How to skip a landing page

Question

I have a landing page that is like a large scrolling infographic. I need to implement a "skip this next time" checkbox so that returning users that authenticate can skip having to see it everytime they visit the site.

The landing page is a static page served by the static_controller.rb :

def landing
  if cookies[:skip_landing]
      redirect_to home_url
  else
    if params[:skip_landing]
      cookies.permanent[:skip_landing] = true
    end
  end
end

This mostly works as I think it should. It sets the cookie[:skip_landing] to true . However, when I clear that cookie, I can't get back to the landing page. I am redirected to the home page, which should only be true if the cookie were set. Somehow, the cookie is being reset

What am I missing?

Answer 1

Interesting question. I've debugged for around 10mins and then realised that cookies[:skip_landing] is actually a String.

So even if you have cookies[:skip_landing] = 'false' , it if cookies[:skip_landing] would still be seen as true since only nil and false in ruby is false.

You may try this:

if cookies[:skip_landing] == '1'
  redirect_to home_url
elsif params[:skip_landing]
  cookies.permanent[:skip_landing] = '1'
end

end