2 index.html files for 1 site?

**mandeepchana** · Mar 26th, 2003, 05:20 AM

Is there any way you can have 2 index.html files for one site. The reason for this is I would like to be able to offer visitors to my site a different web page each time.

e.g. user type in www.cyberstyle.it

and are directed (automatically) to :

http//www.cyberstyle.it/index.html
or
http://www.cyberstyle.it.index2.html

and if required more index files

**Web Design Forums** · Mar 26th, 2003 05:20 AM

**filburt1** · Mar 26th, 2003, 09:16 AM

Make one master index.html (ideally PHP or some server-side thing so it's not a client-side redirect) that redirects to the appropriate file. Just like any other filesystem you can't have two of the same filename in the same directory.

**smoseley** · Mar 26th, 2003, 10:33 AM

Or, you could just make an index.asp or index.php file or something like that with a dynamic area in it.

Even easier (if you don't know how to program) would be to create an index.html with multiple divs of content and javascript that decides which div to display (based off a random sequence).

Try something like this:

Code:

<html>
<head>
    <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript">
        function showRandomContent() {
            var x;
            x = Math.ceil(3 * Math.random());
            document.getElementById('area' + x).style.display = '';
        }
    </script>
</head>
<body onload="showRandomContent()">
    <div id="area1" style="display:none">
        <p>This is your content for area 1</p>
    </div>
    <div id="area2" style="display:none">
        <p>This is your content for area 2</p>
    </div>
    <div id="area3" style="display:none">
        <p>This is your content for area 3</p>
    </div>
</body>
</html>

I think that should suit your purposes.

**TheGAME1264** · Mar 26th, 2003, 12:42 PM

You could put an index.html file in each of two or more separate directories (e.g. http://www.cyberstyle.it/dir1/index.html and http://www.cyberstyle.it/dir2/index.html)

**smoseley** · Mar 26th, 2003, 12:56 PM

GAME,

I think that would just complicate the issue. Also, it would require redirecting from the root index page, which looks REALLY BAD to search engines.

Using the method I put above should work really well. Additionally, it will double the search engine readable content he has on his homepage

**splufdaddy** · Mar 26th, 2003, 01:48 PM

That's an cool method transio. However, if he had alot of content for site 1, and alot of content for site 2, won't your method load all of the content, and then show half of it?
I do like that approach though for changing small amounts of content, like headings, greetings, etc. I'll remember that. ::mentally filed::

**smoseley** · Mar 26th, 2003, 01:56 PM

Actually, it won't show anything until the page is loaded, then it will display the randomly selected choice.

It would work well for text. Poorly for images, since it would load ALL the images before displaying only HALF of them.

**splufdaddy** · Mar 26th, 2003, 02:08 PM

What I meant is that the two content choices are loaded by the browser, and then half is displayed on the screen. If you did a view source, would you see the div 1 w/ display set to none, and then the div 2 with display set to true b/c it was randomly selected? To ask this confusing question another way, if he has 10 choices, and each is 2 paragrahs, will 20 paragraphs be sent from the server to the client, and then the client will decide which 2 paragraphs to display? Am I way off? (of course, i'm explaining it clear as mud )

**TheGAME1264** · Mar 26th, 2003, 02:10 PM

transio:

Yes, my method isn't as search-engine friendly (and I personally would employ a script-based method) but it is more "I can do it in 5 minutes" friendly, which may be all the guy's trying to accomplish at this stage. After all, the more options he has to choose from, the more likely he is to get what he wants, right?

**smoseley** · Mar 26th, 2003, 02:12 PM

True indeed

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