Passing a user to the App Store from WP

  • mjb

    (@interrobang918)


    9 years, 3 months ago

    After having built a site over the quite popular Salient theme, the client informed me that they were building an app to be available through the iTunes App Store. The client asked that I create a form the developer could use to pass users to the App Store. Seemed simple enough, so using Contact Form 7 which we used for other forms, I made the registration form, and using a line of .js, hand off users to iTunes.

    Except now I’m informed iTunes disallows the form page to contain navigation.

    So, I’m wondering if there’s a way to have a page inside the theme that isn’t wrapped by the theme (to remove the header and footer). I had considered using a perl script and building a form at the site root, but when I try to hit a test page, the theme throws a 404.

    I can’t imagine I’m the only person trying to pass a user to the App store from a WP themed site, however, I found nothing when doing a search.

    Anyone have a suggested solution? I admit to not being a power user.

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  • Moderator cubecolour

    (@numeeja)

    I’m not familiar with app store requirements, but it sounds like you are asking for a landing page. This can be created using a custom page template designed for this purpose. If your theme does not contain a specific template for a landing page you should be able to make one by editing a copy of an existing template. https://developer.www.ads-software.com/themes/template-files-section/page-template-files/page-templates/#Custom_Page_Template

    Your theme’s author may be able to provide support specific to the theme to help you make this, but as you are using a commercial theme support specific to tgat theme cannot be provided here on the www.ads-software.com forums

    Alternatively one of the many landing page plugins that are available *may* help: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/ultimate-landing-page-and-coming-soon-page/

    Hi. The requirement can be met by adding some page-specific css rules to a child theme (or in the main theme’s stylesheet if you can maintain it later). The body tag of each WordPress page has a number of classes that you can use. For instance page-{ID}, category-{ID} etc. I think this will be simpler and quicker than creating a page template.

    Moderator cubecolour

    (@numeeja)

    interrobang918 – please can you post a link to the relevant section of the iTunes rules where the rule that disallows the form page to contain navigation is mentioned – to give greater context to, and to clarify what the actual requirements are.

    WP Gurus – are you suggesting that the header & footer are simple hidden via CSS rules? The markup would still be visible in the page source so it is possible that this may not meet the requirements.

    Thread Starter mjb

    (@interrobang918)

    thanks for the responses.

    the page in question:
    https://www.theconnectionsmodel.com/app-registration/

    As Gurus suggested, I’ve added display none css targeting the page ID. Curiously, the header hides, but using the same declaration syntax, the footer persists.

    .page-id-1415 #header-space , .page-id-1415 #header-outer {
display: none;
}
.page-id-1415 #footer-outer {
display: none;
}

    cubecolour, I’m getting the request 2nd hand from the App Developer, through the client, so I’m afraid I’m unable to provide the relevant reference to Apple’s specific requirement. And I’ve no time to look. My plate is too full, and I need to -get in, get out- on this one.

    thanks again for responses.

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