Banner Rotation Script?

[John Jupp]

Hi

Has anyone got a banner rotation script I can insert onto a webpage?

I'm looking at rotating about half a dozen banners not affiliate linked or affiliate banners from multiple networks rather than one network. All the banners will be in a separate folder for the script to draw from.

Cheers

John

[THiNK]

Not sure what server you have so here is a Javascript one that will do what you need.

<script language="JavaScript">
<!--
function random_imglink(){
  var myimages=new Array()
  //specify random images below. You can have as many as you wish
  myimages[1]="img1.gif"
  myimages[2]="img2.gif"
  myimages[3]="images/img3.gif"

  //specify corresponding links below
  var imagelinks=new Array()
  imagelinks[1]="http://www.google.com"
  imagelinks[2]="http://www.msn.com"
  imagelinks[3]="http://www.yahoo.com/somedir"

  var ry=Math.floor(Math.random()*myimages.length)

  if (ry==0)
     ry=1
     document.write('<a href='+'"'+imagelinks[ry]+'"'+'><img src="'+myimages[ry]+'" border=0></a>')
}

  random_imglink()
//-->
</script>

[John Jupp]

Many thanks. I use Linux. This'll do fine.

[Paul Wright]

If you're looking to monitor any kind of statitics, add banner weighting, set up banner zones, provide client log in then you might want to look at http://phpadsnew.com/two/ which is also free.

Cheers
Paul.

[IntervisionMedia]

If you want a very simple serverside solution (php) you could just do:

<?php
    // create array to store banners
    $banners = array();

    // add banners
    $banners[] = "code for banner 1";
    $banners[] = "code for another banner";
?>

Then when you want to place a banner:

    <?php print($banners[rand(0, count($banners)-1)]); ?>

That will randomise the banner on each page load. Works great if you just want a very simple, transparent solution.

Hope it helps,
Matthew

[John Jupp]

All of you are too kind. Many thanks for the assistance. I'll integrate this tomorrow.

[Nosmo_King]

Originally Posted by Paul Wright If you're looking to monitor any kind of statitics, add banner weighting, set up banner zones, provide client log in then you might want to look at http://phpadsnew.com/two/ which is also free. Cheers Paul.

I have two big phpadsnew installs running and it's the dogs b*$llicks. However, I've started to play with ad blocking software and I'm having second thoughts. Curse you Norton Internet Security

[Ste]

Its the size of the banners that Norton is blocking, when adding a banner, use irregular banner sizes or just change the standard banner sizes by 1 pixel, so they are not one of the standard sizes.