Random Quotes

I want to have a random quote (chosen from a separate file)
displayed on our site that changes on a daily basis. I have about
100+ quotes that are in a already in a HTML file using a table. Do
they need to be in a different format eg SQL file.
How do I get it to place one quote in a certain place, and
choose a new quote the next day all automatically? I have seen SSI
in use, but I'm not sure if this can do what I want.
If anybody has a way to do this with very little input after
it's set up I would really appreciate it.
Thanks
Pakman

Put the script on your page, it will produce a random quote
each time the
page is loaded.
Place linked text between <a href=http://www.google.com
and </a> like so:
Quotation[0] = "<a href=http://www.google.com>Truth is
beauty;</a>
beauty,truth";
Quotation[1] = "The time has come, <a
href=http://www.yahoo.com>the Walrus
said</a> to speak of many things";
If this isn't robust enough, there a many more scripts
available at dynamic
drive. This one uses Ajax to rotate include files.
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex17/ajaxrotate.htm
--Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
www.alt-web.com
A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch
a child of
five.
-- Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
"Pakman36" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:g230ib$irm$[email protected]..
> Hi Nancy
>
> This looks great, but I need the quote to automatically
display on the
page at
> the start of each day rather than having the end user
'Clicking' the
button!
> and the quotes have a book title with the appropriate
link contained in
them.
> Can the quotes have a link in the script?
>

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when the page is loaded?

You miss the point bonehead. What I meant was, surely amongst
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experienced community, some of these coders have experience
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requested; I was asking for pointers to those specifically,
as it would have
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I've used" as to type "do a google search for it". Don't need
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Easy 'nuff to understand now?
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> Yeah, I feel your pain Rachel. I too hate it when others
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do
> my work for me.
>
> --
>
> Walt
>
>
> "Rachael Caldwell" <[email protected]> wrote in
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> news:f4mv46$mfq$[email protected]..
> > Yeah, I'm googling away, but was rather hoping that
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experience
> > with specific scripts would share, rather than just
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and
you?ll
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> >
> >
>
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Hello everyone...
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> switch out on "refresh". Can anyone provide me with
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> best
> way to do this. I have done it with images only..but not
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> blocks of
> content. Any suggestions would be considered...oh did I
mention he
> requested
> we have this completed by Monday morning?
>
> DOOKS
>

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You really don't get it, do you.
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Hey guys, hope someone can shed some light on this incredibly irritating issue that i've been struggling with for ages.
I've got a javascript for generating a random quote out of a preset list (10) into a HTML snippet box on my site.
The problem that I can't cure is that each quote, depending on its length makes the html box resize around it, so it sometimes covers some of the existing text.
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<CENTER>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">  </SCRIPT> </CENTER>

Hiya Old Toad, thanks for the reply.
Sorry it took me so long to get back to you, things just keep coming up!
Ok so ,if I try to resize the box, it goes widthways rather than lengthways and therefore covers all the text next to it.
If I add the
tags, it just breaks it completely and nothing shows up.
Also looks like I copied the wrong script when I posted here originally, I had it in a notepad file but I must have opened the wrong one, sorry!
Attached is the actual script from the site,
Thanks again for all your help!
<center>
<resizeable=false>
<script language="JavaScript">
var howMany = 6
var quote = new Array(howMany+1)
quote[0]="'The teacher motivates children in a fun way'"
quote[1]="'Very friendly, fun and hard working class - with an excellent teacher'"
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quote[3]="'The class is good, giving kids a fun and enjoyable time. The teacher is funny and, also has a good way of handling the class'"
quote[4]="'The class teaches good discipline whilst still having fun'"
quote[5]="'Discipline, respect, enjoyment and fun. All key factors put across by a very good teacher'"
quote[6]="'The class teacher is good and disciplined. It has taught my child to come out of her shell'"
quote[7]="'The class makes learning fun whilst still teaching the students the important lessons needed to progress'"
function rndnumber(){
var randscript = -1
while (randscript < 0 || randscript > howMany || isNaN(randscript)){
randscript = parseInt(Math.random()*(howMany+1))
return randscript
quo = rndnumber()
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// End -->
</script>
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Thanks!
Kal
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