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Creating Splash Pages in Joomla with SplashR

October 5, 2010 | Written by Steve Burge

Normally I'm no fan of splash pages for some of the reasons outlined here by SEOMoz.

However, quite a few of our members have wondered how to set them up and sometimes clients do insist on them.

Splash pages are not very straightforward to do because Joomla always tries to load it's own pages first. In order to avoid this, we can use a module called SplashR:

Install SplashR

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Go to the SplashR listing on the Joomla Extensions Directory and click Download.

Go to the administrator area of your site then Extensions >> Install/Uninstall, click Browse and upload the module file.

Then go to Extensions >> Module Manager and open up the SplashR module.

Edit the Module Settings

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There are several settings you'd need to change here:

  • Splash URL: the page you want to use for the splash screen.
  • Splash Title: telling people what site they're visiting.
  • Autohide Timer: setting this to 0 forces people to click through to your main site.
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Once you enable the module, visitors to your site will see a screen like the one above. There will be a black bar across the top of the screen and a button in the top-right corner.

If you'd like to edit the design of the splash controls, go to this folder to replace the images: /modules/mod_splashr/assets/images/


 

 


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#1 wildedays 2010-10-20 13:08
Thanks so much for the training on Splash Pages!

I'm not a fan of them either, but you're right ... sometimes you just have to fit with the marketing style that's out there.

Can't wait to dig in and try all your suggestions . . . your trainings are aweseome!
 
 
#2 kl6H_steve 2010-10-20 13:10
Thanks wildedays!

Agreed, they're not great, but sometimes you just have to do what the client requests ...
 
 
#3 pako69 2011-12-13 07:16
Hi,

"but sometimes you just have to do what the client requests"

> I agree with you ! I just another free module for Joomla 1.5/1.7.
> It's a splash screen made with Fancybox. I've made it because i don't find one anywhere...
> I already used SplashR, but i prefere the FancyBox's look and feel.
> You can find it here (fr) : pascal-bourhis.net/.../...
 
 
#4 Michael Richey 2011-12-15 18:08
Thanks for featuring my Joomla extension!

I'm working on a new version that implements a bunch of new features. Since an article I read on SEO Moz, I'm implementing another feature that will again hide the splash page from crawlers.

It will be released in a few days!
 
 
#5 iowawebco 2011-12-18 15:53
You're welcome, Michael! And thanks for creating the extension!

That's great to hear about the new features! Looking forward to seeing the new version :)

Kind regards,
Nick
 

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