random image

[evader]

I was wondering if someone could help me out with this...I want to have a different image load on my home page everytime the page refreshes or someone visits it.

Is it possible to do it without using Flash?

Any help would be great.

Thanks

[thoriphes]

Yeah, what you have to do first is rename each of the possible images you want to load similar to this: pic1.jpg pic2.jpg pic3.jpg ...
Basically, you want to put some number sequence after the filenames; you'll see why in a sec.

Now in (preferably) the first frame, put this code in:
MovieClip.prototype.loadRandomPic = function (__url, picname, numpics) {
this.__url = __url;
this.__url += picname+String(random(numpics)+1);
this.loadMovie(this.__url);
};

Now, create an empty movieclip and place it where you want the image to be. Now, set the actions of this empty movieclip as so:
onClipEvent (load) {
this.loadRandomPic(/*url of the folder with the images with a slash (/) at the end*/, /*name of image sequeces (in example above 'pic'*/, /*number of images total (again, in the example, 3)*/);
}
so if you had pics named the same way above in the folder microsoft.com/images/, you'd call the function like this:
onClipEvent (load) {
this.loadRandomPic("http://www.microsoft.com/images/", "pic", 3);
}and that code should choose from any of the three images named above.

let me know how it goes.

[evader]

Thanks thoriphes

Is it possible to do it without using Flash though?

Thanks

[thoriphes]

oh god, i'm so sorry, i missed that "without flash" doo-da.

hm...you may have to ask someone else because i'm not as knowledgable outside actionscript.

sorry :(

[evader]

That's ok...that's why I posted it in the Random forum...but for some reason it got moved to this forum??

[thoriphes]

yeah, i moved it. i'll move it back, sorry for the misunderstanding.

[kirupa]

Hey evader,
Kitiara created a random image feature in JavaScript. You can find it here: http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23363

Cheers!
Kirupa :thumb:

[Jubba]

and this should be in the SCRIPTING forum... i'll move it there...

[lostinbeta]

I posted another method of this in this thread...

http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18323

[evader]

Thanks for all the help guys...sorry for all the confussion about what forum it should be in...lol