Hi guys, Does anyone know how Forbes does this? http://www.forbes.com/fdc/welcome_mjx.shtml That's a link to a kind of "landing page" that you end up on when you visit their site for the first time each day. It gives a quote, but also they get in another ad view with the page. It only seems to show up once a day. Anyone know how they do it? Thanks for your help!
Check for a value in a cookie on the users machine. If no value is returned, or if the returned value=currentday-1, then it must be the first visit. Don't forget to set the cookie with the value of the currentday as the last step of the process. Otherwise, the user will get the first day splash page on every visit. Depending on the above (first-day or not-first-day), you then display the appropriate page/information.
Thanks, but does anyone know of a plugin or anything that currently offers this service? Or will I need to hire a programmer? Thanks.