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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 29, 2005 - 05:13 AM

  Is there a way to code the theme image at the top of my site,
  http://mmdn.org/Testsite
  to rotate everytime someone visits or refreshes the site? I have about 10 different images I'd like to rotate.
  The banners function doesnt work well, it doesnt center it and has it in the upper left

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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 29, 2005 - 06:02 AM

  Maybe try editing the theme so that the banner image appears where you want it. Banners is probably the easiest way to do what you want. As far as I know anyway.

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• MMaynard
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 29, 2005 - 06:41 AM

  I use a small flash app for this when my clients request it.
  You could also do it with a PHP script using the rand funtion (Don't have one handy)
  
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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 29, 2005 - 07:29 AM

  AGlossop

  Maybe try editing the theme so that the banner image appears where you want it. Banners is probably the easiest way to do what you want. As far as I know anyway.

  
  That is exactly what I did at http://www.landdevelopmenttoday.com. It works great. If you visit the site, it is the image at the top right side. The client occasionally changes the images to allow for quite a bit of variation.
  
  Note: You might want to do some searching in the forums here. I seem to remember that someone wrote a plugin for Xanthia which would do this for you. I think it might have been InvalidResponse that did it... if IR did it, you can bet it's good stuff. :)

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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Aug 29, 2005 - 08:30 AM

  Insert this code above where the image is to be displayed in your theme.

  Code

  <?php
  
      // PUT EACH IMAGE INTO THE ARRAY AS SHOWN.
      // FILENAMES DO NOT MATTER SO LONG AS THEY
      // ARE VALID IMAGE NAMES
      $head_imgs = array(1=> 'image_01.jpg',
                      'image_02.jpg',
                      'image_03.jpg',
                      'image_04.jpg',
                      'image_05.jpg');
  
     
      // GET A RANDOM NUMBER (1 & 5 ARE INCLUSIVE...
      // CHANGE THE "5" TO THE NUMBER OF IMAGES
      // YOU'VE GOT IN THE ARRAY ABOVE
      $sel_img = rand(1,5);
     
      // HERE'S THE IMAGE TAG WITH THE RANDOM
      // IMAGE INCLUDED.  BE SURE TO CHANGE
      // THE PATH TO YOUR IMAGES.
      $use_img = '<img src="/your/img/path/'. $head_imgs[$sel_img] .'" alt="" / >';
     
      // REMOVE THIS AFTER YOU VERIFY IT WORKS
      echo $use_img;
  
  ?>

  
  
  To use the random image in your theme, it would be:
  

  Code

  <img src="/your/img/path/<?php echo $head_imgs[$sel_img]; ?>" alt="" / >

  
  
  Enjoy!

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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Sep 05, 2005 - 12:22 PM

  well i got it working sort of, is there anyway to center it and make it near the bottom grpahic?

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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Sep 05, 2005 - 01:31 PM

  Yes, any method of positioning...divs, spans, tables...will all work.

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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Sep 06, 2005 - 06:35 AM

  mt_rand() can be up to 4 times faster than rand() (depending on the system) .. also you could get a count if you didn't key the array.
  
  $im = array('image.gif','image2.gif','image3.gif');
  $rand = '';
  echo $rand;
  
  mmm..functions as an index.. delicious. ;)

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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Sep 07, 2005 - 04:15 PM

  I just wanted to mention about the 4 times faster...isn't it mere fractions of nanoseconds in this application?
  
  I didn't try it, but that's a sweet snip IR...nice... I just might have to change my approach...or at least add that technique to the ranks... Good stuff! :) I've worked on a few projects where that would be considered written a bit to "tightly" - read: too much happening in one line - but I like I like...
  
  :)

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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Sep 08, 2005 - 01:53 AM

  alarconcepts

  I just wanted to mention about the 4 times faster...isn't it mere fractions of nanoseconds in this application?
  

  
  haha.. well, I don't know anyone who would "knowingly" use the slower of 2 anything. you're right though, definitely.. it's just a matter of "best practices".
  
  

  alarconcepts

  
  I didn't try it, but that's a sweet snip IR...nice... I just might have to change my approach...or at least add that technique to the ranks... Good stuff! :) I've worked on a few projects where that would be considered written a bit to "tightly" - read: too much happening in one line - but I like I like...
  

  
  good, good.. hope it comes in handy. :)
  
  see ya!

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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Sep 08, 2005 - 11:22 AM

  ok, im not the brightest, how do i make it centered and looking flush with the bottom graphic. Currently it looks like http://mmdn.org/Testsite
  
  And the image only loads up sometimes, (keep hitting refresh)

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• **unknown user**
  
  

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  Posted: Sep 08, 2005 - 01:51 PM

  The size of the image I see is a 1000px wide try scaling it to a more appropriate size for the size. What is the width of your theme?
  
  It didn't load for me the first time either.
  
  You can see how I did it on my site here

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