From what I've read so far (including the example instructions here: http://drupal.org/node/923516), I get that one possible use of Empty Page is to make a page with nothing on it by default, then complete its design with blocks.

The thing I was wondering about is slightly different.

In the site I'm currently tinkering with, I have a custom front page which automatically displays the most recent of one particular type of node in a custom region. Then under that, sometimes I have other nodes (current news in detail, type of thing) which are promoted onto the front page "in the ordinary way".

As long as I do have some "current news in detail" nodes, I don't get the "Welcome to your new Drupal website!" thing. But if none of my ordinary nodes is promoted, of course the "Welcome" pops up again (because it knows nothing of my custom region above it).

I'm wondering if I could use Empty Page to create an sort of placeholder page (which stayed empty - no blocks, no title, nothing), and then promote that page to the front page for all time. The idea would be simply to stop the "Welcome" popping up, while not putting any extra text onto the front page, and not displacing any other nodes I'd put there deliberately.

Would that work? Or is Empty Page a different kind of beastie?

Thanks!

(p.s. having to specify a version here to get my comment to post, but that was arbitrary as I'm not yet using Empty Page)

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Nick Robillard commented

If i understand what you're saying about promoting nodes to the front page "the normal way", you don't have a view block configured to display them - you're just using the default drupal "node" page? In that case, empty page will overwrite that output. I'd recommend not using the "node" page and instead using a view block that's configured to only show content that's promoted to front.
But i'd recommend installing empty page and trying it. Within a couple minutes you should know the answer. :)

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Jennifer_M commented

Thanks for the speedy reply!

But i'd recommend installing empty page and trying it. Within a couple minutes you should know the answer. :)

Well I did realise that writing up the question would probably take about as long as trying it - but in the end I came down on the side of asking first, if only so that the answer would be documented for people coming along later with the same question...

I did try it though, in conjunction with Views as you suggested. That _would_ work (albeit requiring some tinkering with my existing CSS, otherwise I've got boxes within boxes). But meanwhile I'm now looking at moving this particular project onto D7 anyway and doing the whole thing in a different way. Will bear Empty Page in mind for future possible uses!

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appmux commented

There's a module for that:

http://drupal.org/project/unwelcome