Randomising content

[Paul B]

Brogan submitted a new resource:

Randomising content - rand()

Randomising content can be used in various ways, the most common of which is for header images and logos, or advertising banners.

This guide will explain how it can be done simply with one line of code (which ironically has taken a hundred lines of explanatory text).

For the purposes of this guide, we'll be adding a banner image in the Container header advertising position, which will randomly rotate between 5 different images.

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[Aluminum Pints]

Nice ! Banner adverts typically have two components; the image ( which you have covered gracefully ) and the a href link to the site being advertised ... can those be added easily to the front of the code or does some other magic need to happen ?

 

[Aluminum Pints]

in the case of advertising banners, each image will have a unique a href. how can we couple the a href with each image ?

 

[Paul B]

If each banner has a different URL then it will require a different approach.

Not difficult but I'll put together another guide for that.

 

[Aluminum Pints]

 

[Paul B]

Brogan updated Randomising content with a new update entry:

Uniquely customised images

While the main resource is good for simple images, logos, etc., it doesn't allow for any unique customisation between the images.

Advertising banners typically link to the advertiser's site and therefore need to have unique image file names, URLs, styling, etc. for each banner.

For that a slightly different approach is required.

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[Paul B]

There you go @Craig Neff

 

[Aluminum Pints]

 

[Aluminum Pints]

thanks muchly

 

[spirogg]

@Brogan


EDIT: I just tried it and it works like a charme.. really awesome thank you

is it possible to use this for google adsene and other ad affiliate sources ?

can we use as an example:

banner 1 and add google asdsense js script below
then use banner 2 and add amazon affilate ads
then use banner 3 for clickbank affilaite ads ?

would we just remove the <a href </a> and add the javascript code there ?
I just added this code below the an ad spot and it worked like miagic

<xf:set var="$banner.1">
   < google adsense code here>
</xf:set>

<xf:set var="$banner.2">
    < amazon ad code here>
</xf:set>

<xf:set var="$banner.3">
    < another affiliate ad code here>
</xf:set>

{$banner.{{ rand(1,3) }}}

works great

 

[Paul B]

Yes, it can be used for any content, anywhere.

 

[Donny]

Can the images contain links at all?

 

[Paul B]

Yes.

Randomising content - Updates

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[JoyFreak]

Can you randomise threads with this method?

 

[Paul B]

In what way?

Any string/URL can be randomised.

 

[JoyFreak]

In what way?

Any string/URL can be randomised.

<xf:foreach loop="$threads" value="$thread">

Randomising threads in this way.

I want to randomise threads from a forum node in a widget.

 

[Paul B]

I don't think it's possible to randomise/shuffle arrays with just template syntax.