The redirect of anonymous users from the basic domain url (website.com) to a custom front page works fine.

However, if the anonymous user tries to access website.com/node directly, they are presented with the "Welcome to your new Drupal website!" page, with directions about configuring the installation.

The same things happens if the code for the custom front page is posted in the body area of the advanced front page permissions, instead of using a redirect.

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timhilliard’s picture

timhilliard CreditAttribution: timhilliard commented
Status: Active » Needs review

Hi Simon, the "Welcome to your new Drupal website!" is a core Drupal page that has nothing to do with the front page module. However that page will work differently once there is at least one node that has been promoted to front. If you want to stop this page then you probably need to write your own module to alter the menu item.

Hope that helps,
Tim

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timhilliard CreditAttribution: timhilliard commented
Status: Needs review » Closed (works as designed)

Closing as ticket hasn't been updated in quite a while. Please feel free to re-open the ticket if you need more information.

Thanks,
Tim