Anyone really good with PHP or JS?

[AJ]

I am having some issues getting a rotating banner script set up in the header of the forums. I have the banners sized already, and on the server. But I can't for the life of me get the script up and working right. Anyone know of one that would rotating a few (3 or 4) banners at the top of the forum upon page refresh?

Thanks!

[LightningGSX]

How about a timed banner rotator?

[scheides]

As much as I'd prefer to run php over JS, here's a few examples. These are all cgi-based, which is probably the best way to run them, but you could probably rip out some of the code and use it as a header:

http://www.autoinstaller.de/banner-rotator.html

http://www.geocities.com/jsmaster/banrot.html

http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/7116/banner2.zip

http://javascript.internet.com/messages/banner-ads.html

http://www.bloke.com/javascript/AdRotation/

PM know if you need help,

-scheides

[Jakey]

I don't know if it would be any help at all but I've got a copy of Flash MX 2004 and Dreamweaver MX 2004 if it would help you out.

[AJ]

I am still working on this, and wonder is anyone else has any ideas. Thus far I have been unable to use anything llisted. I either get all the banners placed at the top in a mess or I get nothing.

[AJ]

this is the code I am trying to use:

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Code:

$bannerrand = rand(1, X);

and then use the number generated in your template whereever you want the banner, for instance in the "header" template. Example; rotating three banners (X=3 in the code above):
Code:

<if condition="$bannerrand == '1'">
<a href="Banner 1 hyperlink"><img src="Banner 1 Image URL" /></a>
<else />
<if condition="$bannerrand == '2'">
<a href="Banner 2 hyperlink"><img src="Banner 2 Image URL" /></a>
<else />
<a href="Banner 3 hyperlink"><img src="Banner 3 Image URL" /></a>
</if>



Anyone know why the thing won't rotate the banners with the code like this and just display them all at the top of the fourms together?

[SuperSleeper]

Check out this site... may have some resources for you.

http://www.zend.com/apps.php?CID=35

Otherwise try this code:

function randInt(min,max)
{
var div = (max - min) + 1
var randNum = Math.random()
for (var i = 0; i <= div - 1; i++)
{
if (randNum >= i / div && randNum < (i+1) / div)
{return i + min}
}
}


var abc = randInt(1,5);

if (abc == 1) {

document.write("<\"Your 1. HTML-Banner-Code\">");

}

if (abc == 2) {

document.write("<\"Your 2. HTML-Banner-Code\">");

}

if (abc == 3) {

document.write("<\"Your 3. HTML-Banner-Code\">");

}

if (abc == 4) {

document.write("<\"Your 4. HTML-Banner-Code\">");

}

if (abc == 5) {

document.write("<\"Your 5. HTML-Banner-Code\">");

}

The "document.write" function is Javascript, and probably not necessary for the code to work. Haven't tested the code though, so don't hold your breath.

[scheides]

What OS is your server? Why don't you just link to a static image, but setup a cron job changing what that static image is every 1, 2, 4, 5, 10 minuts, or whatever. Whenever your peak time is for the day, you could charge a premium to whomever wants to advertise more during that time, just like TV!

If you want code for this, let me know, it'd be *super* complicated ;)

-scheides

ps--cache-crazy browsers such as IE might not load the current version of the image right away, but would realize it after a few clicks/page reloads.