Adding Intro or Splash Page(s)

Hi All,

I would like to add an intro page(s) to my site where when the user goes to my domain name www.domainname.com, I can have an intro, a splash screen or an advertisement before they go to the main page. I am have no knowledge of PHP, therefore any advice what code to change will be appreciated.

Thanking you in advance.

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Permalink Reply by Zarzing (Dustin) on June 5, 2008 at 1:01pm

Ok I Had A Splash Page On My Network Before And I Am Willing To Add A Splash Page To Your Ning Site For You

Permalink Reply by Zarzing (Dustin) on June 7, 2008 at 6:51pm

Hello I Want To Tell You How TO DO This You First Need To Make Sure That Your Ning Site Dosn't Send Your Members To You Domain Name First Then Go To http://developer.ning.com/notes/Adding_a_Splash_Page Fallow The Instructions There And Then You Change The Part Were It Says -
Hello World! a href="/index.php" - Click here to go to our social network Change That To - Hello World! a href="www.yourdomainnamehere.com">Click Here To Go To Our Social Network>
Then You Have A Splash Page

Permalink Reply by mikesumera on June 8, 2008 at 10:40pm

When I put up a splash page, every time I go to another page e.g. forums and return to main page I was always redirected to my splash page how can I avoid this?

Permalink Reply by Ernie H. on June 8, 2008 at 11:43pm

Hmmm. So, if you're comfortable with PHP, you could try setting a browser cookie. You'll have to rename splash.html to splash.php, I'm assuming. The idea would be that once you get to splash.php, it would check for a particular browser cookie. If it's not there, you can show the splash page and set the cookie. If the cookie already exists, you would just bypass that page and go directly to your network.

(Perhaps another NC has already created the code that would like to share?)

Thanks, Ernie

Permalink Reply by mikesumera on June 9, 2008 at 3:41am

it works!

thanks!

Permalink Reply by Slacker on June 9, 2008 at 4:40am

Thanks a lot all!

Permalink Reply by ddeubel on August 7, 2008 at 7:39am

I used the tracking box hack to avoid going back to the main page -- doesn't work! They have to update the hack , me thinks.

How does the cookie work? Just put in the code before the html?
mikesumera, if you have the time, I'd like to know. My splash page keeps showing up when others hit "Main"...

Thanks in advance,

David
http://eflclassroom.ning.com

Permalink Reply by Fate on March 6, 2009 at 7:33pm

Is there any way to stop my site from opening up in a new window once i click on my splash page. I'd prefer it open in the same window, or atleast another tab.

Permalink Reply by IRJP.NET on March 6, 2009 at 9:03pm

Your splash page consists of this code:

a href="/index.php" target="_blank" img src="http://i646.photobucket.com/albums/uu183/EtherealFate/splash3.jpg" border="0" alt="Click To Enter!!"

Another thing I do not understand. Why is everybody hosting their images on photobucket when they could be hosting them on their own Ning network. I myself would much rather have the imaged pulled from my network, than an outside image hosting company!

The code target="blank" that I have set in bold for you to see, needs to be changed to target="self"

Cheers,
"JP" A.K.A. "The Ning Master"
www.skins4ning.com World Wide Website Design!

Permalink Reply by Mamer1 on July 30, 2009 at 12:53am

Why is this note missing all of a sudden? I can't find this tutorial anywhere!

Zarzing (Dustin) said:

Hello I Want To Tell You How TO DO This You First Need To Make Sure That Your Ning Site Dosn't Send Your Members To You Domain Name First Then Go To http://developer.ning.com/notes/Adding_a_Splash_Page Fallow The Instructions There And Then You Change The Part Were It Says -
Hello World! a href="/index.php" - Click here to go to our social network Change That To - Hello World! a href="www.yourdomainnamehere.com">Click Here To Go To Our Social Network> Then You Have A Splash Page

Permalink Reply by vaqz on July 30, 2009 at 1:13am

it is being transfered here.

Permalink Reply by Anita on August 1, 2009 at 12:01pm

They keep turning WebDav access on and off. You need to have WebDav in order for this to work. They've turned access off again. Sorry :(

Mamer1 said:

Why is this note missing all of a sudden? I can't find this tutorial anywhere!

Zarzing (Dustin) said:
Hello I Want To Tell You How TO DO This You First Need To Make Sure That Your Ning Site Dosn't Send Your Members To You Domain Name First Then Go To http://developer.ning.com/notes/Adding_a_Splash_Page Fallow The Instructions There And Then You Change The Part Were It Says -
Hello World! a href="/index.php" - Click here to go to our social network Change That To - Hello World! a href="www.yourdomainnamehere.com">Click Here To Go To Our Social Network> Then You Have A Splash Page