[TYPO3-english] Start Page-tree with link or with content page

[Bernd Wilke]

Am 04.12.2015 um 16:42 schrieb Nicolai Schirawski:
> Hi,
>
> traditionally, a page-tree starts with a root-page that is a link to a
> start-page somewhere else in the page tree:
>
> New Typo3 Site
> |__root-page (= link to start)
>     |__start
>     |__more pages
>
> (A typical example is also here:
> https://docs.typo3.org/typo3cms/TemplatingTutorial/Preparation/Creating/Index.html)
>
> Is there any reason, why the root page does not contain content? You
> could start as well like this:
>
> New Typo3 Site
> |__start (contains content)
>    |__more pages
>
> Are there any drawbacks in this solution?

sometimes it is more complicated to define a different layout rendering 
for the startpage (which might NOT be inherited to subpages)
on the other side it is more complicated to have content at the url '/' 
and not having a redirect or duplicate content on another page. (SEO 
considerations).
also you may want a menu item in your main menu which leads to the 
startpage.

just soem thoughts

bernd