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background for each day of the year

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jrh0204

jrh0204

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May 31, 2007
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so i want a background that changes each day. and ideally i wouldnt' be using an array for this.. and instead could just do something like...

var d = new Date()
document.write("<body background='"d.getMonth(),d.getDate()".jpg'>")

with the images in the same directory being named 01.jpg for jan 1st, 031.jpg for jan 31st, etc. etc.

but i know nothing about the syntax or structure that that would require. i think my non-working example should at least explain what i want to accomplish... can someone tell me how i can do this? i know it's possible... i've seen every element i need in other scripts, but i just don't know how to make them all work together without getting a bunch of errors... :(

p.s. this is actually on my windows desktop, not a website. it seems like some scripts won't work in an html set as the desktop background, but will on a webpage.. so thats weird too...
 
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Hi

I would use the below script and would just put the [tt]body[/tt] statically. Chose one from Greg's list this, because your approach is not valid HTML :
Code: 
<script type="text/javascript">
d=new Date().getDate();
if (d<10) d='0'+d;
window.onload=function(){document.body.style.backgroundImage='url('+d+'.gif)'}
</script>

Feherke.
 
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