Anyone really good with PHP or JS? Rotating Banner Questions
 

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!

How about a timed banner rotator?

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

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.