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Neebski

Hey there,

I have a pretty basic splash page on my site but I wanted to forward
directly to the home page if there is a returning user to the site.

I am not sure the best way of doing this, maybe something with JS.
Thanks in advance for any help!

Kevin Neberman
 
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Jonathan N. Little

Neebski said:
Hey there,

I have a pretty basic splash page on my site but I wanted to forward
directly to the home page if there is a returning user to the site.

I am not sure the best way of doing this, maybe something with JS.
Thanks in advance for any help!

Simple, remove the splash page. Honestly, people do not really want to
see your splash page no matter how pretty, they come to we what you
have, i.e., your content.
 
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Neredbojias

Hey there,

I have a pretty basic splash page on my site but I wanted to forward
directly to the home page if there is a returning user to the site.

I am not sure the best way of doing this, maybe something with JS.
Thanks in advance for any help!

Depends on how long. If I come back to the page in 2011, am I a
"returning visitor"? Anyway, 2 possibilities are Sessions and a
database of users/visitors. Cookies could work for those who have
cookies enabled, too.
 
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Neebski

Depends on how long.  If I come back to the page in 2011, am I a
"returning visitor"?  Anyway, 2 possibilities are Sessions and a
database of users/visitors.  Cookies could work for those who have
cookies enabled, too.

I would like to go the cookie route simply because I would like to
keep it easy. I figured a 90 day forward would work best. For the site
we are working with we don't need it much longer than that. Thanks
John but for what we are doing we need this page even if it is only
once.

Thanks for the help Neredbojias, would you recommend any scrips?
 
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Adrienne Boswell

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed Neebski <[email protected]>
writing in (e-mail address removed):
I would like to go the cookie route simply because I would like to
keep it easy. I figured a 90 day forward would work best. For the site
we are working with we don't need it much longer than that. Thanks
John but for what we are doing we need this page even if it is only
once.

Thanks for the help Neredbojias, would you recommend any scrips?

If you're going to use cookies, I would suggest doing it server side, and
not client side. Why? Users without javascript enabled will not get the
javascript cookie.
 
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Neredbojias

I would like to go the cookie route simply because I would like to
keep it easy. I figured a 90 day forward would work best. For the
site we are working with we don't need it much longer than that.
Thanks John but for what we are doing we need this page even if it is
only once.

Thanks for the help Neredbojias, would you recommend any scrips?

Sorry, I can't because I don't use any I don't make myself and I
haven't dabbled with cookies in eons. But you're right; a 90-day
"remeberance" would probably be best served by cookies and if the
jamoke has them disabled, so he gets the splash screen - big deal.
Best 'o luck; maybe Googling for "cookie scripts" would benefit.
 
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Jan C. Faerber

Depends on how long.  If I come back to the page in 2011, am I a
"returning visitor"?  Anyway, 2 possibilities are Sessions and a
database of users/visitors.  Cookies could work for those who have
cookies enabled, too.

Yes, I think also that this might not be the best entertainment.
What about a check box where the visitor can freely decide on his own
if the splash page is truncated the next time or not?
 
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Neredbojias

Yes, I think also that this might not be the best entertainment.
What about a check box where the visitor can freely decide on his own
if the splash page is truncated the next time or not?

I'm a big fan of providing user options on a page. However, the input
of such a check box would also have to be "recorded" to prevent users
from dealing with the option every visit and unless the splash page
serves some real purpose, I don't think too many people will want to
see it repeatedly.
 

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