Master of all Windows

Master of all Windows

Another day, another function. Ok - the new button says Show/Hide - right now, it really flips images, which we'll need for pause before labels (sort of - trust me). But imagine that the 2nd image was fully blank - thene there would be no labels - eh?

This is a change from the last guide - there we reloaded the page and did, or didn't have the overlay gif. When I programmed that - I got a very annoying flash from IE - not from Netscape, where things were stable and nice. But knowing that IE is more common - had to go back to the drawing board. This time, the page stays stable, but the existing image is replaced with another - now IE's background doesn't flash.

I learned a new trick, who said I was too old :)

Master of all Windows

Master of all Windows

OK - I think I made the frameset more Netscape 4 friendly - unfortunately, I can't check that from home...

Tomorrow - tomorrow :)

Master of all Windows

Master of all Windows

OK - I've added a new "Random" button. This doesn't switch you to random mode, in the way the old Random option did. This button, each time it's hit, displays a random page. I didn't worry about keeping this button in the range of data we have, so some illegal pages may be triggered, but not to worry - one step at a time. We'll get there.

You'll also see that when you hit Random, the second little brain in the lower left window will show the next page - so it's in the browser's cache.

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Could you guys check on the gif image sizes - they should be exactly the same as the jpgs - causing confusion :)

I can do Random Numbers!

http://academic.scranton.edu/department/psych/sheep/newsheep/practice/framesrandom.html
Ok - so this populates an array with 10 unique random numbers from 1-10. Then, we step through the array and report the random number that each cell contains.

For the sheep brain, when someone picks "random" - that act will populate the array and take them to the 1st random plate. Then, any navigator click will take them to the next cell in the array thereby showing the next random plate. When all plates have been seen, you'll be notified that you're done and asked if you want to do it again.

Sure I stole most of this, but hey - it's the code of the web :)

Selecting Random Numbers

Selecting Random Numbers

Yeah - I "think" this is the key to random numbers without replacement :)

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OK - I've slightly reduced the frame - take a look at whatever resolution your normally browse at and also try adjusting your screen to 600 x 800.

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Transparent gifs

I have some tricks to pass on regarding how to make transparent gifs - mostly turning things off (2 of them) and picking a web-safe pallete. Let's get our font and outline and line and arrow and non-arrow decisions made quicky. Remember, now we have to create text files that follow the .gif files NOT the .jpg files, because the latter will be reused.

Last Post on Other System

I posted one last comment over on the other system - check that out, but do all responding here, OK?