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mohamed930
06-10-2008, 04:38 PM
Hi there...
I've been searching for a script which will show a splash screen... But it's not that simple... Here's the scenerio:
I'm designing a website which has three sections:

The Website (About Us etc..)
The Blog (activities, events, etc...)
The Forums (community, discussion, etc.)


So I have designed a sort of graphical splash screen which is a little like this:


Welcome to [Company]
Please Select your Destination:

The Website [button]
The Blog [button]
The Forums [button]

(Notice that the listed items are actually graphical buttons which the users can click on (onmouseover events with hyperlinks)

OK. So now you know where I'm trying to get at...
I want some sort of cookie so that the user does not have to select his/her "destination" every time they go to the main index.html page. I want some sort of check or tick box which says "Do not show me this again" or "Remember my choice", in which case, the user's option is remembered in a cookie (or other) so that the browser redirects him to the right page every time he enters.

I know I'm asking alot, but I'm quite sure it's possible.
Thanks for your ideas, thoughts, and help. This is much appreciated!
mohamed930
06-11-2008, 07:30 PM
Found it!
Here's the source code example for anyone who needs it!
Enjoy :)


<!-- TWO STEPS TO INSTALL COOKIE REDIRECT:

1. Copy the coding into the HEAD of your HTML document
2. Add the last code into the BODY of your HTML document -->

<!-- STEP ONE: Paste this code into the HEAD of your HTML document -->

<HEAD>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Original: Ronnie T. Moore -->
<!-- Web Site: JavaScript Source Code 3000 -->

<! >
<! >

<!-- Begin
var expDays = 30;
var exp = new Date();
exp.setTime(exp.getTime() + (expDays*24*60*60*1000));

function getCookieVal (offset) {
var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf (";", offset);
if (endstr == -1)
endstr = document.cookie.length;
return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr));
}
function GetCookie (name) {
var arg = name + "=";
var alen = arg.length;
var clen = document.cookie.length;
var i = 0;
while (i < clen) {
var j = i + alen;
if (document.cookie.substring(i, j) == arg)
return getCookieVal (j);
i = document.cookie.indexOf(" ", i) + 1;
if (i == 0) break;
}
return null;
}
function SetCookie (name, value) {
var argv = SetCookie.arguments;
var argc = SetCookie.arguments.length;
var expires = (argc > 2) ? argv[2] : null;
var path = (argc > 3) ? argv[3] : null;
var domain = (argc > 4) ? argv[4] : null;
var secure = (argc > 5) ? argv[5] : false;
document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) +
((expires == null) ? "" : ("; expires=" + expires.toGMTString())) +
((path == null) ? "" : ("; path=" + path)) +
((domain == null) ? "" : ("; domain=" + domain)) +
((secure == true) ? "; secure" : "");
}
function DeleteCookie (name) {
var exp = new Date();
exp.setTime (exp.getTime() - 1);
var cval = GetCookie (name);
document.cookie = name + "=" + cval + "; expires=" + exp.toGMTString();
}

var favorite = GetCookie('animal');

if (favorite != null) {
switch (favorite) {
case 'cat' : url = 'cat.html'; // change these!
break;
case 'dog' : url = 'dog.html';
break;
case 'gerbil' : url = 'gerbil.html';
break;
case 'gopher' : url = 'gopher.html';
break;
}
window.location.href = url;
}
// End -->
</script>
</HEAD>

<!-- STEP TWO: Copy this code into the BODY of your HTML document -->

<BODY>

<center>
<form>
<table><tr><td>
Please choose your Favorite Pet:<br>
<input type=checkbox name="cat" onClick="SetCookie('animal', this.name, exp);">Cat<br>
<input type=checkbox name="dog" onClick="SetCookie('animal', this.name, exp);">Dog<br>
<input type=checkbox name="gerbil" onClick="SetCookie('animal', this.name, exp);">Gerbil<br>
<input type=checkbox name="gopher" onClick="SetCookie('animal', this.name, exp);">Gopher<br>
</td></tr>
</table>
</form>
</center>

Forgot to mention the source: (silly me :))
http://javascript.internet.com/cookies/cookie-redirect.html