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Rotating content for table cells

I am designing a table with 2 columns and 20 rows. I want to insert
small images (each with a link) and a text title in each cell of the
table.

On refresh of the page, I would like to have the contents of each cell
(picture/link and associated text) rotate randomly.

Note that the text titles must remain with their associated picture
and link (I don't want to scramble all the elements--just rotate the
entire contents of the table cell).

Is there a script that will accomplish this? Thanks.
Jul 23 '05 #1
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"Royal Denning" <ro***********@ hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I am designing a table with 2 columns and 20 rows. I want to insert
small images (each with a link) and a text title in each cell of the
table.

On refresh of the page, I would like to have the contents of each cell
(picture/link and associated text) rotate randomly.

Note that the text titles must remain with their associated picture
and link (I don't want to scramble all the elements--just rotate the
entire contents of the table cell).

Is there a script that will accomplish this? Thanks.


Perhaps this will give you some ideas.

Test "as is"; watch for word-wrap.

<html>
<head>
<title>rotate26 .htm</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function letters() {
var abc = "abcdefghijklmn opqrstuvwxyz";
var now = new Date();
var pos = now.getSeconds( )%26;
var let = abc.substr(pos) ;
if (pos > 0) let += abc.substring(0 ,pos);
alert(pos + "\t" + let);
var url = "http://205.200.38.172/aagraphics/letters/letter?.jpg";
var src;
var txt = new Array();
var img = new Array();
for (var i=0; i<let.length; i++) {
src = "<a href='" + url + "' target='_blank' >"
src += "<img src='" + url + "'";
src += "border='0' width='109' height='83' alt='?'></a>";
img[i] = src.replace(/\?/g,let.charAt(i) );
txt[i] = "<br>The Letter " + let.charAt(i).t oUpperCase();
}
var j = 0;
var tab = new Array();
tab[j++] = "<table border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'
width='218'>";
var mid = let.length/2;
for (var k=0; k<mid; k++) {
tab[j++] = "<tr height='100' valign='top'>";
tab[j++] = " <th width='109'>" + img[k] + txt[k] + "</th>";
tab[j++] = " <th width='109'>" + img[k+mid] + txt[k+mid] +
"</th>";
tab[j++] = "</tr>";
}
tab[j++] = "</table>";
document.write( tab.join(""));
}
letters();
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
Jul 23 '05 #2
Thanks, McKirahan.

I'm still a bit of a newbie at Javascripting, so where do I enter the
values for the cells, images, text and urls?"
Jul 23 '05 #3
"Royal Denning" <ro***********@ hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Thanks, McKirahan.

I'm still a bit of a newbie at Javascripting, so where do I enter the
values for the cells, images, text and urls?"


This should be a little clearer.

<html>
<head>
<title>rotate10 .htm</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function numbers() {
var url = "http://www.scri8e.com/TTF/alphas/redgelharts/";
var gif = new Array();
gif[0] = "0.gif|Zero ";
gif[1] = "1.gif|One" ;
gif[2] = "2.gif|Two" ;
gif[3] = "3.gif|Thre e";
gif[4] = "4.gif|Four ";
gif[5] = "5.gif|Five ";
gif[6] = "6.gif|Six" ;
gif[7] = "7.gif|Seve n";
gif[8] = "8.gif|Eigh t";
gif[9] = "9.gif|Nine ";
for (var i=0; i<gif.length; i++) {
gif[i] = url + gif[i];
}
var hig = 82;
var wid = 46;
var wyd = wid*2;
var ten = "0123456789 ";
var mod = ten.length;
var now = new Date();
var pos = now.getSeconds( )%mod;
var num = ten.substr(pos) ;
if (pos > 0) num += ten.substring(0 ,pos);
var col = new Array();
var src;
var sub;
var tmp;
for (var j=0; j<num.length; j++) {
sub = num.charAt(j);
tmp = gif[sub].split("|");
src = "<a href='" + tmp[0] + "' target='_blank' >"
src += "<img src='" + tmp[0] + "'";
src += "border='0' width='" + wid + "' height='" + hig + "'
alt=''></a>";
src += "<br>" + tmp[1];
col[j] = src;
}
var k = 0;
var tab = new Array();
tab[k++] = "<table border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'
width='" + wyd + "'>";
var mid = num.length/2;
for (var l=0; l<mid; l++) {
tab[k++] = "<tr height='" + hig + "' valign='top'>";
tab[k++] = " <th width='" + wid + "'>" + col[l] + "</th>";
tab[k++] = " <th width='" + wid + "'>" + col[l+mid] + "</th>";
tab[k++] = "</tr>";
}
tab[k++] = "</table>";
document.write( tab.join(""));
}
numbers();
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

Modify the "gif" array to identify each image followed by a "|" followed by
the text for the image. Change "wid" and "hig" to the "width" and "height"
of the images. This will handle rotating ten images; I'll leave it toyou to
handle twenty.
Jul 23 '05 #4
I tried the revised script on a test page and it doesn't seem to be
working. Here is the page in question:

http://www.topsearchspot.com/rotate10.htm

"Royal Denning" <ro***********@ hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4e******** *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com...
Thanks, McKirahan.

