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Maulkin
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|  Subject: Random Forum Header  Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:54 am | |
| Link sent me the following:
| Quote: | This is somewhat difficult to explain, but let me try. Forgive me if I sound patronizing at any particular point, I just don't want to say anything you don't understand and lead to this becoming really confusing for you.
PHP is what we call a "server-side language," as opposed to HTML which is "Browser Side"
When code is run, first it is processed by the server, then downloaded to the computer, then processed by the browser, then displayed.
HTML doesn't get turned from code into the product of that code until the browser processes it. PHP turns from code into the product of code before the browser gets to it. What this means is that if we code some PHP to bring up an image, then we can trick the browser into thinking the PHP *IS* an image, because the code will have turned into the image before it ever reaches the browser.
THis also means that the server you are using must support PHP. It will probably tell you whether it does or not somewhere. Most servers do these days, but I don't know whether photobucket (which you're using to host the topbanner) does or not.
So what we do is put the location of the PHP file inside of an image bracket.
<*img src="http"//www.YOURSERVER.com/CODE/RANDOM.PHP">
And you'll get the random image.
Creating that PHP file is REALLY simple. All you have to do is copy and paste the code that I give you, and put it in a notepad file. Then, change the file extension to .php instead of .txt and presto chango, you have a random banner PHP file. However, there is a windows option that is enabled by default on most machines, which can fuck you over at this stage: it's called "Hide Known Filetypes."
If you don't know if this is enabled, right click on your desktop, and create a new notepad file. If the filename ends in .txt you're good, if it doesn't end in anything you *must* go to your folder options and DISABLE "hide known file types." Otherwise, adding .php to the end will do nothing, because the hidden filename will be "Whatever.php.txt"
Windows makes things so much more difficult to learn =/
So at this point, you're going to want the code to paste into the TXT file. Here it is:
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<?
$banners= scandir(banners);
$banners= array_slice($banners, 2);
shuffle($banners);
$ban= fopen("banners/$banners[0]", "r");
header("content-type: image/jpeg");
fpassthru($ban);
?>
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Now, put this SOMEWHERE on your photobucket. It doesn't matter where.
Now here's the final big step, and I must remind you that filenames are important unless you want me to try and explain to you how to edit the PHP code itself.
create a folder in the same subfolder as the code. Name this folder "banners" The only thing you should put in this folder are jpg or jpeg images that you want to be displayed as topbanners.
Then, go to the place in the admin control panel where you link to the URL of the topbanner, and link to the PHP file instead. It will display a random topbanner.
Hopefully that should be sufficient. Good luck |
Does anyone understand this? I'm hung up on a few parts, particularly how to upload a text document to my photobucket @_@
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r1nn
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| | Subject: Re: Random Forum Header Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:16 am | |
| Maul, I've been wanting to give this a try for a while. Could you direct me to all the image banners?
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Maulkin
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| | Subject: Re: Random Forum Header Fri Apr 25, 2008 11:36 am | |
| Do you want it in URL form or picture form?
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| | Subject: Re: Random Forum Header Fri Apr 25, 2008 12:57 pm | |
| i can do this >.>
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| | Subject: Re: Random Forum Header Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:12 pm | |
| In fact i have it set up, i just need the imgs and i can send you the link to use in the img code.
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Maulkin
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| | Subject: Re: Random Forum Header Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:19 pm | |
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Edit: And, of course, this:
(I honestly don't know how I forgot that one >.> )
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| | Subject: Re: Random Forum Header Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:23 pm | |
| Maulkin, you fucking son of a bitch, you forgot the most important one.
This one was 400% more likely to come up than any other banner.
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| | Subject: Re: Random Forum Header Fri Apr 25, 2008 1:35 pm | |
| *Looks at the URL of the image link just posted*
So you have your own server, and used to run the script off of it? It all makes sense now. For the record, most image-based hosting services do not allow PHP scripts.
Thanks for the help. |
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| | Subject: Re: Random Forum Header Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:16 pm | |
| Ooooh,  work marsco, that is great!
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| | Subject: Re: Random Forum Header Fri Apr 25, 2008 4:22 pm | |
| o_O; you're crazy. I did nothing special.
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