That's ok, I wouldn't bother. Judging by the poll we have going on the subject, the vast majority of our members like it the way it is now. 

Thanks again 

thank you so much for taking the time to make this as easy as possible.  the bad news is that apparently I need things even easier...I have worked on my splash page for over 10 hours now trying to get an mp3 file to play.  I have purchased file hosting service, purchased music, and have tried what I think to be almost  every other possibility.  For some reason the file manager will let me upload certain MP3 files and not others, which is the crux of this ordeal.  I have thrown up my hands in despair and am willing to give up...so I guess that is when I ask for help.  Here are the specific issues:

when I use a link in the page properties the music never plays unless I link it to an MP3 file in my file manager.  The file manager, however, permits certain MP3 files and not others.

when I try to use HTML code before, after, or even within your splash page code the music never plays either and most of the time it just mucks up the splash page appearance.

Also, one of my guildies told me that the splash page redirects him to the home page immediately without the 10 sec delay. 

Please help...

p.s. I feel i need to insert here that a vast portion of the time I spent was at work trying to avoid a proxy in order to find sound bites as well as working with a civil war era PC.  I know I am not gifted, but when I read this again it seemed as though I may be a window licker.  I assure you I am not that either.

Hi guys!

@ChaosElement: I've updated the code in the original post with a new method. Basically instead of replacing all of the page content with the content of the splash box, it now just hides everything but the splash box ( amazing what a bit more experience with jQuery allows you to do ). So now your mp3 player should just work as you expect.

The issue with the file manager is probably because of the file size limit, if I remember correctly, I think it's 5Mb. If you have bigger files you will probably have to host the file elsewhere - I suggest checking out Dropbox.

The splash page immediate redirect might be because of a typo in the meta tag (the purple code).

I could help you better troubleshoot any problems if you already had the welcome page up on your site.

@Droxius: It looks like you just duplicated the links to the other sites. The problem is that <div>'s automatically move things to a new line, so you could just put both images inside of one div.

The left image (TotR.gif) is HUGE! It's 1.4Mb and it would be better if you reduced the size to match the other icon.

The meta tag redirects should both be removed because the page is a portal and having one would prevent the user from selecting. Having two wouldn't work in any situation.

Anyway, I've updated the original Splash Page code in the original post and in the code you provided... I've also included a custom Star Wars font that I already had uploaded in my site files... so, try this:

<style type="text/css">
#PageContainer { display:none; }
#splashBox { margin: 0 auto; text-align: center; }
</style>
<div id="splashBox">
<div>
<div style="height: 100px;"></div>
<h1>Welcome $block[username]</h1>
<img alt="" src="URL TO YOUR LOGO" />
<div style="height: 100px;"></div>
<a href="http://geneco.sithportal.com/Guild.aspx?GuildID=397552&amp;TabID=3363601">
<img alt="" width="225" src="http://www.talonsofthegryphon.com/sw_stuff/TotR.gif" />
</a>

<a href="http://admins.guildportal.com/Guild.aspx?GuildID=3780&amp;ForumID=22042&amp;TabID=27537&amp;TopicID=7257002&amp;Page=1">
<img alt="" src="http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTvdfl8eZTmbJXTw50nwOan5F63x3-eYzGOfLfe64r5777Ujvk_vg" />
</a>
</div>
<style type="text/css">
 /* instructions here: http://www.guildportal.com/Guild.aspx?GuildID=3780&TabID=27537&ForumID=22042&TopicID=9663736&Page=1#46664571 */
 @font-face {
  font-family: 'DISTGRGRegular';
  src: url('/GuildFiles/258012/font-DISTGRG.eot');
  src: url('/GuildFiles/258012/font-DISTGRG.eot?#iefix') format('embedded-opentype'),
       url('/GuildFiles/258012/font-DISTGRG.woff') format('woff'),
       url('/GuildFiles/258012/font-DISTGRG.ttf') format('truetype'),
       url('/GuildFiles/258012/font-DISTGRG.svg#DISTGRGRegular') format('svg');
  font-weight: normal;
  font-style: normal;
 }
 h1 { font: 50px/58px 'DISTGRGRegular', Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 0; }
</style>
</div>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
 var w = $('#splashBox').closest('.gpwidget');
 $('.gpWidget').not(w).hide();
 // remove the next two lines if you want your box borders to show
 w.find('.ContentBoxTitle').hide().end()
  .find('.ContentBox, .ContentBoxTitle, .ContentBoxBody').andSelf().attr('class','');
 // remove the above two lines if you want your box borders to show
 w.closest('.ContentZone').siblings().hide();
 $('.PageWrapper, .ContentWrapper').show();
 $('#bannerTable, .BannerArea, .WfTopMenu, .TabBar, .straightBarWrapper, .InnerTabTable').hide();
});
</script>

Hi Droxius!

Hmm, I'm not sure what to tell you... are you using the relative url (the url starts with /GuildFiles/...)? If not that might be the problem. Otherwise I can't think of anything else...

Awsome work btw...

Question...

How do you add a Flash Movie (swf) to this script rather then an Image file?