Random Banner View

[SeaChaser]

I have replaced the SMF logo with my own logo (banner sized picture). I would like to have multiple banners and have a random one be seen each time the user moves around or opens the forum. Can someone help me with this?

www.arimaboatownersgroup.com

TIA,

-SC

[All Colours Sam]

this is a very, very, very simple script for what you want:

Koodi [Valitse] Laajenna


$numbanners = 3; // number of banners to show
$random = rand(1,$numbanners);

$img = array();
$url = array();
$txt = array();

$img[1] = "banner1.gif";
$url[1] = "www.url.com";
$txt[1] = "text banner 1";

$img[2] = "banner2.gif";
$url[2] = "www.url2.com";
$txt[2] = "text banner 2";

$img[3] = "banner3.gif";
$url[3] = "www.url3.com";
$txt[3] = "text banner 3";

echo "<a href='$url[$random]' target='_blank'><img src='$img[$random]' alt='$txt[$random]' border='0'></a>";



you can put that on your index.template.php  and replace your logo with this:

echo "<a href='$url[$random]' target='_blank'><img src='$img[$random]' alt='$txt[$random]' border='0'></a>";

to show the random logo.

[SeaChaser]

Thanks Miss All Sunday,

Is there a particular place in the index.template.php that I need to add your code?


Also, this line of code...

echo "<a href='$url[$random]' target='_blank'><img src='$img[$random]' alt='$txt[$random]' border='0'></a>";

is at the end of the code that I edit into the index.template.php code you told me to add.

I don't understand the comment "and replace your logo with this:"

Do I add that single line of code somewhere agan (it's already in the fist set of code that you noted)?

Thanks again. I can't wait to try it once you straighten me out.

[All Colours Sam]

Hi, yes, there are two part, this one:

Koodi [Valitse] Laajenna


$numbanners = 3; // number of banners to show
$random = rand(1,$numbanners);

$img = array();
$url = array();
$txt = array();

$img[1] = "banner1.gif";
$url[1] = "www.url.com";
$txt[1] = "text banner 1";

$img[2] = "banner2.gif";
$url[2] = "www.url2.com";
$txt[2] = "text banner 2";

$img[3] = "banner3.gif";
$url[3] = "www.url3.com";
$txt[3] = "text banner 3";



can be everywhere on your file as long as it don't break the php syntax.


this part:

Koodi [Valitse] Laajenna


echo "<a href='$url[$random]' target='_blank'><img src='$img[$random]' alt='$txt[$random]' border='0'></a>";




is the one that will replace your logo code,   attach your theme's  Index.template.php and we can tell you where to put this code.

[SeaChaser]

I'm just getting back to trying this out. I'm a bit confused on editing in the logo code. I have attached my index.template.[php file which is just the default template for 1.14. I'm thinking that I need to replace line 197 with the logo code.

Thanks in advance.

-SeaChaser

[All Colours Sam]

try this one

[SeaChaser]

Thanks but that's not working. The banners rotate thru the three banners I have but i lost the menu items and the ...


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the above items that are normally above the newsbar and next to my avatar.

[Ricky.]

Most probably you placed it somehwere which is not the right place for it.

Try to put it before theme_linktree() in index.template.php