"I just started looking at tango on Friday and as of today I have something that is actually working."
Can we use this in our marketing efforts?!?! Steve Smith Oakbridge Information Solutions Office: (519) 624-4388 GTA: (416) 606-3885 Fax: (519) 624-3353 Cell: (416) 606-3885 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.oakbridge.ca > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Dittbrenner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: March 18, 2003 12:05 PM > To: witango talk witango.com > Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: HTTP Include > > > First off I wanted to thank everyone for there support. You are all a huge > help being that I just started looking at tango on Friday and as > of today I > Does the @random > function make the > images rotate at an even amount or is it totally random like the random > function of javascript, where the same picture can show up twice in a row > and not an even amount. > Just to show you what I am working on check out > > http://action2.edudirectories.com/sab_tango/test/collegeabroad.taf > > If you refresh a couple times you can see the ads rotate now. > > Again I would like to thank everyone for their help. > > Sincerely > > Michael Dittbrenner > > On 3/18/03 11:41 AM, "Nicholas Froome" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I second the suggestion to use Witango to rotate the banners. It'd make > > everything simpler - development, imnplementation, logging, > etc. It'd also be > > a great way to learn the ins & outs of Witango > > > > I use the @RANDOM tag to display random header images like this: > > > > <img src=/wide/<@RANDOM LOW=1 HIGH=@@Domain$WideNumber>.jpg WIDTH=484 > > HEIGHT=68 BORDER=0 ALIGN=top> > > > > There's nothing particularly clever about this - except that > the HIGH number > > (in other words the number of Random images) is held in a Domain Scope > > variable. As this randow header code appears in 50 or 60 TAFs, > changing the > > number of images would be a big job - so I store the number in > a variable that > > can easily be changed site-wide > > > > To me this is classic Witango elegance and you'd lose this kind > of integration > > by using another advert rotation scheme > > > > Of course you can also <@INCLUDE> Witango variables into poages > - and these > > might contain Nav bars, sidebars, logos, etc > > > > > > > >> You will need to use the @URL tag rather than the > >> @include tag. The web server will only process one > >> cgi program per page. That cgi program would be > >> Witango in this case. It would ignore your mgi code. > >> > >> However, the @URL tag would work fine but be a > >> little slower since it has to resolve the URL twice > >> per page. An alternative would be to use Witango > >> to rotate your banners. :) > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
