Splash/Welcome Page

[Lauren Moore]

Hi there,
I was wondering how to add a splash page to our website? I tried to create one in dreamweaver and I don’t know if it is a code problem, wordpress, bluhost or theme problem. If you have any ideas on this that would be tremendously helpful!!
Thanks!

[Bill Robbins]

Hello Lauren,

Probably the best way to do that in WordPress would be to use a landing page plugin. There are quite a few out there and to be fair I haven’t used any of them so I don’t have a personal recommendation. You might give http://wordpress.org/plugins/landing-pages/ a try.

These are really common for marketing, so a lot of the terminology you’ll see will relate to that, but you can use what they generate to create your splash page.

If you have any questions, just let me know.

Thanks,
Bill

[Lauren Moore]

Thanks for the information. I actually tried a splash page plugin and it seems to be working fairly well. The only issue is the location of the “continue to site button. I looked on the support forums and it said to
Add the following line in the /wp-content/plugins/wp-splash-page/templates/default/style.css

margin-top: 300px;

just at the bottom of :

#wpsp-continue {

display: inline-block;

cursor: pointer;

margin: 10px 0;

text-decoration: none;

border: 0px none;; padding-left:20px; padding-right:20px; padding-top:10px; padding-bottom:10px

I can’t find “/wp-content/plugins/wp-splash-page/templates/default/style.css”

Is it possible to do this?

[Bill Robbins]

You could add any custom styling like that to the Custom CSS box that’s in the Styling tab of the Theme Options page. That will add it to your site and as long as it’s still valid code, it should do the trick.

[Lauren Moore]

It seems I can’t add it without getting the white screen of death :/

[Bill Robbins]

All you would need to be adding to the Theme Options page would be this:

#wpsp-continue {
    margin-top: 300px;
}

Don’t edit any files, just add that via the Custom CSS box that’s in the theme options page. Even if it doesn’t accomplish the design that you’re going for, it shouldn’t give a white screen.

But if you edit the custom-css.php file, it could very well give you the white screen of death. That file is not really made to have code added to it that way.

[Lauren Moore]

Yeah I deleted the code I added, tried again, deleted it again and now I have white screen. How do you get rid of that?

[Bill Robbins]

You’ll have to restore whichever file was edited to how it was before. If you’re getting the white screen for your WordPress admin, you’ll have to make the change using a FTP program or your web host’s file browser that’s part of their control panel. Once the php error is fixed, your site should come back up.

Let me know if you run into trouble,
Bill

[Lauren Moore]

What would the file be called in the file browser?

[Bill Robbins]

If you edited the custom-css.php file you should be able to find it at wp-content/themes/agency/includes/custom-css.php

[Lauren Moore]

To edit it I have to download it and then reupload it? I don’t have an html editor unless I can open it in dreamweaver

[Bill Robbins]

You’re fine to edit it in Dreamweaver if you’d like to.

[Lauren Moore]

That did not work 🙁 I’m exasperated

[Bill Robbins]

Let’s do first things first to get you back in. In the file browser or your FTP program go to the wp-content/themes folder and rename the agency folder that’s there to agency1

If it was something edited in the theme, that should deactivate it and let you log back in. Once you do that, you’ll still have to fix the file error, but at least you’ll have access to the back end of your site again.

Once you’re in, activate one of the default WordPress themes — TwentyTwelve or one of those. Then change the folder name back to agency.

After that you can edit your agency theme without it being active. When you think you have it ready, preview the theme before activating it so you’ll know it works before committing to it.

If changing the theme folder name doesn’t do it, then it’s a plugin issue. You can manually turn them all off by changing the wp-content/plugins folder’s name to plugins1.

Let me know if you get stuck,
Bill

[Lauren Moore]

I renamed the agency file and got stuck already. I can’t get into the website.

[Bill Robbins]

If you want to email your FTP login and your WordPress login to support@organizedthemes.com I’ll try to get you unstuck.

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