Quoting Shai Gluskin shai@content2zero.com:
So I'm working with an organization on a site rebuild. I have a test site set up on my domain.
My problem is that the "Welcome to your New Drupal Site" page is showing up on the home page for anonymous users.
Create a page for only the anonymous user info.
I've installed the Content Access module ( http://drupal.org/project/content_access) to make it so that the staff and I can all work on the site and the content won't be available to the public till we launch (and change the access settings).
Then using the content access module give only the anonymous user access.
I created a block with permissions set to "anonymous" and display set to "only on <front>"; it displays in the center of the page (thanks to LiteJazz Theme) telling anonymous folks that this is a development page, with a link to the old/live site.
You might want to change that control to PHP and ``<?php return ($user->uid == 0); ?>''
When I (role=webmaster) or staff (role=staff) log in, everything is fine, just like I want it -- the block disappears and all the content appears.
I just want the "Welcome to your New Drupal Site" to disappear for anonymous users.
Hope the top end of my response gives you an idea.
I tried making the "You are on a test site" a node instead of a block. That makes the "Welcome to your New Drupal Site" dissappear for anonymous users, but the "You are on a development site" node, continues to appear after staff or I have logged in. I've tried in Content Access to just check "anonymous" -- but it seems that module doesn't work the same way as the blocks code does.
Is this a bug in the Content Access module?
Hmm... It should work. I'll give it a try in a few.
Any other ideas on how I can get what I want?
You could try create a content type that only anonymous users can access.
Earnie