Snow Effect Random Image On Page Reload?

[yotsume]

1) Script Title: Snow Effect

2) Script URL (on DD):
http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex3/snow.htm

3) My Question:

How can I code this script so on each page reload it will use a random image instead of just one?

THANKS!

[yotsume]

Here are a couple of alternate images I created that I am trying to get to fall on a page reload.

I just need help to code this script to use alternate images on a page reload/refresh instead of just one image.

I hope anyone can help please!

Thanks!

Yotsume

[yotsume]

I tried to alter the script this way but it doesn't work:

HELP PLEASE!

/******************************************

* Snow Effect Script- By Altan d.o.o. (http://www.altan.hr/snow/index.html)

* Visit Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (http://www.dynamicdrive.com/) for full source code

* Last updated Nov 9th, 05' by DD. This notice must stay intact for use

******************************************/



  //Configure below to change URL path to the snow image

  var snowsrc="images/misc/snowflake.gif"
  var snowman="images/misc/snowman.gif"
  var reindeer="images/misc/reindeer.gif"

  //Configure below to change number of snow to render

  var no = 10;

  //Configure whether snow should disappear after x seconds (0=never):

  var hidesnowtime = 0;

  // Configure how much snow should drop down before fading ("windowheight" or "pageheight")

  var snowdistance = "pageheight";



///////////Stop Config//////////////////////////////////



  var ie4up = (document.all) ? 1 : 0;

  var ns6up = (document.getElementById&&!document.all) ? 1 : 0;



    function iecompattest(){

    return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body

    }



  var dx, xp, yp;    // coordinate and position variables

  var am, stx, sty;  // amplitude and step variables

  var i, doc_width = 800, doc_height = 600; 



  if (ns6up) {

    doc_width = self.innerWidth;

    doc_height = self.innerHeight;

  } else if (ie4up) {

    doc_width = iecompattest().clientWidth;

    doc_height = iecompattest().clientHeight;

  }



  dx = new Array();

  xp = new Array();

  yp = new Array();

  am = new Array();

  stx = new Array();

  sty = new Array();

  snowsrc=(snowsrc.indexOf("dynamicdrive.com")!=-1)? "snowflake.gif" : snowsrc
  snowman=(snowman.indexOf("dynamicdrive.com")!=-1)? "snowman.gif" : snowman
  reindeer=(reindeer.indexOf("dynamicdrive.com")!=-1)? "reindeer.gif" : reindeer

  for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) {  

    dx[i] = 0;                        // set coordinate variables

    xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-50);  // set position variables

    yp[i] = Math.random()*doc_height;

    am[i] = Math.random()*20;         // set amplitude variables

    stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10; // set step variables

    sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();     // set step variables

        if (ie4up||ns6up) {

      if (i == 0) {

        document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><a href=\"http://dynamicdrive.com\"><img src='"+snowsrc+"' border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>");

        document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><a href=\"http://dynamicdrive.com\"><img src='"+snowman+"' border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>");

      } else {

        document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><img src='"+snowsrc+"' border=\"0\"><\/div>");

        document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: visible; TOP: 15px; right: 15px;\"><img src='"+snowman+"' border=\"0\"><\/div>");

      }

    }

  }



  function snowIE_NS6() {  // IE and NS6 main animation function

    doc_width = ns6up?window.innerWidth-10 : iecompattest().clientWidth-10;

        doc_height=(window.innerHeight && snowdistance=="windowheight")? window.innerHeight : (ie4up && snowdistance=="windowheight")?  iecompattest().clientHeight : (ie4up && !window.opera && snowdistance=="pageheight")? iecompattest().scrollHeight : iecompattest().offsetHeight;

    for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) {  // iterate for every dot

      yp[i] += sty[i];

      if (yp[i] > doc_height-50) {

        xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-30);

        yp[i] = 0;

        stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;

        sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();

