need help with a "doorway" page

tiny posted this at 22:24 — 1st April 2000.

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i'm running a knife business, so my front page is full of images and information.

i don't want to change the content of this page, but believe maybe i need an entry page, so it can get their attention and make them want to see more. (obviously this page takes WAY too long to load, and i'm sure i lose visitors.)

i'm not sure i fully understand this, but have designed what i think maybe what i need: http://2kcut.com/doorway2.shtml

(jeez, i hope i'm in the right forum. if not, please just move this post, and let me know.)

my question is simply this: am i going about this the right way? and other than the fact that you may not all be "knife buyers" (therefore the design may not appeal to you), is this what I should be going for?

Many thanks,
~ Carole

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dangelo posted this at 03:27 — 2nd April 2000.

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I got a "File Not Found" Page

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tazman posted this at 06:23 — 2nd April 2000.

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I also rec'd a "File Not Found", however, if I understand what you are asking, you are looking for an attention catcher entry to your site. Simple way to do it is to just put up a new index.html (or whatever your system recognizes as the default load page) and rename the old front page as someothername.html

Then you can either have a link off the new front page via a graphic, link, button, etc... that takes those interested in proceeding further to your old homepage.

If what you want is a flash screen, by that I mean a page that just loads up, displays something, and then automatically forwards the user to your old homepage, then use the
window.setTimeout method in the new front page.

Put the following in your <HEAD> section.

<Script Language="JavaScript">
function done_with_page(){
window.setTimeout("go_to_home();",2000);
}

function go_to_home(){
document.location="youroldhomepage.html";
}
</Script>

then in your body tag put the following:

This will load your new page, wait 2 seconds (2000ms) then load your old homepage.

If this is what you needed great!
Otherwise, fix the link so I can see what you mean

Tazman

AndyB posted this at 13:07 — 2nd April 2000.

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It worked for me (last night).

I don't think you have achieved what you are looking for - because it still takes quite a while to load. And you're absolutely right, your 'old' page took forever

For something to catch the attention and keep the visitors from leaving, I think 5 seconds is ideal, 10 seconds ... do I want to wait??

Why not just the logo, and some words, e.g. a simple list of the major brands, manufacturers you sell, and - of course - tell me why I should enter. Best selection on-line, lowest prices for highest quality, whatever you think will catch the attention.

And make sure the vital message is 'above the fold' i.e. top of the page

tiny posted this at 15:10 — 2nd April 2000.

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I'm so sorry. After this post, I renamed my doorway page. Now when you go to my domain, the default page IS the doorway page.
http://2kcut.com

I think what I'll do, based on Tazman's and Andy's input, is break up my old index.shtml. Maybe I'll put little blurbs about what's new, and a link that says "read more" or something like that.

Am I getting it?

Here is another page that was created for me by http://profitjump.com/traffic/doorway.html
http://2kcut.com/_atest/Test-Doorway.html
I plan to maybe modify it some and utilize it. Would appreciate any thoughts on it.

Look for a separate post, related to this topic: "help with reducing load time, please" ~

Thanks, again!
~ Carole

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