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
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
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.
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/