By kuydigital on

Ever wondered how to disable the Drupal 7.x welcome message and start with a clean page? As well as make sure that your "/node" goes to your homepage and not an ugly page where you unknowingly promote all your content. This is perfect for non-blog looking sites.

Note: You won't be able to see any content that you "Promote to Front Page"

Here's how:
1) Go to /admin/structure/views/import
2) Copy and paste the code below under the "Paste view code here" field
3) Click Import and Save the View
4) Go to /node to test

$view = new view();
$view->name = 'no_welcome_message';
$view->description = '';
$view->tag = 'default';
$view->base_table = 'node';
$view->human_name = 'No Welcome Message';
$view->core = 7;
$view->api_version = '3.0';
$view->disabled = FALSE; /* Edit this to true to make a default view disabled initially */

/* Display: Master */
$handler = $view->new_display('default', 'Master', 'default');
$handler->display->display_options['use_more_always'] = FALSE;
$handler->display->display_options['access']['type'] = 'perm';
$handler->display->display_options['cache']['type'] = 'none';
$handler->display->display_options['query']['type'] = 'views_query';
$handler->display->display_options['exposed_form']['type'] = 'basic';
$handler->display->display_options['pager']['type'] = 'some';
$handler->display->display_options['pager']['options']['items_per_page'] = '10';
$handler->display->display_options['style_plugin'] = 'default';
$handler->display->display_options['row_plugin'] = 'node';
/* Field: Content: Title */
$handler->display->display_options['fields']['title']['id'] = 'title';
$handler->display->display_options['fields']['title']['table'] = 'node';
$handler->display->display_options['fields']['title']['field'] = 'title';
$handler->display->display_options['fields']['title']['label'] = '';
$handler->display->display_options['fields']['title']['alter']['word_boundary'] = FALSE;
$handler->display->display_options['fields']['title']['alter']['ellipsis'] = FALSE;
/* Sort criterion: Content: Post date */
$handler->display->display_options['sorts']['created']['id'] = 'created';
$handler->display->display_options['sorts']['created']['table'] = 'node';
$handler->display->display_options['sorts']['created']['field'] = 'created';
$handler->display->display_options['sorts']['created']['order'] = 'DESC';
/* Contextual filter: Global: Null */
$handler->display->display_options['arguments']['null']['id'] = 'null';
$handler->display->display_options['arguments']['null']['table'] = 'views';
$handler->display->display_options['arguments']['null']['field'] = 'null';
$handler->display->display_options['arguments']['null']['default_action'] = 'empty';
$handler->display->display_options['arguments']['null']['default_argument_type'] = 'fixed';
$handler->display->display_options['arguments']['null']['summary']['number_of_records'] = '0';
$handler->display->display_options['arguments']['null']['summary']['format'] = 'default_summary';
$handler->display->display_options['arguments']['null']['summary_options']['items_per_page'] = '25';
/* Filter criterion: Content: Published */
$handler->display->display_options['filters']['status']['id'] = 'status';
$handler->display->display_options['filters']['status']['table'] = 'node';
$handler->display->display_options['filters']['status']['field'] = 'status';
$handler->display->display_options['filters']['status']['value'] = 1;
$handler->display->display_options['filters']['status']['group'] = 1;
$handler->display->display_options['filters']['status']['expose']['operator'] = FALSE;

/* Display: Page */
$handler = $view->new_display('page', 'Page', 'page');
$handler->display->display_options['defaults']['hide_admin_links'] = FALSE;
$handler->display->display_options['path'] = 'node';
$translatables['no_welcome_message'] = array(
  t('Master'),
  t('more'),
  t('Apply'),
  t('Reset'),
  t('Sort by'),
  t('Asc'),
  t('Desc'),
  t('All'),
  t('Page'),
);
⋅ Categories: Drupal 7.x

Comments

nevets’s picture

nevets commented

It is simpler (and better) to simply change the default front page at configuration >> site information than to override /node

wusel’s picture

wusel commented

You only have to add some normal content after a fresh install of drupal7, which is visible at the homepage.
Then this is visible at the homepage of your new drupal-website.

