auto transition from homepage to another page in 5 secs

  • kb1234

    (@karenbatten)


    9 years, 11 months ago

    Hi There,
    I’m wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction.

    I am interested in finding out how to Redirect from the homepage to another page in 5 seconds automatically.

    I have found some answers online but nothing that explains
    – what code would work for a wordpress site
    – where to put the code on a wordpress site

    Thanks so much for you help in advance

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  • Pioneer Web Design

    (@swansonphotos)

    9 years, 11 months ago

    Add this just after <body> to the page template in use for your home page:

    <script type="text/javascript">
window.onload=timeout;
function timeout(){
window.setTimeout("redirect()",5000)}
function redirect(){
window.location="/welcome/"
return}
</script>

    Note: /welcome/ is the slug of the page to be redirected to (inside slashes) and 5000 is the time in milliseconds.

    Pioneer Web Design

    (@swansonphotos)

    9 years, 11 months ago

    Correction: Add above just before closing </head>

    Then use something like (use your own CSS) but include the onload:

    <body class="my_splash" onload="timeout()">

    For the body HTML

    The home page template then becomes your ‘splash’ page

    Thread Starter kb1234

    (@karenbatten)

    9 years, 11 months ago

    Thanks so much…
    Ok so I went under appearance > editor > main index template (index.php) to find the page template in use for your home page for the code in the first post. I couldn’t find a <body> so I’m thinking I’m looking in the wrong place.
    In the second post that code goes under appearance > editor > stylesheet.css

    Pioneer Web Design

    (@swansonphotos)

    9 years, 11 months ago

    No, that is incorrect on both counts. Unless you fully understand these:
    HTML, PHP, CSS, WordPress Core, etc. etc. I suggest you use an entity that does.

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