[leglug-users] browser's first page

[Edmond]

On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Mohammed Shublaq wrote:

> thanks edmond
> but that's not what i need. when you connect to terra net thru WISE for
> example you get a terra web page as a start though you are opening
> google or other address
> i need this starting page as announcements page to the users of a coffee
> shop that offers free wireless access.


hi mo,

what i described to you earlier is what you probably need.

primarily, you need to divert any outgoing traffic to "your" web page
for the user's first time, before you allow outgoing traffic. you can 
do this --and more (for example ask for a login)-- if you use a proxy 
server.  thereafter, presumably after you've set a cookie in the browser, 
you allow requests to go through to the outside.

there's probably other ways to do this. for example, if you are using
apache, see the mod_rewrite module and the directive "rewriteCond" which
may suit your purpose somehow.

regards,

    e.