Creating an intro page/banner message before getting to my homepage

Question

I want to create intro page (or banner message) that stays on screen for a few seconds before we get to my homepage. It would be great if this page didn't show in the menu bar too. I'd be really grateful if someone could tell me how to do this (without having to use flash or other software).

Answer 1

Welcome to the Apple Discussions. That can be done. First you need to set up the first page in the web site and add the banner to it. Using the Inspector/Page/Page pane remove the page from the navbar.
After publishing the site you will need to retrieve that page's html file and add the following code to the file using a text editor like TextWrangler:
<meta http-equiv="REFRESH" content="10;url=URL TO THE PAGE IN THE SITE YOU WANT TO REDIRECT TO"></head>
Put this code directly before the </head> tag as shown above. 10 is the number of seconds to delay before redirecting to the next page. You'll need to experiment to see how many seconds are required to load and play your banner before redirecting. You should also provide a text hyperlink for those who do not want to wait for the banner to play fully.
As for the banner you could create a slideshow in iPhoto (using the 16:9 format might look better than the standard 4:3 but you would have to try both and see which works better), export using the File->Export->Slideshow method and then select Medium or large. When you drag the QT file onto the iWeb page select it, go to the Inspector/Quicktime pane and check autoplay.
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