random flash home page 1

[renniemitchell]

Can someone tell me how to make it so that every visit to (or refresh of) a home page displays a different movie from the last time? I've seen it before on this site

http://www.tonyandguy.co.uk

But how is it done?

 

[TheConeHead]

well if you want it to be random, you simply make your mc then select one based on random()... if you want it to step through a series of movies and not be random then you could set/read/update a cookie...

 

[renniemitchell]

Thanks Conehead, not sure I understand you though. What's 'mc'?

I want to have about 6 alternative swf files which you reach when visiting the home page. Each time someone visits the site, they see a different page from the last time. Maybe its Javascript I'm after.

 

[TheConeHead]

Well, I was thinking of engineering it within Flash where you would talk to various movie clips (mc's) - but you could certainly do it with various swf's and Javascript... sounds like you will need to write a cookie and update it each time they visit the site and show the swf the cookie says it is time for...

 

[renniemitchell]

Seems to be cutting off the remainder of your message, but I get the idea. I'll do it this way, I think. Thanks for your help.