      }

      dx[i] += stx[i];

      document.getElementById("dot"+i).style.top=yp[i]+"px";

      document.getElementById("dot"+i).style.left=xp[i] + am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i])+"px";  

    }

    snowtimer=setTimeout("snowIE_NS6()", 10);

  }



    function hidesnow(){

        if (window.snowtimer) clearTimeout(snowtimer)

        for (i=0; i<no; i++) document.getElementById("dot"+i).style.visibility="hidden"

    }





if (ie4up||ns6up){

    snowIE_NS6();

        if (hidesnowtime>0)

        setTimeout("hidesnow()", hidesnowtime*1000)

        } 

[vwphillips]

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">

<head>
  <title></title>
</head>

<body>
<div style="height:400px;" ></div>
<script type="text/javascript">

/******************************************
* Snow Effect Script- By Altan d.o.o. (http://www.altan.hr/snow/index.html)
* Visit Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (http://www.dynamicdrive.com/) for full source code
* Last updated Nov 9th, 05' by DD. This notice must stay intact for use
******************************************/
  var imgs=[
   'http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3676&stc=1&d=1292229638',
   'http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=3677&stc=1&d=1292229643',
   'http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex3/snow.gif'
  ]

  //Configure below to change URL path to the snow image
  var snowsrc=imgs[Math.floor(Math.random()*imgs.length)];
  // Configure below to change number of snow to render
  var no = 10;
  // Configure whether snow should disappear after x seconds (0=never):
  var hidesnowtime = 0;
  // Configure how much snow should drop down before fading ("windowheight" or "pageheight")
  var snowdistance = "pageheight";

///////////Stop Config//////////////////////////////////

  var ie4up = (document.all) ? 1 : 0;
  var ns6up = (document.getElementById&&!document.all) ? 1 : 0;

	function iecompattest(){
	return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body
	}

  var dx, xp, yp;    // coordinate and position variables
  var am, stx, sty;  // amplitude and step variables
  var i, doc_width = 800, doc_height = 600;

  if (ns6up) {
    doc_width = self.innerWidth;
    doc_height = self.innerHeight;
  } else if (ie4up) {
    doc_width = iecompattest().clientWidth;
    doc_height = iecompattest().clientHeight;
  }

  dx = new Array();
  xp = new Array();
  yp = new Array();
  am = new Array();
  stx = new Array();
  sty = new Array();
  snowsrc=snowsrc
  for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) {
    dx[i] = 0;                        // set coordinate variables
    xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-50);  // set position variables
    yp[i] = Math.random()*doc_height;
    am[i] = Math.random()*20;         // set amplitude variables
    stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10; // set step variables
    sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();     // set step variables
		if (ie4up||ns6up) {
      if (i == 0) {
        document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><a href=\"http://dynamicdrive.com\"><img src='"+snowsrc+"' border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>");
      } else {
        document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><img src='"+snowsrc+"' border=\"0\"><\/div>");
      }
    }
  }

  function snowIE_NS6() {  // IE and NS6 main animation function
    doc_width = ns6up?window.innerWidth-10 : iecompattest().clientWidth-10;
		doc_height=(window.innerHeight && snowdistance=="windowheight")? window.innerHeight : (ie4up && snowdistance=="windowheight")?  iecompattest().clientHeight : (ie4up && !window.opera && snowdistance=="pageheight")? iecompattest().scrollHeight : iecompattest().offsetHeight;
    for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) {  // iterate for every dot
      yp[i] += sty[i];
      if (yp[i] > doc_height-50) {
        xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-30);
        yp[i] = 0;
        stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;
        sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();
      }
      dx[i] += stx[i];
      document.getElementById("dot"+i).style.top=yp[i]+"px";
      document.getElementById("dot"+i).style.left=xp[i] + am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i])+"px";
    }
    snowtimer=setTimeout("snowIE_NS6()", 10);
  }

	function hidesnow(){
		if (window.snowtimer) clearTimeout(snowtimer)
		for (i=0; i<no; i++) document.getElementById("dot"+i).style.visibility="hidden"
	}


if (ie4up||ns6up){
    snowIE_NS6();
		if (hidesnowtime>0)
		setTimeout("hidesnow()", hidesnowtime*1000)
		}

</script></body>

</html>

[yotsume]

Here is how I changed your code in red but it does not work. What did I miss?

