diff --git a/scipost_django/journals/templates/journals/_publication_li_content-alt.html b/scipost_django/journals/templates/journals/_publication_li_content-alt.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4d112e20a18f226eeea21e0784560b7d724442e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scipost_django/journals/templates/journals/_publication_li_content-alt.html
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<div class="publication">
+  <h3 class="title"><a href="{{ publication.get_absolute_url }}">{{ publication.title }}</a></h3>
+
+
+  <div class="authors">{{ publication.author_list }}</div>
+
+  <div class="specialties">
+    {% for specialty in publication.specialties.all %}
+      <span>
+        <a href="{% url 'journals:publications' %}?specialty={{ specialty.slug }}" class="muted-link p-1">{{ specialty }}</a>
+        {% if not forloop.last %}&bullet;{% endif %}
+      </span>
+    {% endfor %}
+  </div>
+  <div class="citation">{{ publication.citation }}</div> <span class="">published {{ publication.publication_date|date:'j F Y' }}</span>
+
+  {% for collection in publication.collection_set.all %}
+    <p class="m-1"><em>Part of the <a href="{{ collection.get_absolute_url }}">{{ collection }}</a> Collection in the <a href="{{ collection.series.get_absolute_url }}">{{ collection.series }}</a> Series.</em></p>
+  {% endfor %}
+</div>
diff --git a/scipost_django/news/factories.py b/scipost_django/news/factories.py
index 9288aaaeb895cc06aa456b26b4257689673a3ab2..de646e94da3d4abe6c7d074ae4949b2ff1654cb6 100644
--- a/scipost_django/news/factories.py
+++ b/scipost_django/news/factories.py
@@ -14,5 +14,7 @@ class NewsItemFactory(factory.django.DjangoModelFactory):
     date = factory.Faker('date_this_year')
     headline = factory.Faker('sentence')
     blurb = factory.Faker('paragraph', nb_sentences=8)
+    blurb_short = factory.Faker('paragraph', nb_sentences=3)
     followup_link = factory.Faker('uri')
     followup_link_text = factory.Faker('sentence', nb_words=4)
+    published = True
diff --git a/scipost_django/scipost/static/scipost/assets/css/_general.scss b/scipost_django/scipost/static/scipost/assets/css/_general.scss
index b6899bd72492ec0a1ddfb815e059f60f3f64705b..0a515cf10e58f4494ae7a0bfb12edf98a3353f64 100644
--- a/scipost_django/scipost/static/scipost/assets/css/_general.scss
+++ b/scipost_django/scipost/static/scipost/assets/css/_general.scss
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 General style sheet for SciPost
 */
 
-@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Merriweather+Sans&display=swap);
+@import url(https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Merriweather+Sans:wght@100,400;500;600&display=swap);
 
 .bi::before {
     display: inline-block;
diff --git a/scipost_django/scipost/static/scipost/assets/css/_homepage.scss b/scipost_django/scipost/static/scipost/assets/css/_homepage.scss
index e192129d7ed8bdc8074c4efd2ed6266918a94d92..5caa2963ff44346ffa5aec47a67f7e9ca60f9dfe 100644
--- a/scipost_django/scipost/static/scipost/assets/css/_homepage.scss
+++ b/scipost_django/scipost/static/scipost/assets/css/_homepage.scss
@@ -55,3 +55,219 @@
         }
     }
 }
+
+
+.home-alt {
+  background-color: #fff;
+
+  .main-nav .nav-item { padding: 0 5px; }
+  .main-nav .nav-item .dropdown-toggle::after { content: none; }
+
+  .container { max-width: 1440px; }
+
+  h2, .h2 { font-size: 1.1rem; }
+
+  .publications {
+    .publication {
+      margin-bottom: 20px;
+    }
+
+    .authors {
+      margin-bottom: 4px;
+      font-weight: 600;
+    }
+
+    .specialties > span:first-child a {
+      padding-left: 0 !important;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .domains {
+    list-style: none;
+    padding: 0 0 20px 0;
+    margin: 0;
+
+    li {
+      font-size: 1.0rem;
+      display: inline-block;
+      background-color: #d3e3f6;
+      padding: 5px 15px;
+      margin-right: 15px;
