UBB.Developers Forums UBB.threads 7 Development How Do I? random multi ad banners?

Does anyone know how I could have like 8 ad banners that always display all 8 but when the page gets refreshed all 8 banners change order? Example:

banner 1
banner 2
banner 3
banner 4

might change to

banner 3
banner 4
banner 1
banner 2

I want to do something like that in my footer but all I find is ad rotation for one banner at a time, not multiple.

Thanks, but no thanks, that program takes to much server resources to mess with, I don't need stats or anything just a way to shuffle pics around basicly.

This should get you going in the right direction:
https://www.ubbdev.com/forum/showflat.php/Number/77955

Why not just randomize all 8 images with a no-frills PHP random banner script?

They won't rotate in sequential order, but the end result is pretty much the same in that their relative position will always be different with each refresh. It evens out in the long run, and as a matter of fact I think it's a superior method because otherwise if done sequntially, then all those people who only visit once or twice will always be seeing the same ads at the top thus giving them more 'weight' relative to the bottom ones.

Randomizing nullifies this.

Plus the method you describe would require both database support, as well as a fancy system which you mentioned not wanting.

Exactly, that's all I need, wasn't sure on how to describe it. As long as all 8 banners show at the same time I could care less how they get rotated/weighted.

Ok try this

http://www.devscripts.com/PHP/Advertising/A_Simple_Random_Multiple_Banner_Rotation.html

Cool, I will check that out.

Well, it kind of worked on a test page but also gave an error for taking longer than 30 sec to load.

[]coloradok5 said:
Well, it kind of worked on a test page but also gave an error for taking longer than 30 sec to load. [/]

I just tested it and something is indeed wrong with the script

A real shame because the others will randomize multiple banners seperately, but you might get dupes.

I have not found another one that can ensure that they are all unique.

I wonder if it's not working properly if using newer PHP versions which may no longer support certain functions. Just a wild guess. It would take a lot of debugging to find out what's wrong.

Have you tried the other one (by Josh) mentioned above btw?

I didn't check that one because I thought it only showed one banner at a time?

Hmm, I had a look at the script and that isn't gonna work either without some hacking. I guess you're SOL

Ok I wrote a script to rotate multiple banners randomly, with no dupes

https://www.ubbdev.com/forum/showflat...SID=#Post121715

Very nice work.

Cheers, I have a demo of it working right here btw...

http://www.mameworld.net/

All the 115x80's change position on every refresh