Welcome screen for new users?

Hello! We are looking for a way to make a welcome message and community guidelines more prominent, especially for new users. We currently use a global notice to link to our community guidelines, and are considering applying the welcome banner. But is there any way (on a cloud-hosted Discourse site) to actually have a different screen come up for new users when they sign in, before they are taken to the home page?

Are there other approaches people have used to “onboard” their new users that have worked well?

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You should have a Welcome Topic.

New Users are directed to this first.

See:

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I’m curious to first understand better what you’re currently experiencing that’s leading you to look for a better solution here.

Are there certain behaviors you’re expecting to see from new users that you’re finding problematic? Are there things you want them to be doing that they’re not doing? Or conversely, things you don’t want them to be doing that they are doing?