temp landing page but access rest of site

  • i need to show a temporary landing page but still allow users to visit the rest of the site.

    i altered the htaccess file so that the first page people see is the temp file i created and named index.html file.

    BUT when i go the index.php file and click on any of the menu items, i am sent back to the index.html file.

    is it possible to use the temp page and still access the rest of the site?

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  • Ok so this should work :

    At the top of index.php of your current theme

    <?php
if ($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] != "https://www.surfecsc.com/landing.php")
{
	header("location: landing.php");
	exit();
}
?>

    Replace “landing.php” with the correct value in your case.

    Your browser will redirect to your landing page if it doesn’t come right from this page.

    But beware, HTTP_REFERER is set by the user agent. Not all user agents will set this, and some provide the ability to modify HTTP_REFERER as a feature. In short, it cannot really be trusted.

    and you can remove all the session things in the landing page I told you in the first solution.

    Thread Starter tracievh

    (@tracievh)

    @kraignos

    thank you i will try this. question – do i need to replace my current htaccess file?

    Errr if it was the first time you tried to change something, no. Restore the default one.

    Thread Starter tracievh

    (@tracievh)

    update – i was told the way i had my permalinks set was the issue. when changed to /postname/
    the original solution i was having the problem with now works.

    thank you for those who responded and offered solutions.

    I’ve got a similar need to the OP, but in my case would like to have a graphic for the landing page timed so that it appears for 2~3 seconds, then automatically jumps to the main site.

    Suggestions?

    (ideally I’d like it to fade to the main site, but probably impossible without Flash….)

    Thank you….

    hello @tracievh
    i’m trying to do the exact same thing. have a temporary landing page but still allow users to visit the rest of the site with an enter site link. kind of like this… https://melaniefiona.com/

    how were you able to do so. there are so many reponses above not sure which one worked and what the process was.

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