Javascript: if/then random image rotator...

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  1. Sdashiki, Sep 21, 2009

    Sdashiki macrumors 68040

    Sdashiki

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    #1
    Right now all pages on the site rotate the same 7 images. To break this up I made multiple versions of the code below. One version for each "section" of the site.

    randomNumber is a var set earlier in the code so that the max# of images in the folder is set.

    The randomizer is a script within the header section of the site, it writes the <img> tag:
    Code:
    document.writeln('<IMG SRC="http://site/imagefolder1/image0' + randomNumber + '.jpg" ');
    What I would like is instead of multiple versions of the code, just an if/then/else adjustment of the code so that it will check the location of the current url and based on it choose the right /imagefolder#/ for that set of pages.

    The site is setup so that subfolders such as
    http://www.thesite.com/section/
    http://www.thesite.com/section2/
    are what the javascript needs to check. Is the current url part of this section (i.e. are you in this subfolder of the site)?

    Im drawing a blank as to how to go about doing this but it seems so straightforward. Googling for a specific answer is proving difficult when I cant seem to keyword what Im looking for properly. THANKS!
     
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  2. angelwatt, Sep 21, 2009

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    #2
    Here's some code to work from. Using regex to find out if in a certain area. There should be a \ in front of the W in the if statement. They get parsed out for posts.

    PHP:
    function Init() {
      var     loc = window.location;
      if (/    section\W/.test(loc))      { alert('Section 1'); }
      else if (/    section2/.test(loc)) { alert('Section 2'); }
      else if (/    section3/.test(loc)) { alert('Section 3'); }
      else {     alert('Default'); }
    }
     
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  3. Sdashiki, Sep 21, 2009

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    Sdashiki

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    #3
    After racking my brains more this afternoon, I decided to switch to a PHP script.

    Got everything working great now, but thanks for the effort!
     
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