1) out of the box my home page = 'index.php" and the url = domain.com
2) i wish the home page to be a new template page = "splash.php" and the url = domain.com ( splash.php is not a simple static page )
3) my isp gave me a modification while mentioning they aren't all that familiar with wp. the mod goes something like this...
a) i create a new folder = "younameit" and put all wp files inside of it
b) move splash.php out of wp & younameit and directly in the root directory = public_html
c) add an .htaccess file in same directory as splash.php which reads as follows...
-bash-3.00# cat .htaccess
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /younameit/
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteRule . /younameit/index.php [L]
</IfModule>php_value session.cookie_domain MY.DOMAIN.COM
DirectoryIndex enter.php
d) isp to update DirectoryIndex to load splash.php
e) i write appropriate php include() function to get files from "younameit" directory which reside in splash.php
4) thoughts?
