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1	1	Before XWiki 6.4RC1, this was not possible and modifying the content of the home page (i.e. ##Main.WebHome##) was the only solution to work around this limitation.
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3	3	== Since 6.4RC1 ==
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5	5	Go to the wiki's [[##Administration > Wikis > Descriptor##>>extensions:Extension.Wiki Application||anchor="HConfigureWiki"]] section and set the ##Homepage## field with the location of the page you want to use as homepage for your wiki.
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7	7	== Workarounds for older versions ==
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9	9	You have several options:
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11	11	* Option 1: Simply edit ##Main.WebHome## using the wiki editor or the WYSIWYG editor and replace the content by your content
12	12	* Option 2: Include the page you wish to display from the home page, e.g. have the following in ##Main.WebHome##:(((
13	13	{{code}}
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14	14	{{include reference="MySpace.MyPage"/}}
15	15	{{/code}}
16	16	)))
17		-* Option 3: [[Redirect>>snippets:Extension.Redirect]] the home page to your page, using a script, e.g. have the following in ##Main.WebHome##:(((
	14	+* Option 3: [[Redirect>>extensions:Extension.Redirect]] the home page to your page, using a script, e.g. have the following in ##Main.WebHome##:(((
18	18	{{code}}
19	19	{{velocity}}
20	20	$response.sendRedirect($xwiki.getURL('MySpace.MYPage'))
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21	21	{{/velocity}}
22	22	{{/code}}
23	23	)))
24		-* Option 4: Modify the ##web.xml## file to control what ##http:~/~/<yourserver>/## should redirect to. Specifically, edit ##WEB-INF/web.xml##, locate the section with the servlet responsible for the redirect (the one with the line {{code}}<servlet-class>com.xpn.xwiki.web.HomePageRedirectServlet</servlet-class>{{/code}}, and change that section to contain something like:(((
	21	+* Option 4: Modify the ##web.xml## file to control what ##http:~//<yourserver>/## should redirect to. Specifically, edit ##WEB-INF/web.xml##, locate the section with the servlet responsible for the redirect (the one with the line {{code}}<servlet-class>com.xpn.xwiki.web.HomePageRedirectServlet</servlet-class>{{/code}}, and change that section to contain something like:(((
25	25	{{code}}
26	26	<servlet>
27	27	<servlet-name>redirectHomeServlet</servlet-name>