Rotating Quote bar help?

[Squishy]

Hi

I've got this quote bar up on our board that I really like. The only thing about it I don't like is that every time you open a new page it reverts back to the beginning quote, so unless you stay on one page for quite a while you never get to read all the quotes. I'm wondering if there's a way to change it to display random quotes?

You can view the quote bar in action here to get a better idea of what I mean:

http://p101.ezboard.com/btheundergroundcoop


Here's the script I've used:

<!-- Begin
//slider's width
var swidth=350

//slider's height
var sheight=72

//slider's speed
var sspeed=1

//messages: change to your own; use as many as you'd like; set up Hyperlinks to URLs as you normally do: <a target=... href="... URL ...">..message..</a>
var singletext=new Array()
singletext[0]='<div align="center"><font face=Arial size=3 color="white">Quote 1</div></FONT>'
singletext[1]='<div align="center"><font face=Arial size=3 color="white">Quote 2</font></div>'
singletext[2]='<div align="center"><font face=Arial size=3 color="white">Quote 3</font></div>'
singletext[3]='<div align="center"><font face=Arial size=3 color="white">Quote 4</font></div>'
singletext[4]='<div align="center"><font face=Arial size=3 color="white">Quote 5</font></div>'
singletext[5]='<div align="center"><font face=Arial size=3 color="white">Quote 6</font></div>'
singletext[6]='<div align="center"><font face=Arial size=3 color="white">Quote 7</font></div>'
singletext[7]='<div align="center"><font face=Arial size=3 color="white">Quote 8</font></div>'
singletext[8]='<div align="center"><font face=Arial size=3 color="white">Quote 9</font></div>'
singletext[9]='<div align="center"><font face=Arial size=3 color="white">Quote 10</font></div>'
singletext[10]='<div align="center"><font face=Arial size=3 color="white">Quote 11</font></div>'
singletext[11]='<div align="center"><font face=Arial size=3 color="white">Quote 12</font></div>'
if (singletext.length>1)
i=1
else
i=0
function start(){
if (document.all){
ieslider1.style.top=sheight
iemarquee(ieslider1)
}
else if (document.layers){
document.ns4slider.document.ns4slider1.top=sheight
document.ns4slider.document.ns4slider1.visibility='show'
ns4marquee(document.ns4slider.document.ns4slider1)
}
else if (document.getElementById&&!document.all){
document.getElementById('ns6slider1').style.top=sheight
ns6marquee(document.getElementById('ns6slider1'))
}
}
function iemarquee(whichdiv){
iediv=eval(whichdiv)
if (iediv.style.pixelTop>0&&iediv.style.pixelTop<=sspeed){
iediv.style.pixelTop=0
setTimeout("iemarquee(iediv)",100)
}
if (iediv.style.pixelTop>=sheight*-1){
iediv.style.pixelTop-=sspeed
setTimeout("iemarquee(iediv)",100)
}
else{
iediv.style.pixelTop=sheight
iediv.innerHTML=singletext[i]
if (i==singletext.length-1)
i=0
else
i++
}
}
function ns4marquee(whichlayer){
ns4layer=eval(whichlayer)
if (ns4layer.top>0&&ns4layer.top<=sspeed){
ns4layer.top=0
setTimeout("ns4marquee(ns4layer)",100)
}
if (ns4layer.top>=sheight*-1){
ns4layer.top-=sspeed
setTimeout("ns4marquee(ns4layer)",100)
}
else{
ns4layer.top=sheight
ns4layer.document.write(singletext[i])
ns4layer.document.close()
if (i==singletext.length-1)
i=0
else
i++
}
}
function ns6marquee(whichdiv){
ns6div=eval(whichdiv)
if (parseInt(ns6div.style.top)>0&&parseInt(ns6div.style.top)<=sspeed){
ns6div.style.top=0
setTimeout("ns6marquee(ns6div)",100)
}
if (parseInt(ns6div.style.top)>=sheight*-1){
ns6div.style.top=parseInt(ns6div.style.top)-sspeed
setTimeout("ns6marquee(ns6div)",100)
}
else{
ns6div.style.top=sheight
ns6div.innerHTML=singletext[i]
if (i==singletext.length-1)
i=0
else
i++
}
}
// End -->
</script>

