Provisioning a default.aspx page to use a custom page layout - sharepoint

Question

I have a custom site definition I created that deploys a couple of custom page layouts. Does anyone know what needs to be done so that when a user uses my site definition to create a site, their default.aspx page is created using my custom page layout?
Below is the module section of my site definition:
<Modules>
<Module Name="DefaultHome" Url="$Resources:osrvcore,List_Pages_UrlName;" Path="">
<File Url="default.aspx" Type="GhostableInLibrary" >
<Property Name="Title" Value="Test Home Page" />
<Property Name="PublishingPageLayout" Value="~SiteCollection/_catalogs/masterpage/MyCustomPageLayout.aspx, My Custom PageLayout" />
<Property Name="ContentType" Value="$Resources:cmscore,contenttype_welcomepage_name;" />
<Property Name="PublishingPageContent" Value="Welcome to the My Test Publishing Site" />
</File>
</Module>
</Modules>

Answer 1

In your onet.xml file you need to set the DefaultPageLayout property like below
<!-- Publishing Feature -->
<Feature ID="22A9EF51-737B-4ff2-9346-694633FE4416">
<Properties xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sharepoint/">
<Property Key="WelcomePageUrl" Value="$Resources:osrvcore,List_Pages_UrlName;/Default.aspx" />
<Property Key="ChromeMasterUrl" Value="~SiteCollection/_catalogs/masterpage/MyMasterPage.master"/>
<Property Key="SimplePublishing" Value="True" />
<Property Key="VersioningOnPages" Value="Major" />
<Property Key="RequireCheckoutOnPages" Value="False" />
<Property Key="AvailablePageLayouts" Value="~SiteCollection/_catalogs/masterpage/MyPageLayout.aspx:~SiteCollection/_catalogs/masterpage/MyPageLayout.aspx"/>
<Property Key="DefaultPageLayout" Value="~SiteCollection/_catalogs/masterpage/MyPageLayout.aspx"/>
<Property Key="AvailableWebTemplates" Value="ENTERWIKIRBKC#2;"/>
<Property Key="AllowSpacesInNewPageName" Value="false"/>
</Properties>
</Feature>

Answer 2

The default.aspx page in SiteDefinition created by VS inherits from webpart page. Make sure that you delete all the code and add the below. This has worked for me.
<%# Page Inherits="Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing.TemplateRedirectionPage,Microsoft.SharePoint.Publishing,Version=14.0.0.0,Culture=neutral,PublicKeyToken=71e9bce111e9429c" %>
<%# Reference VirtualPath="~TemplatePageUrl" %>
<%# Reference VirtualPath="~masterurl/custom.master" %>