How to display random banners?

[Allen Lawson]

Hey there,I was wondering how at times Wikipedia displays that banner at the top of every page when they want one to be there. I use php inlcudes for my website but I know thats probably not what there using because sometimes there is no banner. I guess another great example would be how YouTube sometimes haves alerts for new things going on at the top. Any thoughts / how to do this would be great!Thanks,Allen Lawson

[Don E]

Well.. it can be done with JavaScript.. check out this link to get an idea: http://www.w3schools.com/dhtml/tryit.asp?filename=trydhtml_randombanner

[davidb52]

or php,create a array with pages something like (just the idea)

<?php$pages = array(index.html,test.html,more.html,nothing.html);?>

now create a random numberbecause we have 3 array items$i = rand(0,3);and show the page by:include("$pages[$i]"); if you want a blank page:if($i==3){// do nothing}else{include("$pages[$i]");}

[thescientist]

Hey there,I was wondering how at times Wikipedia displays that banner at the top of every page when they want one to be there. I use php inlcudes for my website but I know thats probably not what there using because sometimes there is no banner. I guess another great example would be how YouTube sometimes haves alerts for new things going on at the top. Any thoughts / how to do this would be great! Thanks,Allen Lawson

there's really only a need to ask a question oncehttp://w3schools.invisionzone.com/index.php?showtopic=41762 If you are unsure of which forum it should go, put it General. A mod can always move it if need be. Double posting is unnecessary and confusing, and spreads the discussion out over multiple threads instead of one thread where all relevant contributions/comments can be read by everyone.

[Allen Lawson]

Yea, sorry about that but like it says above my pic - NEWBIE lol Thanks for the replies