[WEB4LIB] RE: Photos on Home Pages

[Roy Tennant]

I just want everyone to be clear that you do not need Javascript to 
have a random image appear on a web page -- any CGI script can do 
that, even if the page where the random image appears is static (not 
generated by a script). What Javascript is commonly used to 
accomplish (as in this case) is to have images *cycle* on a page as 
you sit on it. I'm not sure why one would want to do this, since the 
premise appears to be that users sit there like idiots staring at the 
web page, waiting for the image to change. Otherwise, they're off 
actually using your site before the image has a chance to change. In 
fact, if they're not, you have much bigger problems on your hands 
than cycling an image.
Roy

At 9:00 AM -0800 12/12/01, Keith Higgs wrote:
>At 11:06 AM 12/12/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>
>>Any reason why non-Javascript viewers get no picture at all?
>>
>>
>>Thomas Dowling
>>OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
>>tdowling at ohiolink.edu
>>
>
>It could be that in order to get the starting image to be a random 
>selection from those available the actual image tag is written by a 
>script.  Hence, no Javascript == no tag. If you're paying attention, 
>there's a paragraph missing under the "Did You Know" heading in that 
>same column. Same reasoning - the paragraph is a random selected 
>document.write() in a script.
>
>While we're on the no-Javascript issue... I'm guessing you're using 
>something like Amaya - which doesn't include Javascript support - or 
>something like it.
>
>
>D. Keith Higgs. Email: dkh2 at po.cwru.edu, dkhiggs at yahoo.com
>Case Western Reserve University, Webmaster - University Library
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