randomizing question

Carel · Sun Jun 07, 2009 12:10 am

I would like to have the index page pick a random swf from an array. Currently the index page picks a random html from an array, but that means that visitors will not bookmark or copy the index page url, but one of the randomly selected htmls. I found a bunch of javascripts to load a random image, but I have no luck making that work with the pano2vr generated script that loads the pano. Does anyone have a js script handy for this?

Here is what I tried:

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<body>
		<script type="text/javascript">
		<!--
		// please keep these lines on when you copy the source
		// made by: Nicolas - http://www.javascript-page.com

		var currentdate = 0
		var core = 0

		function StringArray (n) {
		  this.length = n;
  		for (var i =1; i <= n; i++) {
    		this[i] = ' '

 		 }
		}

		image = new StringArray(4)
		image[0] = '0.swf'
		image[1] = '1.swf'
		image[2] = '2.swf'
		image[3] = '3.swf'

		var ran = 60/image.length

		function ranimage() {
		  currentdate = new Date()
		  core = currentdate.getSeconds()
 		 core = Math.floor(core/ran)
		    return(image[core])
		}

//-->
</script>
		<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
			if ((window.p2q_Version) && (window.p2q_Version>=2.0)) {
				// Check to see if the version meets the requirements for playback
				var flashvars="";
			p2q_EmbedFlash('" +ranimage()+ "','100%','100%','allowFullScreen','true','bgcolor','1E1E1E','FlashVars',flashvars);
				
				if (!DetectFlashVer(9,0,0)) {
					document.write('<p class="warning">This content requires Adobe Flash Player Version 9 or higher. '
								 + '<a href="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash/">Get Flash<\/a><\/p>');
				}
			} else {
				document.writeln('<p class="warning">p2q_embed_object.js is not included or it is too old! Please copy this file into your html directory.<\/p>');
			}
//-->
		</script>
		<noscript>
			<p class="warning">Please enable Javascript!</p>
		</noscript>
		<p align="center">
	</body>
</html>

The problem is that the image that is chosen by the randomizer does not get passed on to the p2q_EmbedFlash line.

Carel Struycken
http://www.sphericalpanoramas.com

Mon Jun 08, 2009 10:41 pm

Hi
Here is my test Here

My test will display 5 panos at random.

The way you can get this working is as follows:
Place all your panos in their own html pages. Then make your index html page with an iframe then use the code below to make the random page selector.

To make your index page, use this html code

<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<title>This is the index page</title>
</head>

<body>

<p align="center">
<iframe name="I1" src="test.htm" width="800" height="600" border="0" frameborder="0">
Your browser does not support inline frames or is currently configured not to display inline frames.
</iframe></p>

</body>

</html>

Please note that scr=”test.html” is the name of the html page that will go in the iframe.

Test.html

<html>

<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
<title>test</title>

<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">

</script>

</head>

<body>

</body>

</html>

Change the pages you will be using, replace GP1/GP1.html and the rest.
It is important that you also set the line:
var howMany = 4; // max number of items listed below

The number 4 lets you display 5 panos, 0 to 4.

Hope the helps

Hopki

Carel · Tue Jun 09, 2009 2:02 am

Great, Thanks. It is working and online at: www.sphericalpanoramas.com

Carel Struycken