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Put in recomendations for some clarifications.

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@ -67,29 +67,31 @@ Not all devices can be discovered, so if you have any of the following devices o
See the [components overview page](/components/) for a complete list of supported devices.
### {% linkable_title Hiding devices and services %}
### {% linkable_title Customizing devices and services %}
By default, most of your devices will be visible on the Home Assistant Sates
page. You may find it desireable to hide some of these devices from the default
view. Some components may also hide some entities by default. You also have the
ability to show these previously hidden entities.
By default, most of your devices will be visible on the Home Assistant States
page and have a default icon determined by their domain. You may find it
desireable to customize the look and feel of your front page by altering some
of these parameters.
Most enties on the homepage may be hidden or shown in the configuration file by
adding the following lines to the homeassistant section:
By adding the following parameters to the *homeassistant* section of your
*configuration.yaml* file, you can customize the attributes of any state on
your front page.
```yaml
homeassistant:
# Add this to your existing configuration
visibility:
entity_id: hide
entity_id: show
customize:
SOME_ENTITY_ID:
hidden: true
entity_picture: http://URL.TO/PICTURE
friendly_name: SOME CUSTOM NAME
```
Replace entity_id with the ID for the entity that you would like to either show
or hide. Entity IDs can be retrieved from the web interface by using the Set
State page in the Developer Tools.
Entity IDs can be retrieved from the web interface by using the Set State page
in the Developer Tools.
### {% linkable_title Setting up Home Automation %}