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Lord Rahl Snap Dragon Level: 43  Posts: 88/792 EXP: 544657 For next: 20389 Since: 03-15-04 From: Temple of the Winds - Training Room Since last post: 43 days Last activity: 7 days |
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| Once on the Soul Angel message board, the head admin, Ogre, had a random picture generator in his layout. It would randomly pick a picture from a collection he had online and place that pic in his layout. Any time the page was refreshed, the pic would change. Anyway, seeing as that board has been reset since he last used that layout, I was wondering if anyone could help me set up something like that, for quotes, to use on this board? I would like it for the layout I'm planning on putting together. |
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FreeDOS Lava Lotus Wannabe-Mod :< Level: 59 Posts: 244/1657 EXP: 1648646 For next: 24482 Since: 03-15-04 From: Seattle Since last post: 6 hours Last activity: 4 hours |
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I have one for pulling out random images...  http://mike.gamingvortex.net/images/randimg.phps Basically: 1. Make new directory. 2. Add images to that directory. 3. Change PHP script to look in that directory (here: $handle = opendir('test'); | and here: $img = fopen("./test/$picture", "r");) Make sure the extensions are the same as the MIME content type. As long as it's PNG, GIF, and JPG, you're fine.  |
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Lord Rahl Snap Dragon Level: 43 Posts: 93/792 EXP: 544657 For next: 20389 Since: 03-15-04 From: Temple of the Winds - Training Room Since last post: 43 days Last activity: 7 days |
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| Would you have any idea how to change it so that it would do text instead of pictures? EDIT: Short of putting my quote list into a collection of pictures, of course.  (edited by Lord Rahl on 03-25-04 02:54 AM) |
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Kenny3900 Newcomer Level: 6 Posts: 8/9 EXP: 659 For next: 248 Since: 03-15-04 Since last post: 576 days Last activity: 339 days |
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| JavaScript can do that already (Text before) // Put inside <script> var theQuotes = new Array(Number of quotes); theQuotes[0] = "Quote #1"; ... theQuotes[Number of quotes - 1] = "Quote #n"; document.write(theQuotes[Math.round(Math.random() * Number of quotes -.5)]); // </script> (Text after) |
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Wrath Shyguy Level: 17  Posts: 11/93 EXP: 21856 For next: 2887 Since: 03-18-04 From: Canada Since last post: 547 days Last activity: 339 days |
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| You could also do it using php, but I would only do it this way if youi are going to use a few images because the code will get pretty big if there is alot of images $rannum=mt_rand(1,10); if($rannum=='1'){$banner="< if($rannum=='2'){$banner="< if($rannum=='3'){$banner="< if($rannum=='4'){$banner="< if($rannum=='5'){$banner="< if($rannum=='6'){$banner="< if($rannum=='7'){$banner="< if($rannum=='8'){$banner="< if($rannum=='9'){$banner="< if($rannum=='10'){$banner="< Edit the coding for your own preferences and use the variable $banner to display the image (edited by Wrath on 03-25-04 05:57 AM) (edited by Wrath on 03-25-04 05:58 AM) |
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kiwibonga Double metal axe Level: 27  Posts: 26/266 EXP: 106040 For next: 10119 Since: 03-15-04 From: Montreal, QC, Canada Since last post: 126 days Last activity: 3 days |
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| something even simpler and dumber: randimg.php: < $NUMIMG=put number of images here; $myrandomnumber = rand(1,$NUMIMG); switch($myrandomnumber) { case 1: header("/images/myrandomimage1.jpg"); break; case 2: header("/images/myrandomimage2.jpg"); break; etc..... } ?> it'll just force a redirect to an image automatically. Oh and since javascript isn't allowed here there's only one way to show random quotes: using images, or asking acmlm to host the random quote script and add a special && tag (right, right) |
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Lord Rahl Snap Dragon Level: 43 Posts: 100/792 EXP: 544657 For next: 20389 Since: 03-15-04 From: Temple of the Winds - Training Room Since last post: 43 days Last activity: 7 days |
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| I'll ask Acmlm then, considering I was hoping on using most of my quote list, and I have over one hundred quotes, easy. EDIT: Or I could just change them by hand, but that kind of defeats what I was hoping of doing. (edited by Lord Rahl on 03-25-04 01:28 PM) |
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Acmlm Torosu heh Level: 51  Posts: 366/1173 EXP: 981994 For next: 31944 Since: 03-15-04 From: Somewhere that isn't outside of Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada Since last post: 39 days Last activity: 3 hours |
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Hmm ... adding a &____& that shows a random quote would be possible, but you wouldn't be able to customize it  What I'd do is a PHP script that picks a random quote (in text), then outputs an image with that text ... not hard when you know how to use the GD library functions |
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Jesper Busy, busy, busy. Level: 69  Posts: 130/2390 EXP: 2856000 For next: 13743 Since: 03-15-04 From: Sweden. Since last post: 176 days Last activity: 79 days |
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| I could be able to set such a contraption up. I already have a login system to change the wootest titles. I'll look into it. | |||
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Lord Rahl Snap Dragon Level: 43 Posts: 124/792 EXP: 544657 For next: 20389 Since: 03-15-04 From: Temple of the Winds - Training Room Since last post: 43 days Last activity: 7 days |
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| Thank you both. I'd try to set it up myself, but know nothing of Javascript or PHP, although I would like to learn both. School doesn't offer them, though. |
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