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I put up a quick splash page with index.php and added a link in that splash page to index2.php and when I go to index2.php, I get a "page not found" error. Getting rid of the splash is not an option right now. Is there anything I can do to get this to work?

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Try to just use a index.html file and use

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="5; URL=http://example.com/wp-content/themes/your_theme/index.php">

in your <head> section.

Let's see if the easy stuff works.

edit: to be on the save side, always display a link to the index.php file with some descriptive text like "if your browser doesn't redirect you automatically, please click here"

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Sorry, just to clarify: So I should try changing index.php (which is the splash page now) to index.html with the addition of the head content? Or do you mean change index2.php to index.html? – jwp Mar 4 '11 at 20:15
Also, to clarify further, it looks like index2.php is showing everything but the main section. That is the header, sidebar, and footer. But no 'main' section. I don't know if that helps. – jwp Mar 4 '11 at 20:19
Afaik the index.html get's catched first, so yes, your index.php. The index2.php would get renamed to index.php and serve it's normal purpose as your theme's index file. Give it a try. I'm not exactly sure if it will work. – kaiser Mar 4 '11 at 20:20
Oh, and no, i don't know what the "main" section is... – kaiser Mar 4 '11 at 20:22
Thanks a lot, kaiser. It works. – jwp Mar 4 '11 at 20:30
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I suggest you to create a custom page and name it home.php to load it first and link it where you want.

http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Hierarchy

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