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New in Symfony 4.4: Improved Welcome Page

Contributed by
Yonel Ceruto
in #33189.

When you browse a newly created Symfony project, you see a special "Welcome page" that looks like this:

Although this is an error page (you are seeing that page because you haven't configured any URL yet) we designed it to make it look more friendly than a traditional error page, specially for newcomers.

This page confirms you that Symfony was successfully installed, shows the directory of your application and provides a link to the most essential documentation for newcomers: How to create your first page in Symfony.

Even if this page is correct, its design was dull and uninspiring. That's why we decided to redesign it for Symfony 4.4/5.0. This is how the same page looks now:

In addition to having a much better design, the page now provides more links to useful resources. Also, the main page color will randomly change each time you load the page, so keep reloading until the color matches your preferences.