Comments for How to Lose the Splash Page at http://www.howtojoomla.net , comment 1 to 27 out of 20 comments http://www.howtojoomla.net Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:43:21 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006100528/how-tos/installation/how-to-lose-the-splash-page#comment-1335 Hi Cory, I too don't like the use of splash pages (especially in Flash) but... when you have to please the client you just have to. In my case, the Joomla! site was not in a sub-directory but in the root along with the index.html page. This wasn't good for my Home link in the navigation so, I did some searching (checked your site first ofcourse and found this article) and ended up in the Joomla! Forums where I found this... http://docs.joomla.org/Play_a_Flash_file_once_when_site_is_loaded It worked like a charm! Just remember to do the same for any other menus you may have on your site with the home link. Thanks again Cory! - Karen Vick Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:20:37 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006100528/how-tos/installation/how-to-lose-the-splash-page#comment-1318 I have the joomla installed in Root, and i want an Intro page... everytime i go to the intropage.html, it takes me to Joomla 404 Not found.. I have aRTIO sef installed, what change shall i make to my htaccess so that it will not redirect my basic html file. (I have also put the server enterance at the /intropage.html so everytime someone visits, it goes to the 404 page - mark Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:13:54 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006100528/how-tos/installation/how-to-lose-the-splash-page#comment-1251 Hi agvulpes... I can't do it today, but I will try to write something up this week. Thanks for stopping by! :) - Cory Webb Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:02:36 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006100528/how-tos/installation/how-to-lose-the-splash-page#comment-1250 Hi Cory great info. I'm am a very new to Joomla person and I, like "ctruda" would lke to move Joomla from a sub directly to the root dir. Thanks in anticipation for your help. "Hi ctruda... yes there are changes, but they are slightly different. Remind me and I'll try to post a how-to soon." Just a reminder as requested? - agvulpes Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:54:56 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006100528/how-tos/installation/how-to-lose-the-splash-page#comment-1013 Hi ctruda... yes there are changes, but they are slightly different. Remind me and I'll try to post a how-to soon. - Cory Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:32:42 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006100528/how-tos/installation/how-to-lose-the-splash-page#comment-1012 Hi Cory, I have 1.5...you told justin "Hi Justin...This does not apply to 1.5. The process is similar, but the configuration.php file is different in 1.5 than in 1.0.x" so is there any config changes? - ctruda Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:25:31 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006100528/how-tos/installation/how-to-lose-the-splash-page#comment-960 Hi IDS, Yes, it is possible. Here are instructions for moving a site from one server to another: [url=http://www.howtojoomla.net/content/view/17/3/]http://www.howtojoomla.net/content/view/17/3/[/url] These instructions are for Joomla 1.0, but most of the steps should be the same. Cory - Cory Mon, 11 Aug 2008 07:43:44 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006100528/how-tos/installation/how-to-lose-the-splash-page#comment-958 Hi Cory, Is it possible to use the same instructions above to move Joomla sites from one host to another? I would like to use J1.5 BTW, thank you for your work on this site, it has helped me through many an issue with Joomla. IDS - IDS Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:31:03 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006100528/how-tos/installation/how-to-lose-the-splash-page#comment-773 Hi Nic, I'm sure there is a way to do that using the .htaccess file, but I am not an expert at that. Another thing you could try is installing an SEF URL component like sh404SEF and creating redirects in that component. Good luck! - Cory Thu, 01 May 2008 21:36:49 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006100528/how-tos/installation/how-to-lose-the-splash-page#comment-772 Hi Great site! I did option one about six months back, and all went fine, except for Google which still indexed the old pages in the sub-directory. I didn't want to lose these hits so I've left the site there in the subdirectory, but as I've continued to develop the main site, this has got more out of date. What I'd love to know is if there was some way I could do a redirect for all the pages in the subdirectory to the core.. ie something I could put in the template for the subdirectory site which will redirect mysite.com/subdirectory/content/view/28/2/ (or whatever) into mysite.com/content/view/28/2/ irrespective of which page it is. Thanks Nic - Nic Thu, 01 May 2008 17:07:08 