implementing a must visit page

TVB · 12.01.2005, 18:59

I'm working on a solution that will redirect all visitors to a certain page upon entry to a site.

I'm not really sure what to call what I want to do so hopefully you'll know what I am talking about by the description.

I want to put a donate/campaign page up that will be the first page someone lands on regardless of how they enter the site. Once they click on enter, I would like them to be taken to the original url they were seeking.

For instance, if someone simply types example.org, they would land on example.org/donate and then click on continue to be taken to the home page.

If they type in example.org/forums they would land on example.org/donate and then click on continue to be taken to the forums.

This has been suggested in another non-mambo related forum:

If the pages are in php, you can use a cookie to see whether they've visited the donate page. If not, it takes them to the donations page and passes the requested page as a parameter to the donations page, so the donations page can provide a link back to what they were looking for.

Being a lazy type (aren't we all?) I'm wondering if there is already a mambo intergrated solution before I attempt to code something myself.

Any suggestions are appreciated.

Betsy

scubaguy · 12.01.2005, 19:10

actually if you use the comprofiler component http://www.mambojoe.com with the new module comprofilerlogin451 you can set where the user goes after login and logout within the module settings. At the time I am writing this there seems to be a few bugs in beta4 that need to be worked out yet. I would suggest using beta3 for now.

TVB · 12.01.2005, 19:37

Would it work without log-ins? We are not a "member" site and don't use log-ins. This would be for anyone visiting the site as a general fundraising campaign.

Betsy

Silvia77 · 15.01.2005, 16:26

... a "must visit page" for the first /absolute/ time OR a "must visit page" for every visit ?

For the first type, generally you can use a cookie and redirect the visitor to a page if the cookie is not present, but the client (browser) of the visitor must have cookies enabled.
You can hack this:
http://developers.evrsoft.com/articl...p-window.shtml

TVB · 15.01.2005, 16:37

Silvia, you are correct. A must visit if they haven't been to it previously. It will need to be done with cookies and I'm interested in checking out the link you posted but it appears to be wrong because it doesn't work. Thanks!

Betsy

Silvia77 · 15.01.2005, 16:42

Try http://tinyurl.com/6whb7

but you can also search on Google these keywords or others:
cookie visit page first time

15.01.2005, 19:27

Hi,
insert in index.php :

if ( !$_COOKIE['firstvisit'] ) {
setcookie('firstvisit', 1, time() + 1314000 ); // 1314000 one year in sec
include('yourpage.php');
exit;
}

as first string.
Regars.

TVB · 15.01.2005, 19:34

Great! Thank-you for making it easy as I am perpetually lazy.

Is it possible to make it a page that comes up after say...5 clicks? I've gotten some negative feedback about making it the first page. I can overcome that with a well-constructed and well-written page, but am exploring the option of not having it the first page.

Betsy