but I want to retain the thumbnail on the index page. Does this require editing the code for the template?

FYI - a search inside ACP for "Record Image Settings" did not return a result. The search inside ACP is often so helpful

On 5/23/2026 at 3:32 AM, John Horton said:

I want to remove the large image at the top of the individual article page but I want to retain the thumbnail on the index page. Does this require editing the code for the template?

This Custom CSS will do the trick. You can either add it to your theme, or to a CSS file in Pages which is assigned to your database:

/* Remove cover photo from database record */
.ipsPageHeader--database-record .ipsCoverPhoto{
	display: none;
}

@Ehren

Awesome! Thank you.

another similar question

My default app / site front page is “Articles”

I am about to upgrade from ISP 4 to 5.

Question – with the bone stock default V5 template - How do I edit the size of the of the images next to each article on the index page?

You would need customisation (probably just CSS) to achieve this. But before you do, have you tried other layouts first?

@Marc I'm not against trying other layouts and I'm thinking I really should spend some time on that. I still don't know how to tell the exact dimensions of the front page thumbnail for any specific layout.

8 hours ago, BarneyLongden said:

@Marc I'm not against trying other layouts and I'm thinking I really should spend some time on that. I still don't know how to tell the exact dimensions of the front page thumbnail for any specific layout.

There may not be an exact dimension, as the layout is responsive

@Marc Ok thanks. I understand

I don't think it would be unreasonable to have a listing/index image and header image as separate things.

They serve different purposes and have wildly different aspect ratios.

On 5/25/2026 at 12:41 AM, Ehren said:

This Custom CSS will do the trick. You can either add it to your theme, or to a CSS file in Pages which is assigned to your database:

/* Remove cover photo from database record */
.ipsPageHeader--database-record .ipsCoverPhoto{
	display: none;
}

I guess this will be my solution too, which is really disappointing as it really impacts how things look

It is a very peculiar design choice to make given how awesome Pages is otherwise. I get the header image is expandable... but what people first see on the page is what matters a 100x more.

Ever single Record will look like what Barney posted above..... I can't sell that to anybody.

EDIT: That worked great, thanks Ehren!

Edited November 2Nov 2 by socceronly