#4 Custom Intro for the Homelab Dashboard

I want to make a Welcome page that then redirects to the main homepage. Just imagining it already feels cool. But doing this would probably require forking the source and editing it myself. Gethomepage doesn’t let you touch HTML, only custom CSS and JS. Kinda sad.

Problems

Issue 1: Gethomepage doesn’t allow HTML edits

That means even adding another div is impossible => I need a different solution.

Issue 2: Skill level

My skill level is too low to fork the gethomepage repo and customize it the way I want. I could do it if I spent the time to learn, but it doesn’t feel worth it.

Solution

Here’s the weird solution: embed an iframe across the entire screen. Basically make two websites. The first is just the dashboard, the second has the intro. After the intro finishes, it hides itself and reveals the dashboard embedded via iframe. Problem solved.

Originally I wanted a page that looked like this:

But in the end I chose this instead. It just looks way too slick =))

Conclusion

After it runs, it goes to the homepage. Super clean and simple.