What I do is just create a dummy node under the root node (folder mostly) which is the home and also the default page. You can override the pagelayout (if needed) and full view templates and still have sitemap (and other functionality?) unaffected.
Alternatively you can use layout module. Create your "splash screen from hell" ;) set name of tpl splash.tpl and configure layout.ini.append.php file than in site.ini.append.php put for example
Thanks for your help, I went the Lukasz way and it works like a charm (well, as charming as a splash screen can be).
As Paul suggestion to use a dummy node, the problem is that I often have a menu listing all the nodes under the top node (2), and I don't want a "dummy" item on my menu.
A solution would have been to put that dummy node under the media folder (it has a tendency to contain everything I don't want directly visible on the content tree).
Same as Xavier ! I would like to apply a special design for the home page, but I don't want this design to apply to the sitemap ... Template file is : design\MY_CUSTOM_DESIGN\templates\home.tpl
I tried the trick, but it didn't work for me. Could you give me more detailed steps please ?
Lex
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