WordPress splash page with htaccess?
I have a WordPress site set up in the root. I need to set up a temporary splash page to promote an album with an 'enter' button which will lead to the regular site. I know there is a way to do this by moving files to different directories but I'd rather not do that. Is there a simpler way to do this perhaps with htaccess? Or another simpler method?
wordpress .htaccess splash-screen
asked Oct 5 '11 at 7:42
JohnJohn
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I have a WordPress site set up in the root. I need to set up a temporary splash page to promote an album with an 'enter' button which will lead to the regular site. I know there is a way to do this by moving files to different directories but I'd rather not do that. Is there a simpler way to do this perhaps with htaccess? Or another simpler method?
wordpress .htaccess splash-screen
asked Oct 5 '11 at 7:42
JohnJohn
387619
you mean you want to show splash page when someone open www.yourdomain.com ? once they click on enter they can view main site.
– Nimit Dudani
Oct 5 '11 at 9:15
Right, exactly.
– John
Oct 5 '11 at 9:36
add a comment |
I have a WordPress site set up in the root. I need to set up a temporary splash page to promote an album with an 'enter' button which will lead to the regular site. I know there is a way to do this by moving files to different directories but I'd rather not do that. Is there a simpler way to do this perhaps with htaccess? Or another simpler method?
wordpress .htaccess splash-screen
asked Oct 5 '11 at 7:42
JohnJohn
387619
I have a WordPress site set up in the root. I need to set up a temporary splash page to promote an album with an 'enter' button which will lead to the regular site. I know there is a way to do this by moving files to different directories but I'd rather not do that. Is there a simpler way to do this perhaps with htaccess? Or another simpler method?
wordpress .htaccess splash-screen
wordpress .htaccess splash-screen
asked Oct 5 '11 at 7:42
JohnJohn
387619
asked Oct 5 '11 at 7:42
JohnJohn
387619
asked Oct 5 '11 at 7:42
JohnJohn
387619
asked Oct 5 '11 at 7:42
JohnJohn
387619
asked Oct 5 '11 at 7:42
JohnJohn
387619
387619
you mean you want to show splash page when someone open www.yourdomain.com ? once they click on enter they can view main site.
– Nimit Dudani
Oct 5 '11 at 9:15
Right, exactly.
– John
Oct 5 '11 at 9:36
add a comment |
you mean you want to show splash page when someone open www.yourdomain.com ? once they click on enter they can view main site.
– Nimit Dudani
Oct 5 '11 at 9:15
Right, exactly.
– John
Oct 5 '11 at 9:36
you mean you want to show splash page when someone open www.yourdomain.com ? once they click on enter they can view main site.
– Nimit Dudani
Oct 5 '11 at 9:15
you mean you want to show splash page when someone open www.yourdomain.com ? once they click on enter they can view main site.
– Nimit Dudani
Oct 5 '11 at 9:15
Right, exactly.
– John
Oct 5 '11 at 9:36
Right, exactly.
– John
Oct 5 '11 at 9:36
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Quite simple.
add DirectoryIndex splash.php blog.php in your htaccess file.
add splash.php file in your root directory. add splash page code in this file.
copy index.php file and rename new file with name blog.php
Login in wp-admin, Go to setting -> General Settings
Change Site address (URL) value, it should be http://www.yoursite.com/blog.php
That's it!!!!
answered Oct 5 '11 at 10:39
Nimit DudaniNimit Dudani
4,63132442
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Another way you can do this is to detect the HTTP_REFERER and add a conditional statement to your index.php. This way client machines will only see the splash when entering in the root url (not by refreshing or clicking home).
Sample code
<?php $referrer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
if (preg_match("/yoursite.com/",$referrer)) {
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require('./wp-blog-header.php');
} else {
header('Location: http://yoursite.com/splash.html');
}; ?>
Make sure you have the wordpress comment block on the top of the page.
No .htaccess tweeks needed.
answered Jul 9 '12 at 18:37
cl0udc0ntr0lcl0udc0ntr0l
94113
How does this work? If I click on a link with the URL yoursite.com I don't get the splash page. This is fine as well as desired. But why does this work?
– testing
Nov 26 '12 at 18:35
1
It detectes the referring page then matches it against your domain (yoursite.com) with a regular expression. If it matches it loads your wordpress site. If it does not it redirects you to the splash page.
– cl0udc0ntr0l
Apr 24 '13 at 16:22
add a comment |
I used it like this and it works good, so far. Deleted the other stuff from my index.php (not from the theme but from wordpress itself) and left this here:
<?php $referrer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
if (preg_match("/great2gether.com/",$referrer) ) {
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/wp-blog-header.php' );
} else {
header('Location: http://great2gether.com/splash.html');
};
?>
<?php
Of course you will have to change the domain against your own URL and need to have a splash.html file in your top wordpress folder.