+      border-radius: 99px;
+      cursor: pointer;
+      transition: 100ms;
+    }
+
+    li.active {
+      background-color: #496bb6;
+      color: #fff;
+      text-decoration: underline;
+    }
+
+    li:hover {
+      background-color: #b8c8db;
+      text-decoration: underline;
+    }
+
+    li.active:hover {
+        background-color: #3e5c9d;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .subdomains {
+
+      list-style: none;
+      padding: 0;
+      margin-bottom: 20px;
+
+    li {
+      font-size: 0.825rem;
+      display: inline-block;
+      background-color: #eee;
+      padding: 2px 10px;
+      margin: 0 5px 10px 0;
+      border-radius: 99px;
+      cursor: pointer;
+      transition: 100ms;
+      border: 1px solid #dedede;
+      transition: 200ms;
+    }
+
+    li:hover,
+    li.active {
+        background-color: #ccc;
+        // text-decoration: underline;
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  .container {
+    box-shadow: none;
+    border: 0;
+  }
+
+  .navbar .nav-link {
+    font-weight: normal;
+  }
+
+  header .logobox img {
+    max-height: 45px;
+    width: auto;
+    margin: 15px 10px;
+  }
+
+
+  .publication-list ul {
+    list-style: none;
+    padding: 0;
+  }
+
+  .citation {
+    background-color: #f6a125;
+    display: inline-block;
+    padding: 0 10px;
+    border-radius: 99px;
+    margin-right: 5px;
+    margin-top: 3px;
+  }
+
+  .header {
+    list-style: none;
+    padding: 0 0 10px;
+    margin: 0 0 25px;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
+
+    > a {
+      margin-bottom: 0 !important;
+      padding: 0 0 0 3px !important;
+    }
+  }
+
+  ul.header-list {
+    list-style: none;
+    padding: 0 0 5px;
+    margin: 0 0 25px;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;
+
+    li {
+      display: inline-block;
+      position: relative;
+      cursor: pointer;
+      margin-right: 10px;
+
+      h2 {
+        font-weight: 300;
+        font-size: 1.0rem;
+      }
+    }
+
+    li.active h2 {
+      font-weight: normal;
+      font-size: 1.1rem;
+    }
+
+    li:after {
+      content: '';
+      width: 0;
+      transition: 200ms;
+      background: #000;
+      height: 2px;
+      display: block;
+      bottom: -5px;
+      position: absolute;
+    }
+
+    li:hover:after,
+    li.active:after {
+      width: 100%;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .link-cloud {
+    list-style: none;
+    padding: 0;
+    text-align: center;
+    padding: 15px 0;
+    border-top: 1px solid #ddd;
+    margin-top: 5px;
+
+    li {
+      display: inline;
+      color: #777;
+      margin: 0 5px;
+      cursor: pointer;
+      line-height: 2.0;
+      white-space: nowrap;
+
+      &:hover {
+        text-decoration: underline;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  .news h3 > a { color: initial; }
+  .news ul {
+    list-style: none;
+    padding: 0;
+
+    li {
+      margin-bottom: 30px;
+    }
+  }
+
+  .news li .date {
+    color: #aaa;
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+    font-size: 2.3em;
+    width: 60px;
+    line-height: 0.8;
+    float: left;
+    padding: 4px 5px 10px 0;
+
+    .month {
+      display: inline-block;
+      font-size: 0.7em;
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/scipost_django/scipost/templates/scipost/index_alt.html b/scipost_django/scipost/templates/scipost/index_alt.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2ccc70bf0c6445f455d5152ef1e04eacfd4f67c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scipost_django/scipost/templates/scipost/index_alt.html
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+{% extends 'scipost/base.html' %}
+
+{% block headsup %}
+<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.googleapis.com">
+<link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com" crossorigin>
+<link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Merriweather+Sans:wght@300;400;500;600&display=swap" rel="stylesheet">
