Make welcome.aspx the default login page for members

This feature was intended for a members-only site. It assumes your site is using forms authentication.

1. Edit the web.config file.
2. Search for the section that begins with <authentication .
3. Change
   
   <forms ... loginUrl="login.aspx"
   to
   <forms ... loginUrl="welcome.aspx"
4. Update the <authorization> section appear like the following code block. If an <authorization> section does not exist, add it immediately after the </authentication> section:
   
   <authorization>
   <deny users="?" />
   </authorization>
   
   As stated, this feature is intended for a members-only site. However, you can also create a custom widget that, when placed on any home page, redirects anonymous users to a welcome page.

5. In order for the page to render correctly, add the following to the web.config file:

   <location path="utility">
   
      <system.web>
   
        <authorization>
   
          <allow users="*" />
   
        </authorization>
   
      </system.web>
   
   </location>
   
   <location path="themes">
   
      <system.web>
   
        <authorization>
   
          <allow users="*" />
   
        </authorization>
   
      </system.web>
   
    </location>
   
   <location path="cfs-file.ashx">
   
      <system.web>
   
        <authorization>
   
          <allow users="*" />
   
        </authorization>
   
      </system.web>