Use this plugin https://github.com/ColdTrick/redirector

Thank you for your prompt response.

Installed plugin and .....

Can't see how to use it to get what I'm after.

I can redirect the site url in many ways. But doing so would bring you to the new page when you clicked "Home" while using the site.

How would this replace the Start page when accessed by https://elgg.serenitytoo.com/ to https://elgg.serenitytoo.com/pages/view/61/welcome-to-the-it-is-the-way-it-is-community ?

What am I not understanding?

Do you need a landing page?

If I understand your question

No I need a new "Start" page: https://elgg.serenitytoo.com/pages/view/61/welcome-to-the-it-is-the-way-it-is-community

Now i don't understand you :)

I suggested that you redirect to сustom page but you say you don't need that.

Please reproduce the user's action scenario.

What should happen on your site?

Please pardon the confusion.

Since the site is still under construction and unknown to the public I'll simply create a sub domain https://reality.serenitytoo.com/ and point it to https://elgg.serenitytoo.com/pages/view/61/welcome-to-the-it-is-the-way-it-is-community . .reality is more site friendly a name anyway.

Thank you for your attention and again I'm sorry for the confusion.

I was merely trying to replicate what happens when you dial elgg.org. A different "Start" page appears from which you navigate within a default Elgg installation.

"Landing page", "Index page", "Homepage" or "Starting page". Different names for the same thing...

Elgg uses the bundled "Frontpage Demo" plugin (plugin folder name is custom_index) to create the default homepage/start page when enabled. With this plugin disabled you would get the Activity page as starting page instead.

The Frontpage Demo / Custom Index plugin offers no way to change the content of the page on site but requires that you modify the code used for creating the starting page instead. Of course, it would require some coding experience to be able to do so.

An alternative for altering the content of the Homepage/Start page of Elgg would be using the Widget Manager plugin (https://elgg.org/plugins/384604) plus the Widget Pack plugin (https://elgg.org/plugins/3122035) to be able to modify the layout and content of the start page / index page on site.

The Widget Manager plugin offers many, many options to alter the index page (different widgets depending the plugins you use - with the Widget Pack plugin offering some more). You can set different starting pages for logged-out visitors and logged-in site members. You could use a 1 column or 2 column, 3 column layout etc. You can also set some default layouts for the profile pages and members' dashboard pages.

For your use case with the welcome message you could make use the option to add a "Free HTML" widgets offered by the Widget Manager plugin where you could add the same content to that you currently have added to the example page you have linked.

Thank you for responding

Oh my, I'll scratch my (old) head and work on this