How do I bypass a splash page if someone has already seen it.

[minder]

Originally Posted by Philip M

The OP wanted the splash screen to be shown 3 times only (over multiple sessions). He asked his question in the Javascript forum, and Javascript can very easily do this using a cookie. It is silly to raise the question of Javascript or cookies being disabled.

The op didn't specify if it was over multiple sessions or not, hence the questions from Labrar and I.

Obviously Labrar doesn't think it's silly to ask what the op intends to do if javascript or cookies are disabled either. If you do this server side it will work in at least the cases it would work in javascript but if you do it with javascript it will not work in all browsers where it will still work if coded in php, at least for a single session.

So it's a no brainer, if you want to maximise the possible browsers this will work in then do it server side otherwise javascript is fine if you can accept it working in fewer browsers.

[reach100]

Thanks for this great discussion. I am the OP and I don't have a problem with cookies being turned off or cleared, that would just give me more exposure to my offer. Currently the splash screen never goes away. I am hoping that someone can give me specific code to use as I am not a programmer, or point me to somewhere I can create it. If someone will do this for a fee I'd be happy to pay. Thaks,
Rich

[Philip M]

Here you are:-

<script type = "text/javascript">

var visits = getCookie("visitscounter");
if (!visits) {visits = 0}
visits = Number(visits) + 1;
alert (visits); // for testing
var expdate = new Date ();
expdate.setTime(expdate.getTime() + (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000 * 365)); // cookie expires 365 days ahead
setCookie("visitscounter", visits, expdate);

if (visits <= 3) {
// code to show splash screen here
}

function setCookie(isName,isValue,dExpires) {
document.cookie = isName + "=" + isValue + ";expires=" + dExpires.toGMTString() ; // path not specified so cookie only active for this page
}

function getCookie(isName){
cookieStr = document.cookie;
startSlice = cookieStr.indexOf(isName+"=");
if (startSlice == -1) {return false}
endSlice = cookieStr.indexOf(";",startSlice+1)
if (endSlice == -1){endSlice = cookieStr.length}
isData = cookieStr.substring(startSlice,endSlice)
isValue = isData.substring(isData.indexOf("=")+1,isData.length);
return isValue;
}

</script>

[reach100]

Thank you for your response. What do I put where is says "// code to show splash screen here." I really appreciate your help.

I did some research and ented this:


if (visits >= 3) {
window.location.href = 'http://www.sealfit.com/hp';
}

Its working, thanks!

[Philip M]

Originally Posted by reach100

Thank you for your response. What do I put where is says "// code to show splash screen here." I really appreciate your help.

I did some research and ented this:


if (visits >= 3) {
window.location.href = 'http://www.sealfit.com/hp';
}

Its working, thanks!

Presumably it should be if(visits >3) {

I understand that you are redrecting to another page (without splash screen) if visits value is more than 3.