Hope this helps somebody :)
answered Jun 20 '17 at 1:13
great2gether.comgreat2gether.com
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Quite simple.
add DirectoryIndex splash.php blog.php in your htaccess file.
add splash.php file in your root directory. add splash page code in this file.
copy index.php file and rename new file with name blog.php
Login in wp-admin, Go to setting -> General Settings
Change Site address (URL) value, it should be http://www.yoursite.com/blog.php
That's it!!!!
answered Oct 5 '11 at 10:39
Nimit DudaniNimit Dudani
4,63132442
add a comment |
Quite simple.
add DirectoryIndex splash.php blog.php in your htaccess file.
add splash.php file in your root directory. add splash page code in this file.
copy index.php file and rename new file with name blog.php
Login in wp-admin, Go to setting -> General Settings
Change Site address (URL) value, it should be http://www.yoursite.com/blog.php
That's it!!!!
answered Oct 5 '11 at 10:39
Nimit DudaniNimit Dudani
4,63132442
add a comment |
Quite simple.
add DirectoryIndex splash.php blog.php in your htaccess file.
add splash.php file in your root directory. add splash page code in this file.
copy index.php file and rename new file with name blog.php
Login in wp-admin, Go to setting -> General Settings
Change Site address (URL) value, it should be http://www.yoursite.com/blog.php
That's it!!!!
answered Oct 5 '11 at 10:39
Nimit DudaniNimit Dudani
4,63132442
Quite simple.
add DirectoryIndex splash.php blog.php in your htaccess file.
add splash.php file in your root directory. add splash page code in this file.
copy index.php file and rename new file with name blog.php
Login in wp-admin, Go to setting -> General Settings
Change Site address (URL) value, it should be http://www.yoursite.com/blog.php
That's it!!!!
answered Oct 5 '11 at 10:39
Nimit DudaniNimit Dudani
4,63132442
answered Oct 5 '11 at 10:39
Nimit DudaniNimit Dudani
4,63132442
answered Oct 5 '11 at 10:39
Nimit DudaniNimit Dudani
4,63132442
answered Oct 5 '11 at 10:39
Nimit DudaniNimit Dudani
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4,63132442
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add a comment |
Another way you can do this is to detect the HTTP_REFERER and add a conditional statement to your index.php. This way client machines will only see the splash when entering in the root url (not by refreshing or clicking home).
Sample code
<?php $referrer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
if (preg_match("/yoursite.com/",$referrer)) {
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require('./wp-blog-header.php');
} else {
header('Location: http://yoursite.com/splash.html');
}; ?>
Make sure you have the wordpress comment block on the top of the page.
No .htaccess tweeks needed.
answered Jul 9 '12 at 18:37
cl0udc0ntr0lcl0udc0ntr0l
94113
How does this work? If I click on a link with the URL yoursite.com I don't get the splash page. This is fine as well as desired. But why does this work?
– testing
Nov 26 '12 at 18:35
1
It detectes the referring page then matches it against your domain (yoursite.com) with a regular expression. If it matches it loads your wordpress site. If it does not it redirects you to the splash page.
– cl0udc0ntr0l
Apr 24 '13 at 16:22
add a comment |
Another way you can do this is to detect the HTTP_REFERER and add a conditional statement to your index.php. This way client machines will only see the splash when entering in the root url (not by refreshing or clicking home).
Sample code
<?php $referrer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
if (preg_match("/yoursite.com/",$referrer)) {
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require('./wp-blog-header.php');
} else {
header('Location: http://yoursite.com/splash.html');
}; ?>
Make sure you have the wordpress comment block on the top of the page.
No .htaccess tweeks needed.
answered Jul 9 '12 at 18:37
cl0udc0ntr0lcl0udc0ntr0l
94113
How does this work? If I click on a link with the URL yoursite.com I don't get the splash page. This is fine as well as desired. But why does this work?
– testing
Nov 26 '12 at 18:35
1
It detectes the referring page then matches it against your domain (yoursite.com) with a regular expression. If it matches it loads your wordpress site. If it does not it redirects you to the splash page.
– cl0udc0ntr0l
Apr 24 '13 at 16:22
add a comment |
Another way you can do this is to detect the HTTP_REFERER and add a conditional statement to your index.php. This way client machines will only see the splash when entering in the root url (not by refreshing or clicking home).
Sample code
<?php $referrer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
if (preg_match("/yoursite.com/",$referrer)) {
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require('./wp-blog-header.php');
} else {
header('Location: http://yoursite.com/splash.html');
}; ?>
Make sure you have the wordpress comment block on the top of the page.
No .htaccess tweeks needed.
answered Jul 9 '12 at 18:37
cl0udc0ntr0lcl0udc0ntr0l
94113
Another way you can do this is to detect the HTTP_REFERER and add a conditional statement to your index.php. This way client machines will only see the splash when entering in the root url (not by refreshing or clicking home).
