BrowsEr mEsSaGe, BackGRouNd BoX, tracKin visiTorZ Options

[AnDiWaSLyKe...Wh...]

Hi agaIn...anyways i have 3 questions this time. how do you get your borwser message at the bottom come out like t h I s but with different mesaages every time? anD how do you get that box that surrounds her entire xanga <same link>? and my last question is is there a way to track visitors? thanx!

*jeL*

[tamzycramzy]

what do yoOh mean by browser message???? the status bar scroller?

[AnDiWaSLyKe...Wh...]

well if that means the thing at the bottom of the page that moves then yeah!

[AnDiWaSLyKe...Wh...]

and also that purple box that surrounds her xanga....can you like change the size?

[AnDiWaSLyKe...Wh...]

hahaha ok i guess no one knows? heehee

[FranzKemmerich]

You can get a visitor log script once you become an official member of createblog.com

[tamzycramzy]

okay, there are many different types to get a lot of messages across the STATUS SCROLL BAR...

Example 1:

CODE

<!-- begin code provided by createblog.com -->
<script>
<!--// Copyright 1996 - Tomer and Yehuda Shiran
// This example will appear in our forthcoming book on Java-Script.
// Feel free to "steal" this code provided that you leave this notice as is.
// Additional examples from the book can be found at http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/9000/
// For more information contact Tomer or Yehuda Shiran <yshiran@iil.intel.com>

// set speed of banner (pause in milliseconds between addition of new character)
var speed = 20

// decrease value to increase speed (must be positive)
// set pause between completion of message and beginning of following message
var pause = 1500

// increase value to increase pause
// set initial values
var timerID = null
var bannerRunning = false

// create array
var ar = new Array()

// assign the strings to the array's elements
ar[0] = "MESSAGE 1"
ar[1] = "MESSAGE 2"
ar[2] = "MESSAGE 3"
ar[3] = "MESSAGE 4"
ar[4] = "MESSAGE 5"
ar[5] = "MESSAGE 6"
ar[6] = "MESSAGE 7 "
ar[7] = "MESSAGE 8"
ar[8] = "MESSAGE 9 "
ar[9] = "MESSAGE 10"
ar[10] ="MESSAGE 11"

// assign index of current message
var message = 0

// empty string initialization
var state = ""

// no value is currently being displayed
clearState()

// stop the banner if it is currently running
function stopBanner() {
// if banner is currently running
if (bannerRunning)  
// stop the banner  
clearTimeout(timerID)
// timer is now stopped
timerRunning = false
}

// start the banner
function startBanner() {
// make sure the banner is stopped
stopBanner()
// start the banner from the current position
showBanner()
}

// assign state a string of "0" characters of the length of the current message
function clearState() {
// initialize to empty string
state = ""
// create string of same length containing 0 digits
for (var i = 0; i < ar[message].length; ++i) {  
 state += "0"
}
}

// display the current message
function showBanner() {
// if the current message is done
if (getString()) {  
 // increment message  
 message++  
 // if new message is out of range wrap around to first message  
if (ar.length <= message)  
 message = 0  
 // new message is first displayed as empty string  
 clearState()  
 // display next character after pause milliseconds  
 timerID = setTimeout("showBanner()", pause)
}
else {  
 // initialize to empty string  
 var str = ""  
 // built string to be displayed (only character selected thus far are displayed)  
for (var j = 0; j < state.length; ++j) {  
 str += (state.charAt(j) == "1") ? ar[message].charAt(j) : "     "  
}  
// partial string is placed in status bar  
window.status = str  
// add another character after speed milliseconds  
timerID = setTimeout("showBanner()", speed)
}
}

function getString() {
// set variable to true (it will stay true unless proven otherwise)
var full = true
// set variable to false if a free space is found in string (a not-displayed char)
for (var j = 0; j < state.length; ++j) {  
 // if character at index j of current message has not been placed in displayed string  
 if (state.charAt(j) == 0)  
 full = false
}
// return true immediately if no space found (avoid infinitive loop later)
if (full) return true
// search for random until free space found (braoken up via break statement)
while (1) {  
 // a random number (between 0 and state.length - 1 == message.length - 1)  
 var num = getRandom(ar[message].length)  
 // if free space found break infinitive loop  
if (state.charAt(num) == "0")  
 break
}
// replace the 0 character with 1 character at place found
state = state.substring(0, num) + "1" + state.substring(num + 1, state.length)
// return false because the string was not full (free space was found)
return false
}

function getRandom(max) {
// create instance of current date
var now = new Date()  
// create a random number (good generator)
var num = now.getTime() * now.getSeconds() * Math.random()
// cut random number to value between 0 and max - 1, inclusive
return num % max
}
startBanner()
// -->
</SCRIPT>
<!-- end code provided by createblog.com -->

Example 2 (this wun laggsss so yoOh might not want to go to it....she got it from here but i'm not too sure where ):

CODE

<!-- begin code provided by createblog.com -->
<script language=Javascript>
<!--
// please keep these lines on when you copy the source
// made by: Nicolas - http://www.javascript-page.com
function initArray() {
this.length = initArray.arguments.length;
 for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
 this[i] = initArray.arguments[i];
 }
}
var text  = new initArray(
"TEXT",
"TEXT",
"TEXT",
"TEXT",
"TEXT",
"TEXT",
"TEXT",
"TEXT",
"TEXT",
"TEXT",
"TEXT",
"TEXT",
"TEXT",
"TEXT");
var speed = 80;
var speed2 = 800;
var whereat = 0;
var whichone = 0;
function waveb() {
var befor = text[whichone].substring(0,whereat);
var wave = text[whichone].substring(whereat,whereat+1).toUpperCase();
window.status = befor + wave;
if (whereat == text[whichone].length) {
 whereat = 0;
 ++whichone;
 if (whichone == text.length) whichone = 0;
 setTimeout("waveb()",speed2);
}
else {
 whereat++;
 setTimeout("waveb()",speed);
}
}
waveb();
//--></script>
<!-- end code provided by createblog.com -->

Example 3:

CODE

<!-- begin code provided by createblog.com -->
<script language="Javascript">
<!--
// please keep these lines on when you copy the source
// made by: Nicolas - http://www.javascript-page.com

function initArray() {
this.length = initArray.arguments.length;
 for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
 this[i] = initArray.arguments[i];
 }
}

var text  = new initArray("TEXT",
"TEXT",
"TEXT",
"TEXT",
"TEXT");

var speed = 50;
var speed2 = 1000;
var whereat = 0;
var whichone = 0;

function waveb() {
var befor = text[whichone].substring(0,whereat);
var wave = text[whichone].substring(whereat,whereat+1).toUpperCase();

window.status = befor + wave;

if (whereat == text[whichone].length) {
 whereat = 0;
 ++whichone;
 if (whichone == text.length) whichone = 0;
 setTimeout("waveb()",speed2);
}

else {
 whereat++;
 setTimeout("waveb()",speed);
}
}

waveb();
//-->
</script>
<!-- end code provided by createblog.com -->

ermm...yah~they should help yoOh, and by the way, those links are from the same person

about the BOX THING that surrounds her xanga....i found wun with wun layer, not two....same xanga as the wun above

CODE

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<BODY style=
"border-left: #666666 35pt solid;
border-right: #666666 35pt solid;
border-bottom: #333333 25pt solid;
border-top: #333333 25pt solid;">
<!-- end code provided by createblog.com -->

change the color

[LatinaLady]

i took the last last code i love it. the scroll messages are cool too.