Is there a way to customize output of Doxygen index.html (and latex equivalent)?

Question

I am interested in writing an "introduction" on the index.html page, rather than have blank space. Is this a feature supported by the Doxygen tool, or must I put together a hack?

Answer 1

This is answered by the first question in the Doxygen FAQ:

1. How to get information on the index page in HTML?

You should use the \mainpage command inside a comment block like this:

/*! \mainpage My Personal Index Page
 *
 * \section intro_sec Introduction
 *
 * This is the introduction.
 *
 * \section install_sec Installation
 *
 * \subsection step1 Step 1: Opening the box
 *  
 * etc...
 */

Answer 2

If you are looking for more customised cover pages in both LaTeX and html outputs, you might also want to play with the tags LATEX_HEADER and HTML_HEADER (and HTML_FOOTER).