Sample code
<?php $referrer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
if (preg_match("/yoursite.com/",$referrer)) {
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require('./wp-blog-header.php');
} else {
header('Location: http://yoursite.com/splash.html');
}; ?>
Make sure you have the wordpress comment block on the top of the page.
No .htaccess tweeks needed.
answered Jul 9 '12 at 18:37
cl0udc0ntr0lcl0udc0ntr0l
94113
answered Jul 9 '12 at 18:37
cl0udc0ntr0lcl0udc0ntr0l
94113
answered Jul 9 '12 at 18:37
cl0udc0ntr0lcl0udc0ntr0l
94113
answered Jul 9 '12 at 18:37
cl0udc0ntr0lcl0udc0ntr0l
94113
94113
How does this work? If I click on a link with the URL yoursite.com I don't get the splash page. This is fine as well as desired. But why does this work?
– testing
Nov 26 '12 at 18:35
1
It detectes the referring page then matches it against your domain (yoursite.com) with a regular expression. If it matches it loads your wordpress site. If it does not it redirects you to the splash page.
– cl0udc0ntr0l
Apr 24 '13 at 16:22
add a comment |
How does this work? If I click on a link with the URL yoursite.com I don't get the splash page. This is fine as well as desired. But why does this work?
– testing
Nov 26 '12 at 18:35
1
It detectes the referring page then matches it against your domain (yoursite.com) with a regular expression. If it matches it loads your wordpress site. If it does not it redirects you to the splash page.
– cl0udc0ntr0l
Apr 24 '13 at 16:22
How does this work? If I click on a link with the URL yoursite.com I don't get the splash page. This is fine as well as desired. But why does this work?
– testing
Nov 26 '12 at 18:35
How does this work? If I click on a link with the URL yoursite.com I don't get the splash page. This is fine as well as desired. But why does this work?
– testing
Nov 26 '12 at 18:35
1
1
It detectes the referring page then matches it against your domain (yoursite.com) with a regular expression. If it matches it loads your wordpress site. If it does not it redirects you to the splash page.
– cl0udc0ntr0l
Apr 24 '13 at 16:22
It detectes the referring page then matches it against your domain (yoursite.com) with a regular expression. If it matches it loads your wordpress site. If it does not it redirects you to the splash page.
– cl0udc0ntr0l
Apr 24 '13 at 16:22
add a comment |
I used it like this and it works good, so far. Deleted the other stuff from my index.php (not from the theme but from wordpress itself) and left this here:
<?php $referrer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
if (preg_match("/great2gether.com/",$referrer) ) {
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/wp-blog-header.php' );
} else {
header('Location: http://great2gether.com/splash.html');
};
?>
<?php
Of course you will have to change the domain against your own URL and need to have a splash.html file in your top wordpress folder.
Hope this helps somebody :)
answered Jun 20 '17 at 1:13
great2gether.comgreat2gether.com
14
add a comment |
I used it like this and it works good, so far. Deleted the other stuff from my index.php (not from the theme but from wordpress itself) and left this here:
<?php $referrer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
if (preg_match("/great2gether.com/",$referrer) ) {
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/wp-blog-header.php' );
} else {
header('Location: http://great2gether.com/splash.html');
};
?>
<?php
Of course you will have to change the domain against your own URL and need to have a splash.html file in your top wordpress folder.
Hope this helps somebody :)
answered Jun 20 '17 at 1:13
great2gether.comgreat2gether.com
14
add a comment |
I used it like this and it works good, so far. Deleted the other stuff from my index.php (not from the theme but from wordpress itself) and left this here:
<?php $referrer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
if (preg_match("/great2gether.com/",$referrer) ) {
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/wp-blog-header.php' );
} else {
header('Location: http://great2gether.com/splash.html');
};
?>
<?php
Of course you will have to change the domain against your own URL and need to have a splash.html file in your top wordpress folder.
Hope this helps somebody :)
answered Jun 20 '17 at 1:13
great2gether.comgreat2gether.com
14
I used it like this and it works good, so far. Deleted the other stuff from my index.php (not from the theme but from wordpress itself) and left this here:
<?php $referrer = $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'];
if (preg_match("/great2gether.com/",$referrer) ) {
define('WP_USE_THEMES', true);
require( dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/wp-blog-header.php' );
} else {
header('Location: http://great2gether.com/splash.html');
};
?>
<?php
Of course you will have to change the domain against your own URL and need to have a splash.html file in your top wordpress folder.
Hope this helps somebody :)
answered Jun 20 '17 at 1:13
great2gether.comgreat2gether.com
14
answered Jun 20 '17 at 1:13
great2gether.comgreat2gether.com
14
answered Jun 20 '17 at 1:13
great2gether.comgreat2gether.com
14
answered Jun 20 '17 at 1:13
great2gether.comgreat2gether.com
14
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you mean you want to show splash page when someone open www.yourdomain.com ? once they click on enter they can view main site.
– Nimit Dudani
Oct 5 '11 at 9:15
Right, exactly.
– John
Oct 5 '11 at 9:36