<script type="text/javascript">
// adapted from http://evolt.org/article/list/20/416/
// <![CDATA[
var Splash = GetCookie('SplashSkip');
ReDirect('/welcome');
function ReDirect (URL) {
SetCookie('SplashSkip','TRUE',1);
if (Splash == 'TRUE') {
window.location=(URL);
}
}
function getCookieVal (offset) {
var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf (";", offset);
if (endstr == -1)
endstr = document.cookie.length;
return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr));
}
function GetCookie (name) {
var arg = name + "=";
var alen = arg.length;
var clen = document.cookie.length;
var i = 0;
while (i < clen) {
var j = i + alen;
if (document.cookie.substring(i, j) == arg)
return getCookieVal (j);
i = document.cookie.indexOf(" ", i) + 1;
if (i == 0) break; 
}
return null;
}
function SetCookie(name, value, expDays, path, domain, secure) {
// Set cookie with name, value etc provided
// in function call and date from above
// Number of days the cookie should persist NB expDays='' or undef. => non-persistent
if (expDays != null ) {
var expires = new Date(); 
expires.setTime(expires.getTime() + (expDays*24*60*60*1000));
} 
var curCookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") +
((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
((secure) ? "; secure" : "");
document.cookie = curCookie;
}
// ]]>
</script>