</HEAD>

<div align="center">
<span style="borderWidth:1; borderColor:red; width:350; height:72; background:navy">
<ilayer id="ns4slider" width="&{swidth};" height="&{sheight};">
<layer id="ns4slider1" height="&{sheight};" onmouseover="sspeed=0;" onmouseout="sspeed=1">
<script language="JavaScript">
if (document.layers)
document.write(singletext[0])
</script>
</layer></ilayer>
<script language="JavaScript">
if (document.all){
document.writeln('<div style="position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:'+swidth+';height:'+sheight+';clip:rect(0 '+swidth+' '+sheight+' 0);border:1 solid red;" onmouseover="sspeed=0;" onmouseout="sspeed=1">')
document.writeln('<div id="ieslider1" style="position:relative;width:'+swidth+';">')
document.write(singletext[0])
document.writeln('</div></div>')
}
if(document.getElementById&&!document.all){
document.writeln('<div style="position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:'+swidth+';height:'+sheight+';clip:rect(0 '+swidth+' '+sheight+' 0);border:1px solid red;" onmouseover="sspeed=0;" onmouseout="sspeed=1">')
document.writeln('<div id="ns6slider1" style="position:relative;width:'+swidth+';">')
document.write(singletext[0])
document.writeln('</div></div>')
}
</script></span>
</div>


<p><center>
<font face="arial, helvetica" size"-2"></font>
</center><p>

<!-- Script Size: 5.31 KB -->

So is this even possible or should I be looking for a new script?

Thanks for any and all replies!
~Squishy~

[Squishy]

I just realized I may not have posted this in the right forum. Please bear with me as an uber-noob. any direction is appreciated.

[Twey]

Replace:

if (singletext.length>1)
i=1
else
i=0

With:

i = Math.floor(Math.random() * singletext.length);

It won't show them in a random order, but it will start at a random place. If you want it to display them randomly as well, you'll have to replace all

if (singletext.length>1)
i=1
else
i=0

with that line.

[Squishy]

Thank you so much. I'm going to try that right now.

[Squishy]

Do I replace:

if (i==singletext.length-1)
i=0
else
i++

...as well? Or just the ones that you stated?

[Twey]

Ack! Sorry, that's the one I intended to paste. My mistake.

[Squishy]

Alrighty, it works - pretty much. The only thing left that irks me is that it always reverts back to the same quote first. Did I miss something or am I just going to have to live with it that way?

