[SOLVED] How to add an html splash page

[PizzaPie]

Hi, I tried to search but I wasn't able to find anything about it, so I' m asking :-)

Is it possible to add a splash page before displaying the index.php of prestashop?
Basically my site is made of two big parent categories (like dog-food & cat-food) with many subcategories, and I'd like to have a splash page with 2 direct links to both parent category page...

Tanks in advance :-D

[rocky]

Yes, you could create an index.html file in the root directory, which will override index.php when going to http://www.yoursite.com. You could put a big image of cat food and dog food and provide a link to those categories in PrestaShop.

[PizzaPie]

Tankyou, more simple than I tought :-D
EDIT: Edited topic's title.

[PizzaPie]

I noticed a "little" problem after adding index.html as splash page...

Now, everytime I try to access "HOME" I get the splash page, not my home page...
Is there a little trick to display the splash page only once?

[rocky]

Change line 47 of header.tpl (in PrestaShop v1.3.5) from:

to:

This will make the "Home" link go to index.php instead of index.html.

[PizzaPie]

easy and effective!
thank you very much :-D

[rocky]

Great. Please edit your first post and add [sOLVED] to the front of the title.

[Ricky_v]

Hello

I'm trying on prestashop 1.4.1 this for a splash

but index.html does not load

only the index.php

on main domain site www.example.net

Is it due to my server that index.html does not load before index.php ?

thanks

[steviger]

I'm using 1.4.5 and I guess it'll work the same. However it seems that Rocky's answer are two and the same lines. And why the pretty print? Could you give me the right clue?

 

Cheers,

 

Steven

[yessie]

Change line 47 of header.tpl (in PrestaShop v1.3.5) from:

 

[b]	[url="{$base_dir}"][img={$img_ps_dir}logo.jpg][/url][/b]

 

to:

 

[b]	[url="{$base_dir}index.php"][img={$img_ps_dir}logo.jpg][/url][/b]

 

This will make the "Home" link go to index.php instead of index.html.

 

could u show it again?

[BenLivingston]

In order to create a splash page this way, one should change every occurrence of {$base_dir} (that isn't followed by a question mark or filename) in all template files--perhaps around two dozen occurrences.

 

Also, some plugins might generate {$base_dir} links, and those will need to be updated. It's not exactly a simple solution, but it can be done.

[Kimsion]

I have a problem

 

but after I upload the file "index.html" to the server, I found I cannot see the original index.php again.

 

even I type www.xxx.com/index.php, I only can see the "index.html"

 

how we can see the index.php (shop first page again..... )

[WStefanko]

Kimsion, did you come up with a solution to this problem? I am having the same issue.

Thanks