Question

I have built a webpage, splashcreen.html, that when someone loads index.php will automatically go to. But I wish to also have a button, return to index.php, that allows users to go back to the homepage. But if the person closes the browser, this entire process restarts.

So it goes:

1. Open browser, index.php
2. Redirect to splashcreen.html
3. user clicks button, return to index.php
4. navigate without redirect
5. User closes browser
6. reopen and start this whole process again.

Is this possible?

Thanks!

Answer 1

You could have your index.php as the splash screen. Then the user clicks the button, redirect to home.php which is the “real” homepage.

Then instead of Home links pointing to the root (which implies index.php, therefore splash screen), have them point to home.php instead.

So:

1. user opens yoursite.com and meets your splash screen
2. user clicks button to go to home.php
3. user navigates normally
4. once user closes and reopens browser to visit yoursite.com, well.. splash screen again!

If later on you get tired of the splash screen and plan not to use it anymore, you can use a simple .htaccess rule to redirect index.php requests to home.php