+{% endblock headsup %}
+
+{% load render_bundle from webpack_loader %}
+{% load static %}
+
+{% block body_class %}{{ block.super }} homepage home-alt{% endblock %}
+
+{% block meta_description %}{{ block.super }} homepage{% endblock meta_description %}
+{% block pagetitle %}Homepage{% endblock pagetitle %}
+
+{% block content %}
+  <div class="row">
+    <div class="col-12">
+      <ul class="domains">
+        <li class="active">Physics</li>
+        <li>Chemistry</li>
+        <li>Political Science</li>
+        <li>Mathematics</li>
+        <li>Astronomy</li>
+      </ul>
+
+      <ul class="subdomains">  <li value="phys-ae">Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics - Experiment</li> <li value="phys-at" class="active">Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics - Theory</li> <li value="phys-bi">Biophysics</li> <li value="phys-ce">Condensed Matter Physics - Experiment</li> <li value="phys-ct">Condensed Matter Physics - Theory</li> <li value="phys-cc">Condensed Matter Physics - Computational</li> <li value="phys-fd">Fluid Dynamics</li> <li value="phys-gr">Gravitation, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics</li> <li value="phys-he">High-Energy Physics - Experiment</li> <li value="phys-ht">High-Energy Physics - Theory</li> <li value="phys-hp">High-Energy Physics - Phenomenology</li> <li value="phys-mp">Mathematical Physics</li> <li value="phys-ne">Nuclear Physics - Experiment</li> <li value="phys-nt">Nuclear Physics - Theory</li> <li value="phys-qp">Quantum Physics</li> <li value="phys-sm">Statistical and Soft Matter Physics</li>
+
+      </ul>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+
+  <div class="row">
+    <div class="col-md-8">
+
+      <div class="publications">
+        <ul class="header-list">
+          <li><h2>Journals</h2></li>
+          <li class="active"><h2>Publications</h2></li>
+          <li><h2>Submissions</h2></li>
+          <li><h2>Reports</h2></li>
+          <li><h2>Comments</h2></li>
+        </ul>
+
+        <div class="publication-list">
+            {% for publication in publications %}
+              {% include 'journals/_publication_li_content-alt.html' with publication=publication %}
+            {% endfor %}
+        </div>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+    <div class="col-md-4">
+
+      <!-- News -->
+      <div class="news">
+    	  <h2 class="header">News
+    	    <a class="btn btn-link btn-sm" href="{% url 'scipost:feeds' %}" aria-label="RSS feeds">{% include 'bi/rss-fill.html' %}</a>
+        </h2>
+      	<ul>
+      	  {% for news in news_items %}
+      	    <li>
+              <div class="date">{{ news.date|date:'d' }}<span class="month">{{ news.date|date:'M' }}</span></div>
+              <div>
+                <h3><a href="{% url 'news:news' %}#news_{{ news.id }}">{{ news.headline }}</a></h3>
+                <p>{{ news.blurb_short }}</p>
+              </div>
+      	    </li>
+      	  {% endfor %}
+      	</ul>
+      </div><!-- End news -->
+
+
+      <div>
+        <ul class="link-cloud">
+          <li>About</li>
+          <li>Contact Us</li>
+          <li>The Foundation</li>
+          <li>Careers</li>
+          <li>FAQ</li>
+          <li>News</li>
+          <li>Feeds</li>
+          <li>Our Business model</li>
+          <li>Organizations</li>
+          <li>Sponsors</li>
+          <li>Finances</li>
+        </ul>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+  </div>
+{% endblock %}
+
+
+{% block content_footer %}
+    <div class="row">
+      <div class="col-12"><h1 class="header">Sponsors</h1></div>
+      <div class="col-md-8">
+
+	<p>
+	  SciPost guarantees free online access to all publications in all its Journals and does not charge any article processing fees for publishing. Sponsors provide operating funds to SciPost through a cost-slashing consortial model.
