I think you have to put the files in both the /cgi-bin (ultimatebb.cgi, for non-topic pages) and /ubb (ultimatebb.php, and also for topic loaded with ultimatebb.cgi) directories.
Note that Steven gave you the code to make it random, not according to the day.
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