have a primary and secondary front page - useful for flash or splash graphic front pages
description
This describes how to have a flash or splash graphic front page to your site and a "regular" front page.
dependancies
This is intended for use with the front_page.module
Step 1 of 1
- Go to ADMINISTER -> SETTINGS -> FRONT_PAGE
- In the text area for your front page for ANONYMOUS USERS, paste in the following snippet
- Select the ALLOW PHP IN PAGE option and set to FULL PAGE so your splash flash fills the screen
- Edit the snippet (example.com) to match your site
- Paste in your Splash/Flash HTML code in the place provided
- Save settings.
<?php
/**
* Change the $yoursite value to your website address
*/
$yoursite = "example.com";
/**
* paste your flashsplash HTML content in between the quote marks in the next line.
* It can run as many lines as you want as long as it begins and ends
* with the quotemarks.
*/
$flashsplashcode = 'paste your flashsplash HTML code here';
/**
* check to see where the visitor is coming from
*
*/
$ref = $_SERVER["HTTP_REFERER"];
if (!stristr($ref, "$yoursite")) {
//Offsite referrer detected so display the full splash/flash page.
print $flashsplashcode;
}
else {
/**
* This php snippet displays the 10 most recent weblog entries with
* teaser & info.
*/
$listlength=10; //determines the amount of weblog entries displayed. increase or decrease to suit.
$result1 = pager_query(db_rewrite_sql("SELECT n.nid, n.created FROM {node} n WHERE n.type = 'blog' AND n.status = 1 ORDER BY n.created DESC"), $listlength);
while ($node = db_fetch_object($result1)) {
$output .= node_view(node_load(array('nid' => $node->nid)), 1);
}
print theme('page', $output); // displays the output as a themed page to include the mission.
}
?>Notes
- It's generally considered to be bad design to have flash/splash page for your site. But I can see where some sites, e.g. adult sites, might want to display a strong warning.
- Please post tips/tricks discuss this handbook page at this thread.
- There are a lot of other useful content snippets in the HANDBOOK -> PHP SNIPPETS -> PHP PAGE SNIPPETS if you want to display something other than the 10 most recent weblog entries