I need some help. I've created a publishing site definition and removed any reference to having a default.aspx. I've set the homeURL to another page that gets created. However when I create the site the default.aspx is created anyway and is set to be the default home page. Why is the default.aspx automatically being created? setting the < Property Key="WelcomePageUrl"> doesn't seem to make any difference. why? Any help woiuld be great

Hi there. Have you tried the following: Removed the file from the <Modules> section? ( Something like <Modules><Module><File Url="default.aspx"> ) Make sure that there is no default.aspx file in the file structure in the folder for the Site Template? Hope this helps. Regards, Magnus My blog: InsomniacGeek.com

I finally figured out that the order in which i had my WebFeatures was the cause of the problem. i had the <!-- Office SharePoint Server Publishing --> < Feature ID="94C94CA6-B32F-4da9-A9E3-1F3D343D7ECB" /> before the other publishing feature ... <!-- Publishing --> < Feature ID="22A9EF51-737B-4ff2-9346-694633FE4416"> < Properties xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/"> < Property Key="WelcomePageUrl" Value="$Resources:cmscore,List_Pages_UrlName;/Dashboard.aspx" /> < Property Key="SimplePublishing" Value="true" /> </ Properties> </ Feature> and this caused the problem I was having. So i just switched them over and everything works as it should.