Enter Page

quartzy · 01-27-2011, 11:14 AM

I remember somewhere that enter pages are to be discouraged but cant remember why. I now have the need to use one, and cannot see another way around it, an charity wants a website but they have 2 identities.

teedoff · 01-27-2011, 01:27 PM

You mean a splash page? with like some flash element on it? I think its just a matter of being considered so "90's" lol...Dont think theres a definative reason to not use them with regards to coding validation or bad techniques. But I could be wrong.

To me they are annoying, which I think is why they are discouraged now. Kinda like pop-up adds and tool tips everywhere! Hotmail is the worst for tooltips! lol

rswebs · 01-27-2011, 02:32 PM

i dont see any problem if you use or dont use an "enter page".

quartzy · 01-27-2011, 02:48 PM

HI Teedof
No it would not be a splash page, I just discouraged the client to not use an enter page, but now I find I need one. I just thought that somewhere in my learning we were not to use one. But for 2 identities, I will have to. These people have to be awkward. Thanks anyway.

Pepe, the bull · 01-27-2011, 08:40 PM

I heard somewhere that most users have Internet ADD and get bored after two clicks into a website unless they find something that grabs their attention. An enter page would use one of those clicks. Other than that, I think it's fine.

quartzy · 01-28-2011, 01:36 AM

thanks, as they are only using one click I reckon I could get away with it, it is such a nusiance site having two identities. 2 location pages, 2 about pages, etc. etc.