Use A Different Layout For The Start Page

Has anyone tried this procedure recently? (see picture)

I found this procedure on the (how to create a template wiki page).

Use A Different Layout For The Start Page
It suggests creating a new layout file: ~/includes/templates/mytheme.catalog/layouts/index.inc.php.
Then, in ~/pages/index.inc.php, adding the following line:

<?php
  document::$layout = 'index';
?>

However, it doesn't seem to work properly. The new layout file (index.inc.php) is being called, but it seems to be loaded completely on its own — meaning that other includes like config.inc.php, app_header.inc.php, etc., are missing.

Has anyone successfully implemented this recently?
Thanks in advance for your feedback!

So, /pages/index.inc.php gets it's includes from the parent script which is /index.php.

Clone /includes/templates/mytheme.catalog/layouts/default.inc.php to /includes/templates/mytheme.catalog/layouts/index.inc.php to make sure you start out with a layout that has all elements needed.

Perfect thanks! It was my misunderstanding of the layouts architecture.