[JP123]

Hi guys,

I've designed a flash website for a client and they have requested that visitors must accept the terms of a disclaimer before entering the site. Apparently the use of a cookie will enable this requirement to be dispensed with on subsequent visits, assuming the user hasn’t barred cookies or hasn’t wiped them. So I was hoping to do this with a basic html index page that would link to the flash site when the disclaimer is accepted for the first time, then on subsequent visits I want to take the visitor to the flash site directly, skipping the disclaimer. Is this possible? The problem is I have no knowledge of cookies at all and desperately need to find out how to do this. Hopefully this makes sense and if anybody could offer me any advice I would be vey greatful.

Thanks.

JP

[finbarr]

tell your client that this really is a shit idea first and foremost. Most of his visitors will piss off somewhere else if they have to go through a 'process' before they even see anything

[nkulmati]

It is possible and easy to do with any scripting language. Unfortunately, I am not an expert in Flash/ActionScript, if this is what you intend to use, but I can recommend links to, say, PHP solutions.

The solution you have described (how I understand it) does not accomplish the task of hiding content from visitors who have not read a disclaimer. Instead, it redirects visitor to a publicly accessible URL. Hence, if I wanted, I would bookmark this particular URL and share it with friends, not the original URL of a disclaimer, so that they never have to go through it.

With server-side scripting, it is possible to switch the content displayed at the same URL (disclaimer to homepage), based on that cookie flag.

Originally Posted by finbarr

visitors will piss off somewhere else if they have to go through a 'process' before they even see anything

I agree, this is a very logical expectation. It is actually interesting to find out why such a disclaimer is so important.

[RaelRode]

This is a dumbass idea. Tell them that and if they still want it slap them HARD. They'll lsoe loads of visitors.