<!-- Begin
//slider's width
var swidth=350

//slider's height
var sheight=72

//slider's speed
var sspeed=1

//messages: change to your own; use as many as you'd like; set up Hyperlinks to URLs as you normally do: <a target=... href="... URL ...">..message..</a>
var singletext=new Array()
singletext[0]='<div align="center"><font face=Arial size=3 color="white"> quote 1</FONT></div>'
singletext[1]='<div align="center"><font face=Arial size=3 color="white"> quote 2</font></div>'
singletext[2]='<div align="center"><font face=Arial size=3 color="white"> quote 3</font></div>'
singletext[3]='<div align="center"><font face=Arial size=3 color="white"> quote 4</font></div>'
singletext[4]='<div align="center"><font face=Arial size=3 color="white"> quote 5</font></div>'
singletext[5]='<div align="center"><font face=Arial size=3 color="white"> quote 6</font></div>'
singletext[6]='<div align="center"><font face=Arial size=3 color="white"> quote 7</font></div>'
singletext[7]='<div align="center"><font face=Arial size=3 color="white"> quote 8</font></div>'
singletext[8]='<div align="center"><font face=Arial size=3 color="white"> quote 9</font></div>'
singletext[9]='<div align="center"><font face=Arial size=3 color="white"> quote 10</font></div>'
singletext[10]='<div align="center"><font face=Arial size=3 color="white"> quote 11</font></div>'
singletext[11]='<div align="center"><font face=Arial size=3 color="white"> quote 12</font></div>'
i = Math.floor(Math.random() * singletext.length);
function start(){
if (document.all){
ieslider1.style.top=sheight
iemarquee(ieslider1)
}
else if (document.layers){
document.ns4slider.document.ns4slider1.top=sheight
document.ns4slider.document.ns4slider1.visibility='show'
ns4marquee(document.ns4slider.document.ns4slider1)
}
else if (document.getElementById&&!document.all){
document.getElementById('ns6slider1').style.top=sheight
ns6marquee(document.getElementById('ns6slider1'))
}
}
function iemarquee(whichdiv){
iediv=eval(whichdiv)
if (iediv.style.pixelTop>0&&iediv.style.pixelTop<=sspeed){
iediv.style.pixelTop=0
setTimeout("iemarquee(iediv)",100)
}
if (iediv.style.pixelTop>=sheight*-1){
iediv.style.pixelTop-=sspeed
setTimeout("iemarquee(iediv)",100)
}
else{
iediv.style.pixelTop=sheight
iediv.innerHTML=singletext[i]
i = Math.floor(Math.random() * singletext.length);
}
}
function ns4marquee(whichlayer){
ns4layer=eval(whichlayer)
if (ns4layer.top>0&&ns4layer.top<=sspeed){
ns4layer.top=0
setTimeout("ns4marquee(ns4layer)",100)
}
if (ns4layer.top>=sheight*-1){
ns4layer.top-=sspeed
setTimeout("ns4marquee(ns4layer)",100)
}
else{
ns4layer.top=sheight
ns4layer.document.write(singletext[i])
ns4layer.document.close()
i = Math.floor(Math.random() * singletext.length);
}
}
function ns6marquee(whichdiv){
ns6div=eval(whichdiv)
if (parseInt(ns6div.style.top)>0&&parseInt(ns6div.style.top)<=sspeed){
ns6div.style.top=0
setTimeout("ns6marquee(ns6div)",100)
}
if (parseInt(ns6div.style.top)>=sheight*-1){
ns6div.style.top=parseInt(ns6div.style.top)-sspeed
setTimeout("ns6marquee(ns6div)",100)
}
else{
ns6div.style.top=sheight
ns6div.innerHTML=singletext[i]
i = Math.floor(Math.random() * singletext.length);
}
}
// End -->
</script>

</HEAD>

<div align="center">
<span style="borderWidth:1; borderColor:red; width:350; height:72; background:navy">
<ilayer id="ns4slider" width="&{swidth};" height="&{sheight};">
<layer id="ns4slider1" height="&{sheight};" onmouseover="sspeed=0;" onmouseout="sspeed=1">
<script language="JavaScript">
if (document.layers)
document.write(singletext[0])
</script>
</layer></ilayer>
<script language="JavaScript">
if (document.all){
document.writeln('<div style="position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:'+swidth+';height:'+sheight+';clip:rect(0 '+swidth+' '+sheight+' 0);border:1 solid red;" onmouseover="sspeed=0;" onmouseout="sspeed=1">')
document.writeln('<div id="ieslider1" style="position:relative;width:'+swidth+';">')
document.write(singletext[0])
document.writeln('</div></div>')
}
if(document.getElementById&&!document.all){
document.writeln('<div style="position:relative;overflow:hidden;width:'+swidth+';height:'+sheight+';clip:rect(0 '+swidth+' '+sheight+' 0);border:1px solid red;" onmouseover="sspeed=0;" onmouseout="sspeed=1">')
document.writeln('<div id="ns6slider1" style="position:relative;width:'+swidth+';">')
document.write(singletext[0])
document.writeln('</div></div>')
}
</script></

[Twey]

Hm... shouldn't do. Demo?

[Squishy]

Can you see it here?

http://p101.ezboard.com/btheundergroundcoop

[Twey]

No, it wants me to register.