load random images

[greengrassbrian]

Hello all,

For the home page of my site there is a main image displayed. What I would like to do is have 5-10 images on the site that will randomly load whenever someone visits.

It doesn't need to be a slideshow - When someone visits they see image1, but then the next time they go they see image3, and then when they refresh they see image8.

here's my site:

http://www.greengrassstudios.com

here's how i want the image to work:

http://www.fishfotography.com

Thanks!

 

[oldnewbie]

You'd probably need to use a sharedObject (a Flash cookie) to store the last image viewed by each user, and select another one if it matches the randowm one selected on entering your site or on a Refresh.

http://www.actionscripts.org/tutorials/intermediate/SharedObjects/index.shtml

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[pixl8r]

Alternatively: if you don't really care if they randomly get the same image twice you could simply randomize a number and load the image based on the random number. Example:

var randomImage:Number = random(7);
loadMovie("images/image"+randomImage+".jpg");

Hope it helps.

Wow JT that almost looked like you knew what you were doing!

 

[greengrassbrian]

i've tried this...it seems to work except it won't load image1.jpg....any ideas why?

// create random number
randomnumber = Math.ceil(Math.random()*3);
// load image
url = "image"+randomnumber+".jpg";
loadMovie(url, fotoholder);
//


greengrassstudios.com/animationtest.html

 

[billwatson]

no idea at all

for(i=0;i<20;i++){
randomnumber = Math.ceil(Math.random()*3);
trace(randomnumber)
}

throws up 1's