Does this random image script work?

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-12-28 02:34am

I'm testing a random image script on the prototype new Empire mainpage. Go to http://www.stardestroyer.net/Empire/index-new.html in order to see it. It should randomly cycle between several different recruiting images on the right-hand side of the page when you visit or refresh the page.

I'd appreciate people with different browsers testing it to see if it works, and/or offering suggestions if anyone's a JavaScript expert.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-12-28 02:39am

Looks fine to me.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-12-28 02:43am

It keeps showing the same darn pictu- oh wait, it's random. There we go.

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2003-12-28 03:09am

Works fine for me

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2003-12-28 03:09am

Darth Wong wrote:I'm testing a random image script on the prototype new Empire mainpage. Go to http://www.stardestroyer.net/Empire/index-new.html in order to see it. It should randomly cycle between several different recruiting images on the right-hand side of the page when you visit or refresh the page.

I'd appreciate people with different browsers testing it to see if it works, and/or offering suggestions if anyone's a JavaScript expert.

Works fine on Galeon on Linux (duh, Galeon is *nix only). However the sidebar has always bothered me- what about something more flat? And it looks too small in comparison to everything else, even on 800x600.

Cleaning the source with a script to have all HTML tags in lowercase or uppercase would be nice. It's nice to see a non-computing site that actually uses valid HTML though, but you missed surrounding the javascript w/ comments which throws off the validator- looks fine in lynx and elinks(text mode browser which is much better than lynx) though.

Oh, and shouldn't randomizing pictures be done server side w/ a perl script (I don't know perl, only bash (bash could probably do it though, but it would suck, and I would need to read up on HTTP)).

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-12-28 03:24am

Pu-239 wrote:Works fine on Galeon on Linux (duh, Galeon is *nix only). However the sidebar has always bothered me- what about something more flat? And it looks too small in comparison to everything else, even on 800x600.

The sidebar? Are you talking about the buttons?

Cleaning the source with a script to have all HTML tags in lowercase or uppercase would be nice. It's nice to see a non-computing site that actually uses valid HTML though, but you missed surrounding the javascript w/ comments which throws off the validator- looks fine in lynx and elinks(text mode browser which is much better than lynx) though.

Doh, I forgot to re-validate it after adding that script.

Oh, and shouldn't randomizing pictures be done server side w/ a perl script (I don't know perl, only bash (bash could probably do it though, but it would suck, and I would need to read up on HTTP)).

Well, JavaScript is more portable. But if you know of a good perl script for doing this, let me know. This is still a work in progress, after all.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-12-28 03:44am

Ha ha, it's validating cleanly again!

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-12-28 04:50am

Opera 7.10 for Windows XP: No problems to report. Looks like it's working.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-12-28 04:58am

If you have the time though, you could make it so that it randomizes AND makes sure it doesn't pick the one that's already on again.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-12-28 05:05am

that could be done using a little bit of php, i should think.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-12-28 05:28am

kojikun wrote:that could be done using a little bit of php, i should think.

PHP and SSI don't play well together.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-12-28 05:53am

The random script works. But the page looks pretty bad, I desperately want to run specialist Korr through the HAB Objective Organ liquidation System.

Post by **haas mark** » 2003-12-28 06:23am

Opera 7.2, works fine here (WinXP HE).

~ver

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-12-28 12:47pm

Running fine under Mozilla 1.5/Linux

McNum · Post by **McNum** » 2003-12-28 01:33pm

Even Internet Explorer 6 SP1 works.

Tribun · Post by **Tribun** » 2003-12-28 01:44pm

Works good with IE 5.0.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-12-28 07:08pm

I'm using Mozilla. Looks a-OK.

TrailerParkJawa · Post by **TrailerParkJawa** » 2003-12-28 07:28pm

A new image loaded fine every time I hit shift+refresh. Im running Opera 6.05 on Win2K sp 3.

One of the images with Darth Vader holding what appears to have a light saber in his hand has the upper part of his head cut off. If this is intentional, fine although I think it might be better we see his whole head.

Pu-239 · Post by **Pu-239** » 2003-12-28 10:58pm

phongn wrote:Running fine under Mozilla 1.5/Linux

Blech. I now shudder at the thought of the entire Mozilla Suite and it's bloatedness. Then again, my computer is pathetic enough to require a suid (and.sf.net) wrapper script to nice even galeon to -5 to reduce jerkyness, and I've abandoned Firebird (Can't wait to switch DE's once again if a major feature increase is in KDE, since the lack of easily accessible features in GNOME is driving me nuts(but the multiuser simultaneous login w/
automatic killing of the secondary X server is nice)).

Anyways, found some random image scripts here

Also, does anyone know how to use pod2man to generate HTML perl documentation for everything instead of just a single module? I hate man page type documentation for anything more then 2 pages.

Double-post deleted - Phong

Tribun · Post by **Tribun** » 2003-12-29 10:25am

By the way Mike, when you overhaul the main site, could you pout up a new poll too? This one seems to be one sided a bit......

BlkbrryTheGreat · Post by **BlkbrryTheGreat** » 2003-12-29 04:36pm

IMO you should add "it is your destiny" to the "Join Now" picture. Other then that its working fine.

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