[ic] How to/where to find code to rotate links/pics?

[Dave LaTourette]

> On Friday 20 June 2003 10:19 pm, Dave LaTourette wrote:
> > Thanks for that. I wasn't clear enough in my initial post, but I want to
> > display random images/links to pages, not products. I assume
> I'll need to
> > keep a database of all the pages I want rotated. Once that's done, would
> > the code above be readily used with changing the database (fi argument)?
>
>  You could make a table that stores your links and images, but here's an
> example of a simple image rotator:
>
>  [loop random="1" list="foo.gif bar.gif baz.jpg"]
> 	<img src="[loop-code]"/>
>  [/loop]
>
>  random="1" is saying you want one randomly picked item. The list
> is a space
> separated list of filenames. And when run, [loop-code] is substituted for
> either "foo.gif", "bar.gif" or "baz.jpg"
>
>   The best way to combine random links and images is to make a two column
> table. The columns would be img and href, and you'd populate them
> with your
> rotatable banners. Assuming you named the database table "rotate"
> you'd take
> the above code and modify it to this:
>
>  [loop random="1" search="fi=rotate/st=db/ra=yes"]
> 	<a href="[loop-data rotate href]"><img src="[loop-data
> rotate img]"/></a>
>  [/loop]
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris Wenham

Thank you Chris, I'll try this method!

Dave