JavaFX standalone application Splash Page for a great website.

FxExperienceSplash

package org.jewelsea.examples.splash;

import javafx.animation.FadeTransition;
import javafx.application.Application;
import javafx.beans.value.ChangeListener;
import javafx.beans.value.ObservableValue;
import javafx.event.ActionEvent;
import javafx.event.EventHandler;
import javafx.geometry.Pos;
import javafx.geometry.Rectangle2D;
import javafx.scene.Scene;
import javafx.scene.control.Label;
import javafx.scene.control.ProgressBar;
import javafx.scene.effect.DropShadow;
import javafx.scene.image.Image;
import javafx.scene.image.ImageView;
import javafx.scene.layout.Pane;
import javafx.scene.layout.VBox;
import javafx.scene.web.WebView;
import javafx.stage.Screen;
import javafx.stage.Stage;
import javafx.stage.StageStyle;
import javafx.util.Duration;
import org.w3c.dom.Document;

/** Example of displaying a splash page for a standalone JavaFX application */
public class FxExperienceSplash extends Application {
  private Pane splashLayout;
  private ProgressBar loadProgress;
  private Label progressText;
  private WebView webView;
  private Stage mainStage;
  private static final int SPLASH_WIDTH = 676;
  private static final int SPLASH_HEIGHT = 227;

  public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { launch(args); }

  @Override public void init() {
    ImageView splash = new ImageView(new Image("http://fxexperience.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/logo.png"));
    loadProgress = new ProgressBar();
    loadProgress.setPrefWidth(SPLASH_WIDTH - 20);
    progressText = new Label("Loading hobbits with pie . . .");
    splashLayout = new VBox();
    splashLayout.getChildren().addAll(splash, loadProgress, progressText);
    progressText.setAlignment(Pos.CENTER);
    splashLayout.setStyle("-fx-padding: 5; -fx-background-color: cornsilk; -fx-border-width:5; -fx-border-color: linear-gradient(to bottom, chocolate, derive(chocolate, 50%));");
    splashLayout.setEffect(new DropShadow());
  }
  
  @Override public void start(final Stage initStage) throws Exception {
    showSplash(initStage);
    showMainStage();

    webView.getEngine().documentProperty().addListener(new ChangeListener<Document>() {
      @Override public void changed(ObservableValue<? extends Document> observableValue, Document document, Document document1) {
        if (initStage.isShowing()) {
          loadProgress.progressProperty().unbind();
          loadProgress.setProgress(1);
          progressText.setText("All hobbits are full.");
          mainStage.setIconified(false);
          initStage.toFront();
          FadeTransition fadeSplash = new FadeTransition(Duration.seconds(1.2), splashLayout);
          fadeSplash.setFromValue(1.0);
          fadeSplash.setToValue(0.0);
          fadeSplash.setOnFinished(new EventHandler<ActionEvent>() {
            @Override public void handle(ActionEvent actionEvent) {
              initStage.hide();
            }
          });
          fadeSplash.play();
        }
      }
    });
  }

  private void showMainStage() {
    mainStage = new Stage(StageStyle.DECORATED);
    mainStage.setTitle("FX Experience");
    mainStage.setIconified(true);

    // create a WebView.
    webView = new WebView();
    webView.getEngine().load("http://fxexperience.com/");
    loadProgress.progressProperty().bind(webView.getEngine().getLoadWorker().workDoneProperty().divide(100));

    // layout the scene.
    Scene scene = new Scene(webView, 1000, 600);
    webView.prefWidthProperty().bind(scene.widthProperty());
    webView.prefHeightProperty().bind(scene.heightProperty());
    mainStage.setScene(scene);
    mainStage.show();
  }

  private void showSplash(Stage initStage) {
    Scene splashScene = new Scene(splashLayout);
    initStage.initStyle(StageStyle.UNDECORATED);
    final Rectangle2D bounds = Screen.getPrimary().getBounds();
    initStage.setScene(splashScene);
    initStage.setX(bounds.getMinX() + bounds.getWidth() / 2 - SPLASH_WIDTH / 2);
    initStage.setY(bounds.getMinY() + bounds.getHeight() / 2 - SPLASH_HEIGHT / 2);
    initStage.show();
  }
}

https://forums.oracle.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=233116

The splash image is loaded over http so that the demo can be a self-contained class, but usually you would load it from a local resource on the filesystem or in a jar.

Updated to add load progress monitoring to the splash page.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9997509/designing-a-splash-screen-java

Added some progress text to the splash page.

Good example! thanks!