I'm still a bit of a newbie at Javascripting, so where do I enter the
values for the cells, images, text and urls?"


This should be a little clearer.

Jul 23 '05 #5
"Royal Denning" <ro***********@ hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4e******** *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com...
I tried the revised script on a test page and it doesn't seem to be
working. Here is the page in question:

http://www.topsearchspot.com/rotate10.htm

"Royal Denning" <ro***********@ hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4e******** *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com...
Thanks, McKirahan.

I'm still a bit of a newbie at Javascripting, so where do I enter the
values for the cells, images, text and urls?"


This should be a little clearer.


Why did you add this?

<table width="62" border="0" height="62">
<tr>
<td><img src="0.gif" width="62" height="62"></td>
<td><img src="1.gif" width="62" height="62"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="2.gif" width="62" height="62"></td>
<td><img src="3.gif" width="62" height="62"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="4.gif" width="62" height="62"></td>
<td><img src="5.gif" width="62" height="62"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="6.gif" width="62" height="62"></td>
<td><img src="7.gif" width="62" height="62"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="8.gif" width="62" height="62"></td>
<td><img src="9.gif" width="62" height="62"></td>
</tr>
</table>

The script generates the table.
Jul 23 '05 #6
"McKirahan" <Ne**@McKirahan .com> wrote in message
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"Royal Denning" <ro***********@ hotmail.com> wrote in message
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I tried the revised script on a test page and it doesn't seem to be
working. Here is the page in question:

http://www.topsearchspot.com/rotate10.htm

"Royal Denning" <ro***********@ hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4e******** *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com...
> Thanks, McKirahan.
>
> I'm still a bit of a newbie at Javascripting, so where do I enter the > values for the cells, images, text and urls?"

This should be a little clearer.


Why did you add this?

<table width="62" border="0" height="62">
<tr>
<td><img src="0.gif" width="62" height="62"></td>
<td><img src="1.gif" width="62" height="62"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="2.gif" width="62" height="62"></td>
<td><img src="3.gif" width="62" height="62"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="4.gif" width="62" height="62"></td>
<td><img src="5.gif" width="62" height="62"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="6.gif" width="62" height="62"></td>
<td><img src="7.gif" width="62" height="62"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="8.gif" width="62" height="62"></td>
<td><img src="9.gif" width="62" height="62"></td>
</tr>
</table>

The script generates the table.


Your version of the script did not work because of the line:
src += "border='0' width='"62"' height='"62"' alt=''></a>";
which should be
src += "border='0' width='" + wid + "' height='" + hig + "'
alt=''></a>";

Also, you had two <title> tags.

Try this:

<html>
<head>
<title>rotate10 .html</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function numbers() {
var url = "http://www.topsearchsp ot.com/";
var gif = new Array(10);
gif[0] = "0.gif|Zero ";
gif[1] = "1.gif|One" ;
gif[2] = "2.gif|Two" ;
gif[3] = "3.gif|Thre e";
gif[4] = "4.gif|Four ";
gif[5] = "5.gif|Five ";
gif[6] = "6.gif|Six" ;
gif[7] = "7.gif|Seve n";
gif[8] = "8.gif|Eigh t";
gif[9] = "9.gif|Nine ";
for (var i=0; i<gif.length; i++) {
gif[i] = url + gif[i];
}
var hig = 62;
var wid = 62;
var wyd = wid*2;
var ten = "0123456789 ";
var mod = ten.length;
var now = new Date();
var pos = now.getSeconds( )%mod;
var num = ten.substr(pos) ;
if (pos > 0) num += ten.substring(0 ,pos);
var col = new Array();
var src;
var sub;
var tmp;
for (var j=0; j<num.length; j++) {
sub = num.charAt(j);
tmp = gif[sub].split("|");
src = "<a href='" + tmp[0] + "' target='_blank' >"
src += "<img src='" + tmp[0] + "'";
src += "border='0' width='" + wid + "' height='" + hig + "'
alt=''></a>";
src += "<br>" + tmp[1];
col[j] = src;
}
var k = 0;
var tab = new Array();
tab[k++] = "<table border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'
width='" + wyd + "'>";
var mid = num.length/2;
for (var l=0; l<mid; l++) {
tab[k++] = "<tr height='" + 62 + "' valign='top'>";
tab[k++] = " <th width='" + 62 + "'>" + col[l] + "</th>";
tab[k++] = " <th width='" + 62 + "'>" + col[l+mid] + "</th>";
tab[k++] = "</tr>";
}
tab[k++] = "</table>";
document.write( tab.join(""));
}
numbers();
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>
Jul 23 '05 #7
McK: It worked! Thanks so much.

My only remaining questions:

How do I plug in the separate URLS (relative links, such at one.htm,
two.htm, etc.) to each image,

and can I use the same script twice on a page (using different array
values, such at 11-20?

I really appreciate your patience and guidance on this.
Jul 23 '05 #8
"Royal Denning" <ro***********@ hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:4e******** *************** ***@posting.goo gle.com...
McK: It worked! Thanks so much.