+	</p>
+	<p>
+	  We invite <a href="{% url 'organizations:organizations' %}">organizations benefitting from SciPost's activities</a> to join our growing <a href="{% url 'sponsors:sponsors' %}">list of Sponsors</a>. Look at our <a href="{% static 'sponsors/SciPost_Sponsors_Board_Prospectus.pdf' %}">one-page Prospectus</a> and at our full <a href="{% static 'sponsors/SciPost_Sponsorship_Agreement.pdf' %}">Sponsorship Agreement template</a>.
+	</p>
+	<p>
+	  <strong>Scientists, please help us out:</strong> Please petition your local librarian/director/... to consider sponsoring us. You can use this email <a href="mailto:?subject=Petition to support SciPost&body={% autoescape on %}{% include 'sponsors/sponsor_petition_email.html' %}{% endautoescape %}&cc=sponsors@scipost.org">template</a>.
+	</p>
+      </div>
+      <div class="col-md-4">
+        <a href="{% url 'sponsors:sponsors' %}">See all sponsors</a>
+	<br>
+        <ul class="list list-unstyled">
+          {% for sponsor in current_sponsors %}
+            {% if sponsor.logo %}
+              <li class="p-2"><img class="rounded" src="{{ sponsor.logo.url }}" alt="{{ sponsor.name }} logo"></li>
+            {% endif %}
+          {% endfor %}
+        </ul>
+      </div>
+    </div>
+
+
+    <div class="row">
+      <div class="col-12">
+        <h1 class="header mt-3">SciPost participates in</h1>
+
+          <div class="logos text-center">
+            <a href="//www.crossref.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="//assets.crossref.org/logo/crossref-logo-200.svg" width="100" alt="Crossref logo"></a>
+            <a href="//www.doaj.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="{% static 'scipost/images/doaj_logo_200.jpg' %}" width="90" alt="DOAJ logo"></a>
+            <a href="//www.clockss.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="{% static 'scipost/images/clockss_original_logo_boxed_ai-cropped-90.png' %}" width="80" alt="Clockss logo"></a>
+            <a href="//i4oc.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img width="100" src="{% static 'scipost/images/I4OC.png' %}" alt="I4OC logo"></a>
+            <a href="//freejournals.org" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img width="100" src="{% static 'scipost/images/FJN-logo-long.png' %}" alt="FJN logo"></a>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+    </div>
+{% endblock %}
diff --git a/scipost_django/scipost/urls.py b/scipost_django/scipost/urls.py
index b58cf497f7401f1c001fe327f213885d896e0c13..b04286927580cbf80b1b2829044afbf99e67f93f 100644
--- a/scipost_django/scipost/urls.py
+++ b/scipost_django/scipost/urls.py
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
         name='search'
     ),
     url(r'^$', views.index, name='index'),
+    url(r'^home_alt/$', views.index_alt, name='index-alt'),
     url(r'^files/secure/(?P<path>.*)$', views.protected_serve, name='secure_file'),
 
     # General use pages
diff --git a/scipost_django/scipost/views.py b/scipost_django/scipost/views.py
index c6b1c0e75210c4aca9e1072c7ec294122a056022..7381026013bb2f2a3c46b18e2b1fce5b6274dd86 100644
--- a/scipost_django/scipost/views.py
+++ b/scipost_django/scipost/views.py
@@ -173,6 +173,21 @@ def index(request):
     return render(request, 'scipost/index.html', context)
 
 
+def index_alt(request):
+    """Homepage view of SciPost."""
+    if not request.user.is_authenticated or not request.user.is_superuser:
+        # Only superusers may get to see secure files without an explicit serve method!
+        raise Http404
+
+    context = {
+        'news_items': NewsItem.objects.homepage().order_by('-date')[:4],
+        'publications': Publication.objects.published().order_by('-publication_date',
+                                                                 '-paper_nr')[:10],
+        'current_sponsors': Organization.objects.current_sponsors().order_by('?')[:2]
+    }
+    return render(request, 'scipost/index_alt.html', context)
+
+
 def protected_serve(request, path, show_indexes=False):
     """
     Serve media files from outside the public MEDIA_ROOT folder.