Made empty course url the 'home' url instead.

cms/djangoapps/contentstore/views/course.py

 """
 Views related to operations on course objects
 """
+from django.shortcuts import redirect
 import json
 import random
 import string  # pylint: disable=deprecated-module
@@ -71,7 +72,8 @@ from microsite_configuration import microsite
 from xmodule.course_module import CourseFields
 
 
-__all__ = ['course_info_handler', 'course_handler', 'course_info_update_handler',
+__all__ = ['course_info_handler', 'course_handler', 'course_listing',
+           'course_info_update_handler',
            'course_rerun_handler',
            'settings_handler',
            'grading_handler',
@@ -230,7 +232,7 @@ def course_handler(request, course_key_string=None):
                 return HttpResponseBadRequest()
         elif request.method == 'GET':  # assume html
             if course_key_string is None:
-                return course_listing(request)
+                return redirect(reverse("home"))
             else:
                 return course_index(request, CourseKey.from_string(course_key_string))
         else:

cms/templates/index.html

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 <%block name="content">
 <div class="wrapper-mast wrapper">
   <header class="mast has-actions">
-    <h1 class="page-header">${_("My Courses")}</h1>
+    <h1 class="page-header">${_("Studio Home")}</h1>
 
     % if user.is_active:
     <nav class="nav-actions">
@@ -43,33 +43,6 @@
   <section class="content">
     <article class="content-primary" role="main">
 
-      <div class="introduction">
-        <h2 class="title">${_("Welcome, {0}!").format(user.username)}</h2>
-
-        %if len(courses) > 0 or len(libraries) > 0:
-        <div class="copy">
-          <p>
-            %if libraries_enabled:
-              ${_("Here are all of the courses and librariess you currently have access to in {studio_name}:").format(studio_name=settings.STUDIO_SHORT_NAME)}
-            %else:
-              ${_("Here are all of the courses you currently have access to in {studio_name}:").format(studio_name=settings.STUDIO_SHORT_NAME)}
-            %endif
-          </p>
-        </div>
-
-        %else:
-        <div class="copy">
-          <p>
-            %if libraries_enabled:
-              ${_("You currently aren't associated with any {studio_name} Courses and Libraries").format(studio_name=settings.STUDIO_SHORT_NAME)}
-            %else:
-              ${_("You currently aren't associated with any {studio_name} Courses.").format(studio_name=settings.STUDIO_SHORT_NAME)}
-            %endif
-          </p>
-        </div>
-        %endif
-      </div>
-
       % if course_creator_status=='granted':
       <div class="wrapper-create-element wrapper-create-course">
         <form class="form-create create-course course-info" id="create-course-form" name="create-course-form">

cms/urls.py

@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ urlpatterns += patterns(
         r'^course_info_update/{}/(?P<provided_id>\d+)?$'.format(settings.COURSE_KEY_PATTERN),
         'course_info_update_handler'
     ),
+    url(r'^home/$', 'course_listing', name='home'),
     url(r'^course/{}?$'.format(settings.COURSE_KEY_PATTERN), 'course_handler', name='course_handler'),
     url(r'^course_notifications/{}/(?P<action_state_id>\d+)?$'.format(settings.COURSE_KEY_PATTERN), 'course_notifications_handler'),
     url(r'^course_rerun/{}$'.format(settings.COURSE_KEY_PATTERN), 'course_rerun_handler', name='course_rerun_handler'),