Site is: chop-it-hd.com/index.php

The home page (which is an introduction) is chop-it-hd.com shows an image and a link to the index.php page. Once into the main site I would like it when people click on "Home" that it does not take them back to the image or introduction page. Any ideas?

I have seen a suggestion to create a new menu item but I would like to keep the content as it is for the moment.

Thanks for any help,

John

I found this link but it does not seem to work: viewtopic.php?f=47&t=404518

I am using 1.5.15

Hi John,

a completely untested speculation. Would recording chop-it-hd.com/index.php as the live site URL in the configuration.php file do the trick?

Cheers - David

John

Your splash page is index.html, which is the assumed 'home' page of your site. To change this edit your .htaccess file and put in

DirectoryIndex index.php

Then it will go to index.php as home.

Dex

dex wrote:


I wish to keep the splash page as the "home" page. The suggestion you posted, that would just change the "home" button on the main site right?

austega wrote:


No, that stuffs up all the configuration and shows a heap of text. Shelf that suggestion...

Thanks for putting it forward though,

JL

dex wrote:


Where do I put this in? I can see the .htaccess.txt file but am unsure where to add it.

Cheers,

JL

Hmm - try this - goto yoursite.com/administrator - login goto MENU/Main-menu (or whatever top menu is called)
click on eth HOME menu item - hmm - what type of link is its currently? if it's an url - change it to:
www.yorusite.com/index.php
if you are unsure - please take a screenshot of this menu item so I can see it

I am not able to edit the "link" section. I am assuming because it is the default item?

Ok I see - I know you didn't want to do this - but this will solve yoru problem.
Since you want to keep index.html as the landing page - i believe the easiest way is to do this - gotomenu manager - click new create a menu call it hidden - click save
now goto menu - hidden
click new
create a menu item - call it - flash page - select external link as type and put yoursite.com as teh url - save
check the checkbox next to that item (flash page) and then click the default star - top right
that should do it more or less - see how you go

Did you want it to work like this site?

www.angelakis.com.au

???

Lovely site Peter - could I ask you what you used to have the menu items different colours?
Thanks
Ian

buipy001 wrote:


Spot on, yes that is how I would like it to work. Of course the link goes to /home.html but I have the page I as /index.php

JustLoveJoomla wrote:


When I take the default from the current home menu and assign it to another it comes up with a 404 component not found error.

If you look at the site, you will see I have a home button setup and it is linked to the /index.php but the problem is assigning it as the default.

Cheers,

John

Hey John,

Willing to change your index.php to a home.html instead?

buipy001 wrote:


Makes no difference I would not think. With it being a Joomla site, should it be OK?

Cheers,

JL

Does this make sense?
www.pbwebdev.com.au/blog/adding-a-splash-page-to-joomla.html

I wrote it really late last night. Just reviewed it once then.

ycs wrote:


Hey Ian, its all just CSS.

buipy001 wrote:


Absolute genius. The amazing thing (from my POV) is that I followed it and it worked perfectly. A thousand thanks, this is a huge weight of my mind.

John

thats a first

For me or you???