Wusel

kiirujohn’s picture

kiirujohn commented

That was awesome you geek.
Appreciated,

ghmercado’s picture

ghmercado commented

quickest solution out there. thanks a ton.

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kuydigital commented 
$view = new view;
$view->name = 'no_welcome_message';
$view->description = 'No Welcome Message';
$view->tag = '';
$view->base_table = 'node';
$view->core = 6;
$view->api_version = '2';
$view->disabled = FALSE; /* Edit this to true to make a default view disabled initially */
$handler = $view->new_display('default', 'Defaults', 'default');
$handler->override_option('fields', array(
  'title' => array(
    'label' => '',
    'alter' => array(
      'alter_text' => 0,
      'text' => '',
      'make_link' => 0,
      'path' => '',
      'absolute' => 0,
      'link_class' => '',
      'alt' => '',
      'rel' => '',
      'prefix' => '',
      'suffix' => '',
      'target' => '',
      'help' => '',
      'trim' => 0,
      'max_length' => '',
      'word_boundary' => 1,
      'ellipsis' => 1,
      'html' => 0,
      'strip_tags' => 0,
    ),
    'empty' => '',
    'hide_empty' => 0,
    'empty_zero' => 0,
    'hide_alter_empty' => 1,
    'link_to_node' => 0,
    'exclude' => 0,
    'id' => 'title',
    'table' => 'node',
    'field' => 'title',
    'relationship' => 'none',
  ),
));
$handler->override_option('arguments', array(
  'null' => array(
    'default_action' => 'empty',
    'style_plugin' => 'default_summary',
    'style_options' => array(),
    'wildcard' => 'all',
    'wildcard_substitution' => 'All',
    'title' => '',
    'breadcrumb' => '',
    'default_argument_type' => 'fixed',
    'default_argument' => '',
    'validate_type' => 'none',
    'validate_fail' => 'not found',
    'must_not_be' => 0,
    'id' => 'null',
    'table' => 'views',
    'field' => 'null',
    'validate_user_argument_type' => 'uid',
    'validate_user_roles' => array(
      2 => 0,
    ),
    'relationship' => 'none',
    'default_options_div_prefix' => '',
    'default_argument_image_size' => '_original',
    'default_taxonomy_tid_term_page' => 0,
    'default_taxonomy_tid_node' => 0,
    'default_taxonomy_tid_limit' => 0,
    'default_taxonomy_tid_vids' => array(),
    'default_argument_user' => 0,
    'default_argument_fixed' => '',
    'default_argument_php' => '',
    'image_size' => array(
      '_original' => '_original',
      'thumbnail' => 'thumbnail',
      'preview' => 'preview',
    ),
    'validate_argument_node_type' => array(
      'image' => 0,
      'page' => 0,
      'story' => 0,
      'webform' => 0,
    ),
    'validate_argument_node_access' => 0,
    'validate_argument_nid_type' => 'nid',
    'validate_argument_vocabulary' => array(),
    'validate_argument_type' => 'tid',
    'validate_argument_transform' => 0,
    'validate_user_restrict_roles' => 0,
    'validate_argument_php' => '',
  ),
));
$handler->override_option('filters', array(
  'status' => array(
    'operator' => '=',
    'value' => '1',
    'group' => '0',
    'exposed' => FALSE,
    'expose' => array(
      'operator' => FALSE,
      'label' => '',
    ),
    'id' => 'status',
    'table' => 'node',
    'field' => 'status',
    'relationship' => 'none',
  ),
));
$handler->override_option('access', array(
  'type' => 'none',
));
$handler->override_option('cache', array(
  'type' => 'none',
));
$handler = $view->new_display('page', 'Page', 'page_1');
$handler->override_option('path', 'node');
$handler->override_option('menu', array(
  'type' => 'none',
  'title' => '',
  'description' => '',
  'weight' => 0,
  'name' => 'navigation',
));
$handler->override_option('tab_options', array(
  'type' => 'none',
  'title' => '',
  'description' => '',
  'weight' => 0,
  'name' => 'navigation',
));
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nathan tsai commented

Thank you!