A friend gave me some code to randomly update my cartoons on my website.
Code:
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<!-- Random Image Generator -->
<p align="center">
<script language="JavaScript">
function random_imglink()
{
var myimages=new Array()
myimages[1]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070124.gif"
myimages[2]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070125.gif"
myimages[3]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070126.gif"
myimages[4]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070129.gif"
myimages[5]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070131.gif"
myimages[6]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070201.gif"
myimages[7]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070203.gif"
myimages[8]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070204.gif"
myimages[9]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070205.gif"
myimages[10]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070206.gif"
myimages[11]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070207.gif"
myimages[12]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070208.gif"
myimages[13]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070209.gif"
myimages[14]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070210.gif"
myimages[15]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070211.gif"
myimages[16]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070212.gif"
myimages[17]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070213.gif"
myimages[18]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070214.gif"
var imagelinks=new Array()
imagelinks[1]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070124.gif"
imagelinks[2]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070125.gif"
imagelinks[3]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070126.gif"
imagelinks[4]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070129.gif"
imagelinks[5]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070131.gif"
imagelinks[6]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070201.gif"
imagelinks[7]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070203.gif"
imagelinks[8]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070204.gif"
imagelinks[9]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070205.gif"
imagelinks[10]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070206.gif"
imagelinks[11]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070207.gif"
imagelinks[12]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070208.gif"
imagelinks[13]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070209.gif"
imagelinks[14]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070210.gif"
imagelinks[15]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070211.gif"
imagelinks[16]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070212.gif"
imagelinks[17]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070213.gif"
imagelinks[18]="http://strangebreedcartoons.com/general/20070214.gif"
var ry=Math.floor(Math.random()*myimages.length)
if (ry==0)
ry=1
document.write('<a href='+'"'+imagelinks[ry]+'"><img src="'+myimages[ry]+'" border=0 alt="'+myimages[ry]+'" border="0" width="354" height="456" title="Strange Breed cartoons"></a>')
}
random_imglink()
</script>
</p>
<!-- End of Random Image Generator -->
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Probem is, in the past, I used to upload new cartoon images three times a week and rename them each time to "cartoonoftheweek.gif".
So I had the webmasters that wanted to display my cartoon on their site use this code:
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<a href="http://www.strangebreedcartoons.com">
<img src="http://www.strangebreedcartoons.com/cartoonoftheweek.gif" alt="Strange Breed's weekly cartoon" border="0" WIDTH="286" HEIGHT="366"></a>
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Problem is my cartoon no longer displays on their website because the random cartoon files now have different names.
How can I get around this?
Can I make either:
cartoonoftheweek.gif = imagelinks[ry]
-or-
cartoonoftheweek.gif = myimages{ry]
I think that will work, I just don't know the proper syntax. That way I can associate the variable to a constant name.
Any ideas? I really need help with this one.
Thanks much!!
SBsteve