My only remaining questions:

How do I plug in the separate URLS (relative links, such at one.htm,
two.htm, etc.) to each image,

and can I use the same script twice on a page (using different array
values, such at 11-20?

I really appreciate your patience and guidance on this.


Not the most elegant code ....

<html>
<head>
<title>rotate20 .htm</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function numbers() {
var url = "http://www.topsearchsp ot.com/";
var gif = new Array(10);
// gif[#] = image | text | page
gif[0] = "0.gif|Zero|www .Google.com?00" ;
gif[1] = "1.gif|One|www. Google.com?01";
gif[2] = "2.gif|Two|www. Google.com?02";
gif[3] = "3.gif|Three|ww w.Google.com?03 ";
gif[4] = "4.gif|Four|www .Google.com?04" ;
gif[5] = "5.gif|Five|www .Google.com?05" ;
gif[6] = "6.gif|Six|www. Google.com?06";
gif[7] = "7.gif|Seven|ww w.Google.com?07 ";
gif[8] = "8.gif|Eight|ww w.Google.com?08 ";
gif[9] = "9.gif|Nine|www .Google.com?09" ;
gif[10] = "0.gif|Ten|www. Google.com?10";
gif[11] = "1.gif|Eleven|w ww.Google.com?1 1";
gif[12] = "2.gif|Twelve|w ww.Google.com?1 2";
gif[13] = "3.gif|Thirteen |www.Google.com ?13";
gif[14] = "4.gif|Fourteen |www.Google.com ?14";
gif[15] = "5.gif|Fifteen| www.Google.com? 15";
gif[16] = "6.gif|Sixteen| www.Google.com? 16";
gif[17] = "7.gif|Seventee n|www.Google.co m?17";
gif[18] = "8.gif|Eighteen |www.Google.com ?18";
gif[19] = "9.gif|Nineteen |www.Google.com ?19";
for (var i=0; i<gif.length; i++) {
gif[i] = url + gif[i];
}
var hig = 62;
var wid = 62;
// Change values above but not below.
var wyd = wid*2;
var xix = "00010203040506 070809101112131 41516171819";
var mod = xix.length/2;
var now = new Date();
var pos = now.getSeconds( )%mod;
var num = xix.substr(pos* 2-2);
if (pos > 0) num += xix.substring(0 ,pos*2-2);
var col = new Array();
var src;
var sub;
var tmp;
var k = 0;
for (var j=0; j<num.length; j++) {
sub = parseInt(num.su bstring(j,j+2), 10);
tmp = gif[sub].split("|");
src = "<a href='http://" + tmp[2] + "' target='_blank' >"
src += "<img src='" + tmp[0] + "'";
src += "border='0' width='" + wid + "' height='" + hig + "'
alt=''></a>";
src += "<br>" + tmp[1];
col[k] = src;
j++;
k++;
}
var l = 0;
var tab = new Array();
tab[l++] = "<table border='0' cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'
width='" + wyd + "'>";
var mid = num.length/4;
for (var m=0; m<mid; m++) {
tab[l++] = "<tr height='" + hig + "' valign='top'>";
tab[l++] = " <th width='" + wid + "'>" + col[m] + "</th>";
tab[l++] = " <th width='" + wid + "'>" + col[m+mid] + "</th>";
tab[l++] = "</tr>";
}
tab[l++] = "</table>";
document.write( tab.join(""));
}
numbers();
</script>
</head>
<body>
</body>
</html>

The twenty "gif" entries (0 - 19) contain three elements seperated by "|"
are the image name ("0.gif"), the text (e.g. "One"), and the page (e.g.
www.Google.com?01 -- the "http://" is prepended later). The page can be any
valid url; for example, "www.Google .com/index.html".

Change the "gif" array as well as "url", "wid", and "hig" to suit your
needs. This presumes that all images are in the same folder specified by
the "url" and that all images are the same width ("wid") and height ("hig").
Jul 23 '05 #9
JRS: In article <Nzwqd.160663$H A.32847@attbi_s 01>, dated Mon, 29 Nov
2004 03:20:18, seen in news:comp.lang. javascript, McKirahan
<Ne**@McKirahan .com> posted :
function numbers() {
var url = "http://www.topsearchsp ot.com/";
var gif = new Array(10);
gif[0] = "0.gif|Zero ";
gif[1] = "1.gif|One" ;
gif[2] = "2.gif|Two" ;
gif[3] = "3.gif|Thre e";
gif[4] = "4.gif|Four ";
gif[5] = "5.gif|Five ";
gif[6] = "6.gif|Six" ;
gif[7] = "7.gif|Seve n";
gif[8] = "8.gif|Eigh t";
gif[9] = "9.gif|Nine ";
for (var i=0; i<gif.length; i++) {
gif[i] = url + gif[i];
}


Only a list of the names of the digits is needed; javascript can
assemble the rest when needed.

var Digits = ["Zero", ..., "Nine"] // is simpler.
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<URL:http://www.jibbering.c om/faq/> JL/RC: FAQ of news:comp.lang. javascript
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