Get rid of the home controller

app/models/ability.rb

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class Ability
 
   def guest
     ## Abilities for everyone, even guests (not logged in users)
-    can [:show, :gallery_photos], Conference do |conference|
+    can [:index, :show, :gallery_photos], Conference do |conference|
       conference.splashpage && conference.splashpage.public == true
     end
 

app/models/conference.rb

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ class Conference < ActiveRecord::Base
   serialize :events_per_week, Hash
   resourcify # Needed to call 'Conference.with_role' in /models/ability.rb
 
+  default_scope { order('start_date DESC') }
+
   attr_accessible :title, :short_title, :timezone, :html_export_path,
                   :start_date, :end_date, :rooms_attributes, :tracks_attributes,
                   :dietary_choices_attributes, :use_dietary_choices,