I have a site with a clean landing page that just has a quote and logo. The quote rolls over the to the logo which is linked to the Home/index page which is the second page on the site. Can I still use the home/second page as the index page or does the Home/index page have to be the first page that shows up on the site there by losing the landing page?
Thanks muchly.
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Hey, Bobby -
Browsers are trained to load the index.html file when it arrives or “lands”
at a domain. You can title your pages however you like, but the named index
file will always be the one to load without the browser being pointed to a
specific page, which is how a link works.
Landing pages used to be cool, but nowadays many like me see them as
annoying speed bumps between me and where I want to go. My two cents is
treat your visitors kindly and give them the content you promised up front…
combine your cool hip quote with your home page and they have the benefit
of both. Give them something to think about before reaching that home
page you slaved on for days, and they may think about going somewhere else.
Something to think about. 
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Ernie Simpson
On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 10:13 AM, Bobby G email@hidden wrote:
I have a site with a clean landing page that just has a quote and logo.
The quote rolls over the to the logo which is linked to the Home/index page
which is the second page on the site. Can I still use the home/second page
as the index page or does the Home/index page have to be the first page
that shows up on the site there by losing the landing page?Thanks muchly.
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So basically the home page/index page should always load first? Thanks for your help.
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To be clear, you can name any page index.html, and can use the FWP
inspector to change the name (independent of the title). So you can choose
which page you want to load first for your visitors.
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Ernie Simpson
On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 10:40 AM, Bobby G email@hidden wrote:
So basically the home page/index page should always load first? Thanks
for your help.
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Thanks again.
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And to add to Ernies comment - I too am a ‘Splash Page’ hater.
Especially one that has little or no SEO content and a Quote and a Logo doesn’t have any.
Make the first page of your site have something worth reading - for the visitor and for Google.
David
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All good advice. Thanks.
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