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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

Neebski wrote:
> 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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On 23 Jun 2009, Neebski <> wrote:

> 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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On Jun 23, 6:14*pm, Neredbojias <neredboj...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 23 Jun 2009, Neebski <neeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> --
> Neredbojiashttp://www.neredbojias.org/http://www.neredbojias.net/

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?

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed Neebski <>
writing in news:6d41efd7-942d-4620-a7ac-
:

> On Jun 23, 6:14*pm, Neredbojias <neredboj...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 23 Jun 2009, Neebski <neeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > 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.
>>
>> --
>> Neredbojiashttp://www.neredbojias.org/http://www.neredbojias.net/
>
> 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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On 23 Jun 2009, Neebski <> wrote:

> On Jun 23, 6:14*pm, Neredbojias <neredboj...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 23 Jun 2009, Neebski <neeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > 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.
>>
>> --
>> Neredbojiashttp://www.neredbojias.org/http://www.neredbojias.net/
>
> 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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On 24 Jun., 03:14, Neredbojias <neredboj...@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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?

On 24 Jun 2009, "Jan C. Faerber" <> wrote:

> On 24 Jun., 03:14, Neredbojias <neredboj...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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?

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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