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Make index.html my launch/home page-how to
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- Brent Thomas
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I'd like to use an index.html page that I created as my home page and then have it link to current Joomla pages/articles in a template that I'm currently using (solar sentinel). Basically I want to use an index.html file as my home/launch page, but still keep everything else the same in my Joomla template. I need people to see my index.html page when they go to
www.mydomain.com
instead of it going into the Joomla index.php. How can I do that?
Correct and fast response needed with compensation, if necessary. Thanks so much!
Brent
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- Adamck
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From what i have seen (not tested) you can set an alternative landing page for your website by using htaccess.
in your root (usually public_html) find/create a .htaccess file
Add the lineDirectoryIndex somenewhomepage.html
This will then take you to somenewhomepage.html as the default landing page for the website, to which you can then link to your index.php page.
Let us know if it has solved your issue! - Kiss my RSS
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- CMYKreative
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I think you should simply do it this way:
DirectoryIndex index.htm index.html index.php
This will look for the .htm file 1st, then .html, then finally .php if the .htm or .html file is not found. - CMYKreative : Graphic Design , Web Design , Printing , Banner Ads , Branding and more.
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- Adamck
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CMYK's is an extension on what i had said in the previous post, and is a better version of the same code
Just to be sure... why do you need a seperate index page to load first? what is it going to do that you can do in Joomla?
If its a splash page with an image that links to the homepage... its not a good idea (in terms of SEO) it might be better if you explained a little further why you need this? or we can mind our own business lol
Either way the above solutions will fix your issue
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- Brent Thomas
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Thanks for the replies. I will try that.
Basically we just want a different home page look than what the current template we are using gives. We are not looking to do a splash page. Until we can find a new template or figure out Joomla enough to do the homepage we want in it, then we are just going to use the index.html we created and just link from it to our current content that is in the template. The 'Home' menu choice will take the user back to the index.html each time.
I'll try the suggestions and let you know. Thank you more than words can say.
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- CMYKreative
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- Hope you can get it working as you wish, but it's probably worth spending the time to modify or install a new template to get the look you wish rather than mess around with separate files that are 'outside' a Joomla installation.
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