diff --git a/app/models/block.rb b/app/models/block.rb
index aaf51d8..197c40d 100644
--- a/app/models/block.rb
+++ b/app/models/block.rb
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class Block < ActiveRecord::Base
     if context[:article]
       return context[:article] == owner.home_page
     else
-      return context[:request_path] == '/'
+      return home_page_path?(context[:request_path])
     end
   end
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class Block < ActiveRecord::Base
     if context[:article]
       return context[:article] != owner.home_page
     else
-      return context[:request_path] != '/' + (owner.kind_of?(Profile) ? owner.identifier : '')
+      return !home_page_path?(context[:request_path])
     end
   end
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class Block < ActiveRecord::Base
   # blocks to choose one to include in the design.
   #
   # Must be redefined in subclasses to match the description of each block
-  # type. 
+  # type.
   def self.description
     '(dummy)'
   end
@@ -124,13 +124,13 @@ class Block < ActiveRecord::Base
   # This method can return several types of objects:
   #
   # * <tt>String</tt>: if the string starts with <tt>http://</tt> or <tt>https://</tt>, then it is assumed to be address of an IFRAME. Otherwise it's is used as regular HTML.
-  # * <tt>Hash</tt>: the hash is used to build an URL that is used as the address for a IFRAME. 
+  # * <tt>Hash</tt>: the hash is used to build an URL that is used as the address for a IFRAME.
   # * <tt>Proc</tt>: the Proc is evaluated in the scope of BoxesHelper. The
   # block can then use <tt>render</tt>, <tt>link_to</tt>, etc.
   #
   # The method can also return <tt>nil</tt>, which means "no content".
   #
-  # See BoxesHelper#extract_block_content for implementation details. 
+  # See BoxesHelper#extract_block_content for implementation details.
   def content(args={})
     "This is block number %d" % self.id
   end
@@ -239,4 +239,21 @@ class Block < ActiveRecord::Base
     self.position = block.position
   end
 
+  private
+
+  def home_page_path
+    home_page_url = Noosfero.root('/')
+
+    if owner.kind_of?(Profile)
+      home_page_url += "profile/" if owner.home_page.nil?
+      home_page_url += owner.identifier
+    end
+
+    return home_page_url
+  end
+
+  def home_page_path? path
+    return path == home_page_path || path == (home_page_path + '/')
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/test/unit/block_test.rb b/test/unit/block_test.rb
index bcf1186..58dfa45 100644
--- a/test/unit/block_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/block_test.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class BlockTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   should 'describe itself' do
     assert_kind_of String, Block.description
   end
-  
+
   should 'access owner through box' do
     user = create_user('testinguser').person
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class BlockTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
   should 'be able to be displayed only in the homepage (index) of the environment' do
     block = build(Block, :display => 'home_page_only')
 
-    assert_equal true, block.visible?(:article => nil, :request_path => '/')
+    assert_equal true, block.visible?(:article => nil, :request_path => "#{Noosfero.root('/')}")
     assert_equal false, block.visible?(:article => nil)
   end
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class BlockTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
     block = build(Block, :display => 'except_home_page')
     block.stubs(:owner).returns(profile)
 
-    assert_equal false, block.visible?(:article => nil, :request_path => '/testinguser')
+    assert_equal false, block.visible?(:article => nil, :request_path => "#{Noosfero.root('/')}profile/testinguser")
     assert_equal true, block.visible?(:article => nil)
   end
 
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