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I haven't started the hardcoding just yet, but I wanted to know if anyone has been able to show a different index (or homepage) for guest vs. registered user.

I'm trying to have a setup where if you're a guest, all you'll see is a welcome message and login. You will not see the threadlist, who's online, etc. If you're a registered user, you'll see the entire forum.

So far I'm thinking about modifying the 'header_welcomeblock_*' templates to achieve this.

You could create a plugin to hide the threadlist/forums from guests and replace it with your custom guest page.

template conditionals plugin can be used for the required purpose. (more details)