Random link

[pauland]

There is a particular reason for the random page.

What is that reason?

[Acorn]

As Acorn suggested you can use a random number, just specify something like

javascript:window.location="http://example.com/"+((Math.random()<0.5)?"link1":"link2")+".htm";

in the "Link to Web or Email address" property.

Siran, I have added to your example with links to other website pages: random link (refined).xar

Any click on the image on the page picks test1.htm / test2.htm; only the Home button returns to the index.htm page.

Acorn

[Egg Bramhill]

I can follow a lot of this but what always trips me up is how to intergrate js within Xara placeholders or buttons.

For example here is a nice script that sets up an array of url's that uses the length of the array to set up the number of url options.

How would this be intergrated into a Xara page?

Source:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3...andom-redirect

var sites = [
'http://www.dilbert.com',
'http://stackoverflow.com',
'http://Starwars.com'
];
var target = Math.floor(Math.random() sites.length);
window.location = sites[target];

So when your site collection grows you don't need to alter the code. You could even pack it into a function:

function goRandomSite(sites) {
var target = Math.floor(Math.random() sites.length);
window.location = sites[target];
}

[siran]

Egg, in this example you could put

<script>
function goRandomSite(sites) {
var target = Math.floor(Math.random()*sites.length);
window.location = sites[target];
}
</script>

to the page HTML code (head) and then would use a link like this

javascript:goRandomSite(["http://www.dilbert.com","http://stackoverflow.com","http://Starwars.com"]);

Please note that in your example the multiplication character is missing.

[Egg Bramhill]

Thanks a lot for that Siran, that worked a treat.

[RodneyLee]

I'd love to know how to do a random pop-up layer, working on a dice roll animation that also goes to a web-page correlated to the number rolled
press button, pop-up shows your roll then opens your web-page (36 pages possible)...