Issue status update for http://drupal.org/node/18340 Project: Drupal Version: cvs Component: node.module Category: bug reports Priority: normal Assigned to: chx Reported by: chx Updated by: chx Status: patch Attachment: http://drupal.org/files/issues/default_as_node.patch (8.55 KB) As discussed on IRC, I have moved the welcome text into node 0 as a PHP node. Although there is a check for whether this welcome node is present for every node_page_default call, it is only a variable_get, so it is cheap. Also at every node save we check for the same variable, and if the welcome node is present, it gets silently deleted. So, as soon as the first node gets created, the welcome text disappears as it should. The one liner in node_validate is very important when a node with nid=0 is present. Otherwise, consider it a minor speedup. This patch should have a little positive effect on the memory requirements of node.module -- a long, rarely used text is removed. This is not a new feature but a usability issue so let's get it into 4.6. Although there is change (two INSERTs) to database.mysql and database.pgsql it does not mandate an update.inc change 'cos most probably noone will bother with updating an empty site. I payed special attention to spaces this time. chx