want very simple splash/intro page

  • Hi, I would like a very simple intro page.

    Not not plug for the sake of simplicity, the blog is nanox.themodernist.com

    When people enter that address, I want it to go to an all black page that says only “NANOX” in the center and an “enter” hyperlink (without the templte / sidebars).

    When they click “enter,” I want it to go to what is now nanox.themodernist.com — the blog.

    I figure there is an easy way to do this… but I’ve searched around and not come up with it.

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  • splash intro pages are useless and they just piss off your visitors.

    Thread Starter nanox

    (@nanox)

    wow seriously? that’s the response i got?

    i think so too but i’m not making the page for me….

    This is fairly simple to do. Just create a static wp page — call it nanox

    set nanox to be your home page in the settings

    1. create a custom page template (open page.php and copy it, naming it nanox.php) and be sure to put the page template bit at the top 
      <?php
/*
Template Name: nanox page
*/
?>
    2. open the header file and create some style rules just for this page… you’ll want to set up a conditional statement to show it (echo) ONLY if the front page… something like 
      3. <?php if (is_front_page()) {
echo '<style> //whatever background colors, etc you need</style>';
else {}
?>
    3. in the content for this page, put whatever graphic and links required to get you to the next page

    HTH

    edited to fix mark up is_front_page()

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