diff --git a/db/migrate/20090822092032_add_skip_to_first_child_to_pages.rb b/db/migrate/20090822092032_add_skip_to_first_child_to_pages.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84d3bac0b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20090822092032_add_skip_to_first_child_to_pages.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+class AddSkipToFirstChildToPages < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def self.up
+    add_column :pages, :skip_to_first_child, :boolean, :default => false
+  end
+
+  def self.down
+    remove_column :pages, :skip_to_first_child
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index e7dae31c00..faec1d8934 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended to check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20090618044141) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => 20090822092032) do
 
   create_table "images", :force => true do |t|
     t.integer  "parent_id"
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
     t.integer  "custom_title_image_id"
     t.boolean  "draft",                 :default => false
     t.string   "browser_title"
+    t.boolean  "skip_to_first_child",   :default => false
   end
 
   create_table "portfolio_entries", :force => true do |t|
diff --git a/vendor/plugins/pages/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb b/vendor/plugins/pages/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
index 005af38855..d41d07492e 100644
--- a/vendor/plugins/pages/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
+++ b/vendor/plugins/pages/app/controllers/pages_controller.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ def home
 
 	def show
 	  @page = Page.find(params[:id], :include => [:parts, :slugs])
+		
+		# if the admin wants this to be a "placeholder" page which goes to its first child, go to that instead.
+		if @page.skip_to_first_child
+			first_live_child = @page.children.find_by_draft(false, :order => "position ASC")
+			redirect_to page_url(first_live_child) unless first_live_child.nil?
+		end
 	end
 
 end
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/vendor/plugins/pages/app/views/admin/pages/_form.html.erb b/vendor/plugins/pages/app/views/admin/pages/_form.html.erb
index e2ef7556b5..4bee07a8c0 100644
--- a/vendor/plugins/pages/app/views/admin/pages/_form.html.erb
+++ b/vendor/plugins/pages/app/views/admin/pages/_form.html.erb
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@
 				</div>
 			</div>
 		</div>
+		<div class='field'>
+	    <%= label_tag :skip_to_first_child? %>
+	    <%= f.check_box :skip_to_first_child %>
+	    <%= f.label :skip_to_first_child, "Check this box if you want the visitor to be redirected to this page's first child page if this page is selected.", :class => "stripped" %>
+	  </div>
 		<div class='field'>
 			<%= f.label :link_url, "Custom URL" %>
 			<%= f.text_field :link_url, {:size => 103} %><br/>