Scripts for Rotating web pages(HTML) 1

30101 · Jan 16, 2004

Hi,
I have a single page(index.html) website which is used locally to display information from access database.
I have decided to add more pages (x.html, y.html,z.html).These pages are not link with the database but for displaying banners, adverts etc. Is there a script if inserted to the master page will at a set time interval trigger the secondary pages to show sequentially.
( The kind you see with rotating photos, banners). I don't want a link that require any user input.

Thank you for your help

eddie

woja · Jan 16, 2004

Let's say you want to display the pages as follows:

Code:

   start: page1.html
   after 1 minute: page2.html
   after 2 minutes: page3.html
   after 3 minutes: back to page1.html

Then you will need this code in [tt]page1.html[/tt]

Code:

   <script type=&quot;text/javascript&quot; language=&quot;JavaScript&quot;>
      function nextPage(aName, aMinutes) {
         window.setTimeout(&quot;document.location = \&quot;&quot; + aName + &quot;\&quot;;&quot;, aMinutes * 1000);
         return;
      }
   </script>
   ...
   <body onload=&quot;nextPage('page2.html', 1);&quot;>
   ...
   </body>

In [tt]page2.html[/tt] put the same code but with [tt]'page3.html'[/tt] instead of [tt]'page2.html'[/tt] and so on...

You can change the delay by changing the [tt]1[/tt] to, say, [tt]2.5[/tt] (for two-and-a-half minutes).

Hope this helps.

________________________________________
[hippy]

Roger J Coult; Grimsby, UK
In the game of life the dice have an odd number of sides.

30101 · Jan 16, 2004

Dear woja,
Thank you for your speedy response and most valuable tip, just a little problem with the code though, when I try to load the child page in internet explorer 6, I can only see a blank page with all the contents disappear.

Any ideas?
Thank you once again.
eddie

jstreich · Jan 18, 2004

Also, this requires javascript you an instead use meta refresh then it will work on more browsers.
META HTTP-EQUIV=Refresh CONTENT="10; URL=http://www.yoursite.com/nextpage.html">

note that the 10 is the number of secods before a refresh.

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