commit d9a97f9e1a155ee3bdc9d1b78156a71c19c9851e
Author: agnes <alienhospitals@gmail.com>
Date:   Sun Dec 28 12:35:52 2025 +0000

    Add app/views/home/index.html.erb

diff --git a/app/views/home/index.html.erb b/app/views/home/index.html.erb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45487b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/home/index.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<div class="splash">
+  <% if !logged_in? %>
+    <%= render 'intro_module' %>
+  <% end %>
+
+  <% if logged_in? && @homepage.favorite_tags.present? %>
+    <div class="favorite module">
+      <h3 class="heading"><%= t(".find_your_favorites") %></h3>
+      <ul>
+        <% @homepage.favorite_tags.each do |favorite_tag| %>
+          <li>
+            <%= link_to_tag_works(favorite_tag.tag) %>
+          </li>
+        <% end %>
+      </ul>
+    </div>
+  <% else %>
+    <div role="navigation" aria-label="<%= t(".media_navigation_label") %>" class="browse module">
+      <h3 class="heading"><%= t(".find_your_favorites") %></h3>
+      <% if logged_in? %>
+        <p class="note"><%= t(".browse_or_favorite", count: ArchiveConfig.MAX_FAVORITE_TAGS) %></p>
+      <% end %>
+
+      # new code begins here
+
+Or, try a new author...
+  <% if @random_user %>
+      <%= link_to @random_user.login, user_path(@random_user) %>
+<% else %>
+ <span>No authors available</span>
+<% end %><br>
+
+# ends here
+
+     <%= render 'fandoms' %>
+    </div>
+  <% end %>
+
+  <% if @homepage.admin_posts.present? %>
+    <%= render 'news_module', admin_posts: @homepage.admin_posts %>
+  <% end %>
+
+  <% if logged_in? && @homepage.readings.present? %>
+    <div class="random readings module">
+      <h3 class="heading">
+        <span class="title"><%= t(".readings.heading.title") %></span>
+        <span class="link"><%= link_to t(".readings.heading.history_link"), user_readings_path(current_user) %></span>
+      </h3>
+      <div class="flash"></div>
+      <p class="note"><%= t(".readings.note") %></p>
+      <ol class="reading work index group">
+        <% @homepage.readings.each do |reading| %>
+          <%= render "readings/reading_blurb", work: reading.work, reading: reading %>
+        <% end %>
+      </ol>
+    </div>
+  <% end %>
+  <% if logged_in? && @homepage.inbox_comments.present? %>
+    <%= render 'inbox_module', inbox_comments: @homepage.inbox_comments %>
+  <% end %>
+