Rotating info using FrontPage 2000

[Dorothy]

We want to have an area on certain pages where we will rotate different
information. I'm not sure how to go about this. Some of the information to
be rotated will be somewhat like a "business card" of different firms.
Other information that would go in the same area would be like an ad,
referring users to articles on our site.

The information on the firms is not currently stored in a database. I am
thinking I could perhaps have some type of file (image file?) for each firm,
and for each of the "ads" for our articles, that would be rotated through
the space on the page. I know the FP ad rotator doesn't do the trick,
because it can only hold one hyperlink. Each of the rotating items would
need its own hyperlink.

Our website is on a Linux platform.

I'm wondering if we would be best to use some kind of ad software for this,
or if we should set up a database (mySQL, with PHP - would require some
learning on my part!), or if there is some easy way to do it just using FP.

Can anyone advise? Thanks very much!

 

[Kathleen Anderson]

You could use this JavaScript: Random Images with Links - a script that
loads a random image with corresponding link. You can throw in as many
images into rotation as you wish.
http://www.javascriptkit.com/script/cut144.shtml

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