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006100528/how-tos/installation/how-to-lose-the-splash-page#comment-702 Hi I am trying to learn how to run a reseller business in hosting, along with joomla. I have set up my clients test sites as subdomains. When they approve for publishing, I want to move the site to a different domain on the same server. Some queries on movement and redirection: 1. Is there any way I can do the re-direction thing for ALL the pages, so that the old test links arent seen in the address bar? For example: if my clint site is www.client1.mysite.com and the new domain registered is www.client1.com, do I have to do a complete fresh install, including all extensions? Or can I get away with a redirect - for ALL pages - as mentioned above? Or... can I do something else like copy only the files - not the databases - or something like that? My site will have quite a bit of data later, which is one reason for me to make the right choice. 2. Ona related query.....are the MySql databases within the joomla installation directories?? or are they located somewhere else?? Thanks for your time Regards Shiv - Shiv Wed, 20 Feb 2008 13:47:23 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006100528/how-tos/installation/how-to-lose-the-splash-page#comment-669 Hi Justin...This does not apply to 1.5. The process is similar, but the configuration.php file is different in 1.5 than in 1.0.x. - Cory Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:22:00 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006100528/how-tos/installation/how-to-lose-the-splash-page#comment-668 Do these directions apply for moving a Joomla 1.5 installation? I'm looking in the configuration.php for the 1.5 install I just finished & I'm unable to find any of these in configuration.php: * $mosConfig_absolute_path * $mosConfig_cachepath * $mosConfig_live_site Are these settings kept somewhere else in 1.5? - Justin F. Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:17:54 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006100528/how-tos/installation/how-to-lose-the-splash-page#comment-603 Hi Doug, In your case, you would take the contents from your "joom" folder, and move them into the root directory. Cory - Cory Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:12:21 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006100528/how-tos/installation/how-to-lose-the-splash-page#comment-602 Hi there, I'm a newbie to Joomla, so excuse the question, but this is the first site in two days searching I found that has an explanation to my problem......Well done! I have put Joomla in a subdirectory,,www.mydomain.com/joom. So your Option ONElooks like a winner for me. But I'm slighty confused by the Step 1 annotation. ...Move the files from /path/to/your/web/root/subdirectory to /path/to/your/web/root. ....... So with FTP this would me moving the "Joom" folder in its entirety to "root" folder of www.mydomain.com? Then these (* $mosConfig_absolute_path, * $mosConfig_cachepath * $mosConfig_live_sitevariable ) should point to thats same folder right? Also I am using an online website builder, which has its own folder at root level. So I guess any content I have gets wiped? less important. Thanks Doug - Doug Thu, 22 Nov 2007 07:32:11 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006100528/how-tos/installation/how-to-lose-the-splash-page#comment-542 Hi Jeremy, I'm glad it was helpful. :) - Cory Wed, 17 Oct 2007 07:44:15 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006100528/how-tos/installation/how-to-lose-the-splash-page#comment-540 Just used your help to move a developing site from one directory to another. Slick as Elvis' coiffure! Thanks fella. - jeremy Wed, 17 Oct 2007 06:38:43 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006100528/how-tos/installation/how-to-lose-the-splash-page#comment-498 Hi Peculiar One, Thanks for the compliment, and for pointing out my typo. As you can see, I have now corrected the typo. :) - Cory Thu, 27 Sep 2007 21:41:30 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006100528/how-tos/installation/how-to-lose-the-splash-page#comment-497 Hi Cory, Love your site! It's so helpful to have clearly written instructions in plain, non-technical English when you are learning new systems, programs and what have you. I especially appreciate your method of delivering bite-size portions of data. I find them to be much more palatable than long, drawn out, complex diatribes one can read and read and read until one's eyes cross and still come away lacking a solid understanding! My reason for commenting, however, isn't to swell your head with wonderful compliments--I just wanted to let you know that you have a typo in the "Option 1" paragraph. ;D I believe you want the second sentence to read, 'if [i]your[/i] root directory is...' Thanks and keep up the great work (and feel free to delete this then)! - Peculiar One Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:10:24 +0100 http://www.howtojoomla.net/2006100528/how-tos/installation/how-to-lose-the-splash-page#comment-455 Hi Pamela, Yes, that is possible. You would just need to use either a different database or a different database prefix during installation. - Cory Mon, 03 Sep 2007 08:35:26 +0100