Enh: Allow any url route as homepage

protected/humhub/components/Application.php

@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 namespace humhub\components;
 
 use Yii;
+use yii\helpers\Url;
+use yii\base\Exception;
 
 /**
  * @inheritdoc
@@ -21,6 +23,11 @@ class Application extends \yii\web\Application
      */
     public $controllerNamespace = 'humhub\\controllers';
 
+    /**
+     * @var string|array the homepage url
+     */
+    private $_homeUrl = null;
+
     /**
      * @inheritdoc
      */
@@ -35,10 +42,32 @@ class Application extends \yii\web\Application
         if (Yii::getAlias('@webroot-static', false) === false) {
             Yii::setAlias('@webroot-static', '@webroot/static');
         }
-        
+
         parent::bootstrap();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @return string the homepage URL
+     */
+    public function getHomeUrl()
+    {
+        if ($this->_homeUrl === null) {
+            throw new Exception('Home URL not defined!');
+        } elseif (is_array($this->_homeUrl)) {
+            return Url::to($this->_homeUrl);
+        } else {
+            return $this->_homeUrl;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string|array $value the homepage URL
+     */
+    public function setHomeUrl($value)
+    {
+        $this->_homeUrl = $value;
+    }
+
     /**
      * @inheritdoc
      */

protected/humhub/config/web.php

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 $config = [
     'id' => 'humhub',
     'bootstrap' => ['humhub\components\bootstrap\LanguageSelector'],
-    'defaultRoute' => '/dashboard/dashboard',
+    'homeUrl' => ['/dashboard/dashboard'],
+    'defaultRoute' => '/home',
     'layoutPath' => '@humhub/views/layouts',
     'components' => [
         'request' => [

protected/humhub/controllers/HomeController.php

@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @link https://www.humhub.org/
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2017 HumHub GmbH & Co. KG
+ * @license https://www.humhub.com/licences
+ */
+
+namespace humhub\controllers;
+
+use humhub\components\Controller;
+use yii\helpers\Url;
+
+/**
+ * HomeController redirects to the home page
+ *
+ * @author luke
+ * @since 1.2
+ */
+class HomeController extends Controller
+{
+
+    /**
+     * Redirects to the home controller/action
+     * 
+     * @return \yii\web\Response
+     */
+    public function actionIndex()
+    {
+        return $this->redirect(Url::home());
+    }
+
+}

protected/humhub/docs/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ HumHub Change Log
 - Fix: Better notification compatiblity - mail views and enabled WebNotificationTarget
 - Fix #2312: Pinned post appears twice on stream 
 - Enh: Added option to show/hide deactivated user content in stream
+- Enh: Allow any url route as homepage by homeUrl array application parameter
 
 
 1.2.0-beta.2 (February 24, 2017)