The original script works, but only one image at a time. Your code just didn't work.

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">

<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">

<head>
  <title></title>
</head>

<body>
<div style="height:400px;" ></div>
<script type="text/javascript">

/******************************************
* Snow Effect Script- By Altan d.o.o. (http://www.altan.hr/snow/index.html)
* Visit Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (http://www.dynamicdrive.com/) for full source code
* Last updated Nov 9th, 05' by DD. This notice must stay intact for use
******************************************/
  var imgs=[
   'http://www.my.domain.com/images/misc/reindeer.gif',
   'http://www.my.domain.com/images/misc/snowman.gif',
   'http://www.my.domain.com/images/misc/snowflake.gif'
  ]

  //Configure below to change URL path to the snow image
  var snowsrc=imgs[Math.floor(Math.random()*imgs.length)];
  // Configure below to change number of snow to render
  var no = 10;
  // Configure whether snow should disappear after x seconds (0=never):
  var hidesnowtime = 0;
  // Configure how much snow should drop down before fading ("windowheight" or "pageheight")
  var snowdistance = "pageheight";

///////////Stop Config//////////////////////////////////

  var ie4up = (document.all) ? 1 : 0;
  var ns6up = (document.getElementById&&!document.all) ? 1 : 0;

	function iecompattest(){
	return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body
	}

  var dx, xp, yp;    // coordinate and position variables
  var am, stx, sty;  // amplitude and step variables
  var i, doc_width = 800, doc_height = 600;

  if (ns6up) {
    doc_width = self.innerWidth;
    doc_height = self.innerHeight;
  } else if (ie4up) {
    doc_width = iecompattest().clientWidth;
    doc_height = iecompattest().clientHeight;
  }

  dx = new Array();
  xp = new Array();
  yp = new Array();
  am = new Array();
  stx = new Array();
  sty = new Array();
  snowsrc=snowsrc
  for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) {
    dx[i] = 0;                        // set coordinate variables
    xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-50);  // set position variables
    yp[i] = Math.random()*doc_height;
    am[i] = Math.random()*20;         // set amplitude variables
    stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10; // set step variables
    sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();     // set step variables
		if (ie4up||ns6up) {
      if (i == 0) {
        document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><a href=\"http://dynamicdrive.com\"><img src='"+snowsrc+"' border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>");
      } else {
        document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><img src='"+snowsrc+"' border=\"0\"><\/div>");
      }
    }
  }

  function snowIE_NS6() {  // IE and NS6 main animation function
    doc_width = ns6up?window.innerWidth-10 : iecompattest().clientWidth-10;
		doc_height=(window.innerHeight && snowdistance=="windowheight")? window.innerHeight : (ie4up && snowdistance=="windowheight")?  iecompattest().clientHeight : (ie4up && !window.opera && snowdistance=="pageheight")? iecompattest().scrollHeight : iecompattest().offsetHeight;
    for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) {  // iterate for every dot
      yp[i] += sty[i];
      if (yp[i] > doc_height-50) {
        xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-30);
        yp[i] = 0;
        stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;
        sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();
      }
      dx[i] += stx[i];
      document.getElementById("dot"+i).style.top=yp[i]+"px";
      document.getElementById("dot"+i).style.left=xp[i] + am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i])+"px";
    }
    snowtimer=setTimeout("snowIE_NS6()", 10);
  }

	function hidesnow(){
		if (window.snowtimer) clearTimeout(snowtimer)
		for (i=0; i<no; i++) document.getElementById("dot"+i).style.visibility="hidden"
	}


if (ie4up||ns6up){
    snowIE_NS6();
		if (hidesnowtime>0)
		setTimeout("hidesnow()", hidesnowtime*1000)
		}

</script></body>

</html>

[yotsume]

Ok silly me I just needed to delete the html warp code from the start and end of the javascript and it works perfectly!

