Whilst cover pages are great, sometimes the homepage may need to be re-designed ahead of a new project or event etc, ready for it to 'launch'. Currently, there is no way to design a new cover page without replacing the existing home page and setting a 'publication date' for it.
What is the reason that you need to be able to do this?Ease of use ahead of potential major changes to the homepage/cover page.
What is the impact of you not being able to do this?One has to design and check the appearance of a re-designed cover (home) page using a test server, then make changes quickly to the live site on the 'publication' day, which is cumbersome and not optimal, and may delay website updates ahead of, for example, embargoed content going live on the site.