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This is where I post problems and questions while I work on my Language/Travel website.
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This is where I post problems and questions while I work on my Language/Travel website.
Link coming soon =)
Link coming soon =)
Daily Image/Link change feature
Okay not sure how this might be done. I have an image that when clicked, takes you to another page. But I need to change this image and the link every single day. Is there any way I can do this without having to come on daily and change it myself. I'd love to have it all change itself so I dont have to worry about it.
Okay not sure how this might be done. I have an image that when clicked, takes you to another page. But I need to change this image and the link every single day. Is there any way I can do this without having to come on daily and change it myself. I'd love to have it all change itself so I dont have to worry about it.
Displaying User's Time
Maybe I should do a quick search, is it possible to post the users desktop time using javascript right? And is there a way to display the time in the UK, well I guess it would be the servers time. How would I display that?
Maybe I should do a quick search, is it possible to post the users desktop time using javascript right? And is there a way to display the time in the UK, well I guess it would be the servers time. How would I display that?
You can do local time with Javascript, the method is date() if I remember correctly but it's been a while...
And as for UK time, you could get the server time using PHP and add/subtract as many hours as is necessary.
And as for UK time, you could get the server time using PHP and add/subtract as many hours as is necessary.
Machie wrote:
> Daily Image/Link change feature
Yes its possible, can do it via javascript or server side (PHP). You'd need to explain a little more how you'd want the rotation to work before can advise further though.
> Daily Image/Link change feature
Yes its possible, can do it via javascript or server side (PHP). You'd need to explain a little more how you'd want the rotation to work before can advise further though.
Thanks guys :)
Just testing the javascript now for the user time. Is PHP the only way I can display the serve time? Or could I use a Perl script instead? The server time is for my UK main page, the user time is for the section on timezones.
@Garin
No rotation really. I'm borrowing ideas from IMDB, where they have the quote of the day thing. Well in the quiz I did a question where they had to give the name of the country by looking at the map of it.
So I wanted to do it daily for my site as something a little fun for users, but I'm not sure I'd be able to come online daily and change it manually (especially if I'm travelling), so it would be nice to have something in place to do it for me. "What country is this?" title, then the map (which should change daily) and clicking the map will take you to the countries profile page. So I guess it's a queue rather than a rotation.
Hope this gives you an idea of what I'm doing, I have other uses for it too though. Like a "picture of the day" for my photography, clicking it will take you to a bigger version.
In the quiz the answer was India, most got it right
Just testing the javascript now for the user time. Is PHP the only way I can display the serve time? Or could I use a Perl script instead? The server time is for my UK main page, the user time is for the section on timezones.
@Garin
No rotation really. I'm borrowing ideas from IMDB, where they have the quote of the day thing. Well in the quiz I did a question where they had to give the name of the country by looking at the map of it.
So I wanted to do it daily for my site as something a little fun for users, but I'm not sure I'd be able to come online daily and change it manually (especially if I'm travelling), so it would be nice to have something in place to do it for me. "What country is this?" title, then the map (which should change daily) and clicking the map will take you to the countries profile page. So I guess it's a queue rather than a rotation.
Hope this gives you an idea of what I'm doing, I have other uses for it too though. Like a "picture of the day" for my photography, clicking it will take you to a bigger version.
In the quiz the answer was India, most got it right
Just tried that code, it works, but it needs some editing. Just need the one time :S
"Your Local Time: 23:16 on Saturday
Website Business Office: 18:16 on Saturday"
"Your Local Time: 23:16 on Saturday
Website Business Office: 18:16 on Saturday"
Machie wrote:
> Just testing the javascript now for the user time. Is PHP the
> only way I can display the serve time? Or could I use a Perl
> script instead? The server time is for my UK main page, the user
> time is for the section on timezones.
PHP is an easier way to do it as you can embed it in your page. You can do it via Perl too but then you need to use server side includes as well. So in my opinion, its best to just change the file extension on your pages to .php (which you'll need to do anyway for other dynamic elements) and then can just put
which displays 11:30pm on 18th Novemenber 2006 I think. If you want to change the format, have a look at the table on this page http://uk.php.net/date and just replace the characters between the ' ' as needed.
> So I wanted to do it daily for my site as something a little fun
> for users, but I'm not sure I'd be able to come online daily and
> change it manually (especially if I'm travelling), so it would
> be nice to have something in place to do it for me. "What
> country is this?" title, then the map (which should change
> daily) and clicking the map will take you to the countries
> profile page. So I guess it's a queue rather than a rotation.
Easy enough then, it depends how much effort you want to go into in regards to administrating it. If you want an admin area for it you can find numerous image rotation scripts in php which should be easy enough to modify. If you're happy enough just modifying a text file every so often I can show you the code for it as its quite trivial.
> Just testing the javascript now for the user time. Is PHP the
> only way I can display the serve time? Or could I use a Perl
> script instead? The server time is for my UK main page, the user
> time is for the section on timezones.
PHP is an easier way to do it as you can embed it in your page. You can do it via Perl too but then you need to use server side includes as well. So in my opinion, its best to just change the file extension on your pages to .php (which you'll need to do anyway for other dynamic elements) and then can just put
<?=date('g:ia on jS F Y',time())?>which displays 11:30pm on 18th Novemenber 2006 I think. If you want to change the format, have a look at the table on this page http://uk.php.net/date and just replace the characters between the ' ' as needed.
> So I wanted to do it daily for my site as something a little fun
> for users, but I'm not sure I'd be able to come online daily and
> change it manually (especially if I'm travelling), so it would
> be nice to have something in place to do it for me. "What
> country is this?" title, then the map (which should change
> daily) and clicking the map will take you to the countries
> profile page. So I guess it's a queue rather than a rotation.
Easy enough then, it depends how much effort you want to go into in regards to administrating it. If you want an admin area for it you can find numerous image rotation scripts in php which should be easy enough to modify. If you're happy enough just modifying a text file every so often I can show you the code for it as its quite trivial.
Well I was hoping to avoid php but I guess I can't :-D
I tried the code, it came up with
"
Rather odd, it changed the 'n' into '11' for some reason.
I think I want two version.
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12 hour clock
The first, for the main page (maybe) and the latter for people working out their time zones.
Can I get the servers time on here too? I want it for the main UK page. As not everyone has the correct time on their PC.
I think I would also need the servers time so I can do a "what time is it in X" page. So for Singapore it would have to be [server time]+8hrsAM/PM on [date]. Hopefully that wont be too difficult to do.
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RE:Daily Image
I'd like to keep it simple but I'm worried that in the end I might have 5+ of these daily changing images running. Which might be too much for an admin area. I'd be fine modifying a text file though :-) Can I have a look at the code please Garin?
While I wait I'll play around with that time display to see if I can get it to display what I want. ^^
I tried the code, it came up with
"
10:26am o11 19th November 2006"Rather odd, it changed the 'n' into '11' for some reason.
I think I want two version.
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Sunday 19th November 2005-
10:32AM* on Sunday12 hour clock
The first, for the main page (maybe) and the latter for people working out their time zones.
Can I get the servers time on here too? I want it for the main UK page. As not everyone has the correct time on their PC.
I think I would also need the servers time so I can do a "what time is it in X" page. So for Singapore it would have to be [server time]+8hrsAM/PM on [date]. Hopefully that wont be too difficult to do.
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RE:Daily Image
I'd like to keep it simple but I'm worried that in the end I might have 5+ of these daily changing images running. Which might be too much for an admin area. I'd be fine modifying a text file though :-) Can I have a look at the code please Garin?
While I wait I'll play around with that time display to see if I can get it to display what I want. ^^
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