Is there a script that makes a person not able to view a page until they have read a different page? I dont want people to see one page until they have read the rules.. Like maybe an error page instead, saying to read the rules.

Well, you could check the referer, but that doesn't mean they actually read it.

what do you mean? It is for a normal website, not a forum, and its for a contest... I was thinking about making a page that when you click the link to the contest page, it takes you to a page that says did you read this rules? and it has a text box that they have to type a password, and that takes them to the page, but i dont want it to be like an .htacces login page, i just want it to be like a forum login feild, and then there would be a password hidden in the rules somewhere. But that would require some sort of script as well, in which case I need to ask again, does anybody know of one like it?

It's really simply a pretty standard disclaimer kind of script what server side code ?

umm any will work... I can do php, java, javascript, or anything, I mean, I dontk now how to write a lot of server side scripts, but i can understand and edit them fine, so installing should be no problem, i just need the script lol!

like one of the others say you would be able to do it with a check box so atht the person would have to check that box before clicking a link to another page the only thing is it doesnt mee that the person has read that page

but if that is ok then you could do it in php using athe form post methord

The referer is the page the user came from. Most browsers send this information to the server. Here's an example of how to check it using php:

contest page

PHP Code:

<?php
if($_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER']=="http://yoursite.com/rules-page.htm")
  include "page-content.php";  //they come from the right page, so we include the page content
else
  header("Location: rules-page.htm");  //They don't come from the right page, so we send them back
?>

using a checkbox, it would be something like this:

rules page

<form name="rules" action="contest-page.php" method="post">
  <input type="checkbox" name="read" value="yes"/>
  <input type="submit" name="Submit"/>
</form>

contest-page

PHP Code:

<?php
if($_POST['read']=='yes')
  include "page-content.php";
else
  header("Location: rules-page.htm");
?>

You could also remove the checkbox:

rules page

<form name="rules" action="contest-page.php" method="post">
  <input type="submit" name="read" value="I read the rules"/>
</form>

contest-page

PHP Code:

<?php
if($_POST['read']=='I read the rules')
  include "page-content.php";
else
  header("Location: rules-page.htm");
?>

Then, of course, you could combinate the referer method, and the form method.

You can't make anyone read anything. How often have you agreed to terms and conditions before continuing to the next step. We all do. It's hard reading lawyer jargon most of us cannot understand anyway. I would do a basic "agree to the terms" check box to move on like suggested above, but unless it is "understandable", who will read it. And if it is, is it legally binding? Probably not. Unfortunately, it's just the way things are.

no i mean, I trust that people would read them as they explain what the contest is, and how to enter and stuff.. For that form php script above, I could easily change it to an iput box, and have them type a required word couldnt I? Ill try that.


EDIT:

I changed the php around a little so it worked out fine.

PHP Code:

<?php 
if($_POST['read']=='yes') 
  include "contests.php"; 
else 
  include "rules.php"; 
?>

becasue the header part was causing an error that I dont have time to fix, but it worked out well. Thanks!

Yeah, your code should work perfectly. To use the header stuff, however, you need to make sure nothing is sent to the browser yet. Normally, you put the header code on top of your page.

EDIT: maybe it has to be an absolute url too, but I doubt that.