Adding welcome register login to htm landing page

[rainie +]

v4.1.10 Developer
Template: 3col

Hi,

Is it possible for me to add the welcome message 'Welcome Guest - Login - Register' to my home page..that is, I have my index, (front) page as index.html but would like users to be able to register or login from this page. My php knoweledge is close to zero, but know that this does not work in the html file/page:
{if $smarty.session.username<>'' || $smarty.cookies.username<>""}
Welcome {$smarty.session.username}
{if $pmon=="Y"}
<br />
{/if}
{else}
{$smarty.const.LANG_WELCOME_GUEST} <br />[<a href="{$smarty.const.URLS}/login.php">{$smarty.const.LANG_USER_LOGIN}</a>, <a href="{$smarty.const.URLS}/userjoin.php">{$smarty.const.LANG_USER_REGISTER}</a>]
{/if}

I'd also like when they click away from the page and come back they are still logged in.
Excuse my ignorance here.
Any help appreciated.

[Eric Barnes]

In short no this wouldn't be possible. All the php and smarty code is processed in the script so it would have to be a php file inside the script to show this.