Creating a website using a Flash homepage
jcbrew - May 7, 2008 - 20:32
I would like to create a website using a Flash intro page which will go to a Flash homepage. The homepage will have several links to drupal created nodes.
Does anyone have suggestions on how I would set this up? I know the standard uses index.php as the homepage. Do I have to create a new theme? Or, is there a easier or better way to do this. I'm not sure if I'd feel comfortable building a new theme for a highly visible site.
link
I have a pdf that I can link to : http://216.227.221.146/drupalsite.pdf - this should help illustrate what I am looking to do. My drawing only has two nodes, but the site will have several page links off the homepage...
One simple way is to just
One simple way is to just use index.html as your home page and use "DirectoryIndex index.html index.php" in your .htaccess file. Then your flash based index.html will be displayed first and you can use regular links to point to drupal pages.
However, I don't see any way around having to theme the drupal site to match your flash front page-- unless you don't care if your pretty flash home page points to garland or blue marine, lol.
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Why not just create a custom
Why not just create a custom frontpage.tpl.php with the contents of your index.html? Then you can effectively ignore all the drupalish stuff inside the frontpage.tpl.php template and link only to what you want to.
Dave
I'm feel a little
I feel a little intimidated to go into the template pages at the moment. I do hope to design my own templates - maybe on one of my personal sites. But not for my employer's sites.
That's what I was thinking I
That's what I was thinking I could do... I just wanted to have a pro vaildate it for me... Thank You
To get around theming I will buy one of many cool themes for the inside pages.
I have a dilemma... I could
I have a dilemma...
I could name the first page index.html and put my flash intro there.
I could then name my second page homepage.html - which will be my homepage and have the flash animation with links to the nodes on it. The problem is what happens when I hit the home button?
I can go to Home » Administer » Site configuration and enter a default homepage but it needs to be in this format: http://website.com/?q=
frontpage.tpl.php would fix all this
If you use a frontpage.tpl.php file, all this would be really easy. If you're using the built-in Garland theme, then just create a new file called "frontpage.tpl.php" inside the "themes/garland" folder. Paste the entire contents of your flash intro page into frontpage.tpl.php, and save.
That's it.
If you switch to a different theme, then just copy your frontpage.tpl.php file from Garland's theme directory to your new theme.
Dave
I will definitely give it a
I will definitely give it a try…
IMHO, flash intro pages are
IMHO, flash intro pages are not user friendly, even if they have a 'skip intro' button. Maybe it worked 7 years ago, but I'm convinced that internet users nowadays just like to start doing whatever they want to do.
If you choose to have a flash intro, I would advice you to show it only the first time a user visits the site. This could be done by getting/setting cookies, and only showing the flash if the cookie is not present.
for completeness sake, we
for completeness sake, we should also mention that there is also http://drupal.org/project/front
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"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." -- Lao Tzu
"God helps those who help themselves." -- Benjamin Franklin
"Search is your best friend." -- Worldfallz
splash module
i used the splash module for something similar to this http://drupal.org/project/splash and it worked perfectly and very simply. i didnt know how to use frontpage module for this unfortunately.
Roula
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