YOU ROCK THANKS SO MUCH!!!

So for everyone the code should be:

/******************************************
* Snow Effect Script- By Altan d.o.o. (http://www.altan.hr/snow/index.html)
* Visit Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (http://www.dynamicdrive.com/) for full source code
* Last updated Nov 9th, 05' by DD. This notice must stay intact for use
******************************************/
  //Configure below to change URL path to the your list of images
  var imgs=[
   'http://www.globalschoolconnect.com/images/misc/reindeer.gif',
   'http://www.globalschoolconnect.com/images/misc/snowman.gif',
   'http://www.globalschoolconnect.com/images/misc/snowflake.gif'
  ]

  var snowsrc=imgs[Math.floor(Math.random()*imgs.length)];
  // Configure below to change number of snow to render
  var no = 10;
  // Configure whether snow should disappear after x seconds (0=never):
  var hidesnowtime = 0;
  // Configure how much snow should drop down before fading ("windowheight" or "pageheight")
  var snowdistance = "pageheight";

///////////Stop Config//////////////////////////////////

  var ie4up = (document.all) ? 1 : 0;
  var ns6up = (document.getElementById&&!document.all) ? 1 : 0;

	function iecompattest(){
	return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body
	}

  var dx, xp, yp;    // coordinate and position variables
  var am, stx, sty;  // amplitude and step variables
  var i, doc_width = 800, doc_height = 600;

  if (ns6up) {
    doc_width = self.innerWidth;
    doc_height = self.innerHeight;
  } else if (ie4up) {
    doc_width = iecompattest().clientWidth;
    doc_height = iecompattest().clientHeight;
  }

  dx = new Array();
  xp = new Array();
  yp = new Array();
  am = new Array();
  stx = new Array();
  sty = new Array();
  snowsrc=snowsrc
  for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) {
    dx[i] = 0;                        // set coordinate variables
    xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-50);  // set position variables
    yp[i] = Math.random()*doc_height;
    am[i] = Math.random()*20;         // set amplitude variables
    stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10; // set step variables
    sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();     // set step variables
		if (ie4up||ns6up) {
      if (i == 0) {
        document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><a href=\"http://dynamicdrive.com\"><img src='"+snowsrc+"' border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>");
      } else {
        document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><img src='"+snowsrc+"' border=\"0\"><\/div>");
      }
    }
  }

  function snowIE_NS6() {  // IE and NS6 main animation function
    doc_width = ns6up?window.innerWidth-10 : iecompattest().clientWidth-10;
		doc_height=(window.innerHeight && snowdistance=="windowheight")? window.innerHeight : (ie4up && snowdistance=="windowheight")?  iecompattest().clientHeight : (ie4up && !window.opera && snowdistance=="pageheight")? iecompattest().scrollHeight : iecompattest().offsetHeight;
    for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) {  // iterate for every dot
      yp[i] += sty[i];
      if (yp[i] > doc_height-50) {
        xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-30);
        yp[i] = 0;
        stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;
        sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();
      }
      dx[i] += stx[i];
      document.getElementById("dot"+i).style.top=yp[i]+"px";
      document.getElementById("dot"+i).style.left=xp[i] + am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i])+"px";
    }
    snowtimer=setTimeout("snowIE_NS6()", 10);
  }

	function hidesnow(){
		if (window.snowtimer) clearTimeout(snowtimer)
		for (i=0; i<no; i++) document.getElementById("dot"+i).style.visibility="hidden"
	}


if (ie4up||ns6up){
    snowIE_NS6();
		if (hidesnowtime>0)
		setTimeout("hidesnow()", hidesnowtime*1000)
		}