Creating a flash banner, without using flash?

[Sam]

Hi all,

Is it possible to create a simple flash banner, that would contain no more than 10 images, just constantly repeating over a set period of time?

I do have Flash installed on my PC, but have no idea how to use it unlike the other Adobe elements. Looks far too complex for my liking and therefore I was just wondering if there was an easier option available?

It's for nothing fancy, just a small number of images continually changing after a delay of 7 seconds on a repeat cycle.

Any recommendations or codes available that you are aware of?

Many thanks,
Sam

[ǻñî§ђ™]

why not create an animated image?

[KELSEY'S GOT A GUN]

Would this work?

<script language="JavaScript1.2">

var howOften = 5; //number often in seconds to rotate
var current = 0; //start the counter at 0
var ns6 = document.getElementById&&!document.all; //detect netscape 6

// place your images, text, etc in the array elements here
var items = new Array();
   items[0]="<a href='link.htm' ><img alt='image0 (9K)' src=' /Images/image0.jpg' height='300' width='300' border='0' /></a>"; //a linked image
   items[1]="<a href='link.htm'><img alt='image1 (9K)' src='/Images/image1.jpg' height='300' width='300' border='0' /></a>"; //a linked image
   items[2]="<a href='link.htm'><img alt='image2 (9K)' src='/Images/image2.jpg' height='300' width='300' border='0' /></a>"; //a linked image
  items[3]="<a href='link.htm'><img alt='image3 (9K)' src='/Images/image3.jpg' height='300' width='300' border='0' /></a>"; //a linked image
   items[4]="<a href='link.htm'><img alt='image4 (9K)' src='/Images/image4.jpg' height='300' width='300' border='0' /></a>"; //a linked image
   items[5]="<a href='link.htm'><img alt='image5 (18K)' src='/Images/image5.jpg' height='300' width='300' border='0' /></a>"; //a linked image
function rotater() {
   document.getElementById("placeholder").innerHTML = items[current];
   current = (current==items.length-1) ? 0 : current + 1;
   setTimeout("rotater()",howOften*1000);
}

function rotater() {
   if(document.layers) {
       document.placeholderlayer.document.write(items[current]);
       document.placeholderlayer.document.close();
   }
   if(ns6)document.getElementById("placeholderdiv").innerHTML=items[current]
       if(document.all)
           placeholderdiv.innerHTML=items[current];

   current = (current==items.length-1) ? 0 : current + 1; //increment or reset
   setTimeout("rotater()",howOften*1000);
}
window.onload=rotater;
//-->
</script>

Put that in the headers/footers area you want it to be in.

[Sam]

Mar 11, 2012 10:26:55 GMT -8 ǻñî§ђ™ said:

why not create an animated image?

I have no idea how to make one of those sadly.

Thanks,
Sam

[Sam]

Mar 11, 2012 14:26:44 GMT -8 KELSEY'S GOT A GUN said:

Would this work?

<script language="JavaScript1.2">

var howOften = 5; //number often in seconds to rotate
var current = 0; //start the counter at 0
var ns6 = document.getElementById&&!document.all; //detect netscape 6

// place your images, text, etc in the array elements here
var items = new Array();
   items[0]="<a href='link.htm' ><img alt='image0 (9K)' src=' /Images/image0.jpg' height='300' width='300' border='0' /></a>"; //a linked image
   items[1]="<a href='link.htm'><img alt='image1 (9K)' src='/Images/image1.jpg' height='300' width='300' border='0' /></a>"; //a linked image
   items[2]="<a href='link.htm'><img alt='image2 (9K)' src='/Images/image2.jpg' height='300' width='300' border='0' /></a>"; //a linked image
  items[3]="<a href='link.htm'><img alt='image3 (9K)' src='/Images/image3.jpg' height='300' width='300' border='0' /></a>"; //a linked image
   items[4]="<a href='link.htm'><img alt='image4 (9K)' src='/Images/image4.jpg' height='300' width='300' border='0' /></a>"; //a linked image
   items[5]="<a href='link.htm'><img alt='image5 (18K)' src='/Images/image5.jpg' height='300' width='300' border='0' /></a>"; //a linked image
function rotater() {
   document.getElementById("placeholder").innerHTML = items[current];
   current = (current==items.length-1) ? 0 : current + 1;
   setTimeout("rotater()",howOften*1000);
}

function rotater() {
   if(document.layers) {
       document.placeholderlayer.document.write(items[current]);
       document.placeholderlayer.document.close();
   }
   if(ns6)document.getElementById("placeholderdiv").innerHTML=items[current]
       if(document.all)
           placeholderdiv.innerHTML=items[current];

   current = (current==items.length-1) ? 0 : current + 1; //increment or reset
   setTimeout("rotater()",howOften*1000);
}
window.onload=rotater;
//-->
</script>

Put that in the headers/footers area you want it to be in.

Should have made it clearer, it is for an external HTML website, not for the forums.

Thanks,
Sam

[ǻñî§ђ™]

Mar 12, 2012 5:48:24 GMT -8 Sam said:

Mar 11, 2012 10:26:55 GMT -8 ǻñî§ђ™ said:

why not create an animated image?

I have no idea how to make one of those sadly.

Thanks,
Sam

Try graphic request

[Sam]

Thanks for that. Will look into it.

[scratchmod]

Would like this flash banner on my proboard forum, but just read above it's not for the forums !! Is there one that I can place in my main header/footer , and where can it be placed on my forum??

Sorry to hyjack the thread with all my questions but I have been searching here for hours for codes to upgrade/improve my forum.

Thanks for any help you can give, and again sorry.

rgds
scratchmod

[ǻñî§ђ™]

You want to place a flash banner in your main headers/footers?

[scratchmod]

To be honest I really don't know how it works, but it would be a great addition to my forum to have images in this way, as it would take up less space.

[ǻñî§ђ™]

<embed src="URL_OF_FLASH_FILE" width="100"height="100">

Just edit the red parts.

[scratchmod]

Thank you for that, very cool

scratchmod

[RADesign]

Mar 10, 2012 5:13:18 GMT -8 Sam said:

Is it possible to create a simple flash banner, that would contain no more than 10 images, just constantly repeating over a set period of time?

Shouldn't be any problem. I can get you the Flash banner and a code to place it on your forum.

[Sam]

That would be great if you could 'RADesign'. However it isn't specifically for the forum but if you could create a flash document then I would be extremely grateful. Nothing flashy just a simply rotation of images?

Thanks,
Sam