Randomizing Web Content

[ghall]

Hi. I was wondering if there was some code to rotate web content, such as ads. If so, where can I get it?

 

[2Sticky]

Try google, there is Javascript code to allow you to have an image change after a certain time, or theres one that will display a random images, or ad each time the page is refreshed.

Depends what you want, just try googling.

 

[phatphil]

Give this a read: http://alistapart.com/articles/randomizer/.

 

[ghall]

I finally found one!

http://bontragercgi.com/JavaScript_Random_and_Duplicate_Content_Generator.html

It works very well.

 

[Mac In School]

I'm not a fan of using Javascript unless it's absolutely necessary. When possible, I prefer to do these things server-side. Search engines like me better for it.

Here's a way to do this in ColdFusion:

<cfset pickQ1 = '#randrange(1,4)#' />

<cfif #pickQ1# EQ "1">

<img src="ad1.jpg" />

<cfelseif #pickQ1# EQ "2">

<img src="ad2.jpg" />

<cfelseif #pickQ1# EQ "3">

<img src="ad3.jpg" />

<cfelse>

<img src="ad4.jpg" />

</cfif>

I lost my code for doing this in PHP. Sorry.