Entry page help

Nothingspecial · Post by **Nothingspecial** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 11:32 am

So, the main storylines for my comic have ended (though I will continue to post stuff once a month). Because of this, I want to put up a new entry page that will let the casual visitor know what's going on. However, I want to keep my current index template and daily template intact as they are, so that the archive and latest comic pages still look the same. All that changes is when people arrive at the site, they're shown this new entry page, rather than just the latest comic.

How do I do this?

Specterz · Post by **Specterz** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 12:39 pm

The indextemplate.html is the site people see when they visit your site.
Edit that to change what peopel see when they arrive there.
Dailytemplate is for when people view the comics in the archive.
If you don't want that changed, then...uh.. don't change it.

Gengar003 · Post by **Gengar003** » Tue Jul 12, 2005 7:02 pm

It sounds like you want a little intro page before people actually get to see the current comic. There's no easy way to do that (easy meaning built into keenspace), but here's what I'd do.

I'd make the intro page, then copy-and-paste the code for that above everything in indextemplate.html (exept remove the current indextemplate's ***advertisement*** and add one before the intro page, or vice-versa)

Then, right before the first thing on your current comic page, add

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<a name="comic"></a>

Then, add line breaks or spaces or *something* to the end of your intro page to where it's long enough so that you don't see the current comic without scrolling. Then, after your explanation on the intro page, put in a hyperlink to "#comic"

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<a href="#comic">Go to the current comic</a> if you already know what's going on or go <a href="http://UrlToYourFirstComic">to the first comic</a> if you already know what's going on</a>

=3

Nothingspecial · Post by **Nothingspecial** » Wed Jul 13, 2005 10:06 pm

@specterz - Yeah I know that. I was just hoping to keep both pages intact (since my current comic page includes features like the tagboard and keenspace newsbox that the archived pages don't) and just slip another page in front. But it doesn't sound like it's possible.

@Gengar - Sounds like a fairly interesting and inventive solution. Just to be clear, when the viewer arrives at the intro page, they could also see the current comic by just scrolling down enough, in addition to clicking on the link provided, right?

Gengar003 · Post by **Gengar003** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 4:08 am

That is correct. Scrolling will bring them to the current comic.

-Fanny pack · Post by **-Fanny pack** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 9:11 am

Alternatively (or additionally), you could use CSS and Javascript to show only the title page until the link is clicked at which point the title page is hidden and the current comic is shown. You could also have the Javascript use a cookie to remember if the given user has been to your site recently and, if they have, not even show the welcome page.
If you want to do that, let me know and I'll whip up some code for you.

Nothingspecial · Post by **Nothingspecial** » Thu Jul 14, 2005 8:44 pm

@Gengar - I had figured so. Unfortunately, the new welcome page I developed doesn't really lend itself to that sort of setup easily (leaping before I looked sounded so good at the time...). Still, good to keep in mind, because I haven't spent soooo much time on the new page that I can't start a new. Should I be asking too much of fanny pack, I have another idea using your idea that would also work. Thanks!

@Fanny Pack - That's a tremendously generous offer. If it's not too much trouble for you, I'd like to go with your first option. If you're still game, pm me your email address (I couldn't find it on your comic site) or som other way that I can send you a low res image of what I hope the intro page to look like and detail a bit more of what I have in mind. It shouldn't be terribly complex, but I don't know if it would affect any code you might whip up.

-Fanny pack · Post by **-Fanny pack** » Fri Jul 15, 2005 8:30 am

nothingspecial wrote:@Fanny Pack - That's a tremendously generous offer. If it's not too much trouble for you, I'd like to go with your first option. If you're still game, pm me your email address (I couldn't find it on your comic site) or som other way that I can send you a low res image of what I hope the intro page to look like and detail a bit more of what I have in mind. It shouldn't be terribly complex, but I don't know if it would affect any code you might whip up.

My code will have a big space labeled "YOUR CODE HERE", so don't worry about sending me an image.

Nothingspecial · Post by **Nothingspecial** » Sun Jul 17, 2005 11:29 pm

-Fanny pack wrote:My code will have a big space labeled "YOUR CODE HERE", so don't worry about sending me an image.

That's cool. I just like to provide as much info as possible upfront when people are doing me big favors.

-Fanny pack · Post by **-Fanny pack** » Mon Jul 18, 2005 10:17 am

nothingspecial wrote:
-Fanny pack wrote:My code will have a big space labeled "YOUR CODE HERE", so don't worry about sending me an image.
That's cool. I just like to provide as much info as possible upfront when people are doing me big favors.

Heh. Don't worry.
I'll get the script done for you hopefully this week.