Some projects need a custom Startpage extended from SiteTree, other dont.
Until now ive hacked into cmc/code/model/SiteTree.php and changed line ~ 1464 to $homepage = new SartPage();
Thats not very comfortable. To make things more flexible i am trying to set :

_config.php:

// SiteTree create StartPage? // true = normal setup // false = creates custom StartPage
SiteTree::set_create_default_pages(false);

class StartPage extends SiteTree  {
	
	
	public function requireDefaultRecords() {
		parent::requireDefaultRecords();
		
		if(!$this->config()->create_default_pages) {	
			if(!StartPage::get()->exists()) {
				$page               = new StartPage();
				$page->Title        = 'StartPage';
				$page->URLSegment = Config::inst()->get('RootURLController', 'default_homepage_link');
				$page->Sort = 1;
				$page->Content      = 'the StartPage page test';
				$page->Status       = "Published";
				$page->write();
				$page->publish('Stage', 'Live');
				DB::alteration_message('StartPage created', 'created');
			}
		}
	}

public static $allowed_children = 'none';
	
	function canCreate($Member = null){
			return false;
	}
	
	function canDelete($Member = null){
		return false;
	}
	
	function canDeleteFromLive($Member = null){
		return false;
	}
	
	public static $hide_ancestor = 'StartPage';

Now the StartPage is created but ErrorPages are missing.
(Forget about -> About Us and Contact Us ) as ?nobody? needs them.
In cmc/code/model/ErrorPage its the same if clause:

if ($this->class == 'ErrorPage' && SiteTree::config()->create_default_pages) {

How can i manage to create the custom StartPage and the default ErrorPages ?

Thanks.timo.

Hi timo,

maybe the populate module might help you with this setup task. Just disable standard creation of default pages and define the pages you want created in a yml.

It's also good for creating another bunch of default pages and dataobjects.

cheers, wmk

Hi wmk!
Thanks for your hint. But looking at this module makes me think that its a bit overloaded for just creating a StartPage or not.
Maybe i come back to this when things get more complex.
Meanwhile i am still looking for a more simlpe solution.
I have to think this over.
timo.

requiredefaultrecords is for putting in some default records (perhaps necessary ones like SiteConfig) - it is not generally for defining site structure, etc.

SiteTree has this as example content, and is only effectively used on the very first build - the installation build.

There is a bit of an issue that if your homepage isn't URLSegment 'home' it will be renamed - be careful of that. I think as wmk says you can disable the requiredefaultrecords call.

Instead of hacking SiteTree.php, you should edit your StartPage.php requiredefaultrecords to get the homepage, and set it if it either doesn't exist, or isn't of type StartPage (ie, change it's type).
As it seems you're aware, never touch the core code :< Very 'uncomfortable' indeed.

@Pyromanik : )

do you have a solution?
timo.
(image: Saul Steinberg)

Just as I described in the my last paragraph.
If you're asking for code I think you'd learn more by doing it. Use the SiteTree function as a base and go from there.