// ---------------------------------------------------------- // Global Variables // ---------------------------------------------------------- var rotators = new Array(); // array to hold multiple rotating banners on single page, can have maximum 10 rotators var firstAds = new Array(); // used to read in from cookie which ad we are up to var speed = 10000; // sets the speed of rotation, always set to 7.2 seconds var rLength = 0; // length of rotators var dom = (document.getElementById); // the following three are for testing whether these objects exist in the var ns = (document.layers&&!dom); // particular browser the user has var ie = (document.all&&!dom); // var subStr = ""; // used to remember which nav objects are unfolded var noColor = ""; // used simply as an empty string for restyleelement function initialiseUI() { // left navigation if (getCookie("leftNav")!=null) { subStr = getCookie("leftNav"); } if (subStr) { var splitStr = subStr.split('-'); for (var i=0; i tag function rememberUI() { // left navigation setCookie("leftNav",subStr); // banner ad /* if (rotators) { var rlen = rotators.length; var firstAdStr = ""; for (var m=0;m'; retCode+=''; retCode+=''; retCode+=''; retCode+='

'+retCode; } } else { if (typeof this.imageLink!="undefined") { retCode=''; } retCode+='

'; if (typeof objNum != "undefined") { retCode+=''; } } this.HTMLcode = retCode; } // ---------------------------------------------------------- // AdvertRotator object and methods // ---------------------------------------------------------- // ----------------------------- // OBJECT - AdvertRotator representing the entire rotator and those AdvertObjects added to it // Author Mike Kelly function AdvertRotator(id,w,h) { // properties this.rotatorID = "div" + id; this.adWidth = w; this.adHeight = h; this.currentAd = 0; this.adverts = new Array(); this.type = "image"; // methods this.addAdvert = addAdvert; } // ----------------------------- // METHOD/AdvertRotator - addAdvert to add and AdvertObject to the AdvertRotator // Author Mike Kelly function addAdvert(x) { // addAdvert(imgFile, imgLink, type [, flashUrl]) is the actual arguments required if (addAdvert.arguments) { var adArgs = addAdvert.arguments; } if (adArgs[0]) { var imgFile = adArgs[0]; } if (adArgs[1]) { var imgLink = adArgs[1]; } if (adArgs[2]) { var type = adArgs[2]; } if (adArgs[3]) { var flashUrl = adArgs[3]; } if (addAdvert.arguments) { var nextID = this.adverts.length; this.adverts[nextID] = new AdvertObject(nextID,imgFile,imgLink,type); this.adverts[nextID].getHTML(this.rotatorID,this.adWidth,this.adHeight); // preload images if (type=="image") { preloadImage(imgFile); } // setup dynamic flash if (type=="flash") { if (flashUrl) { this.adverts[nextID].flashVarsRem = flashUrl.substring(0,(flashUrl.length-4)); } this.adverts[nextID].flashVarsLoc = imgFile.substring(0,(imgFile.length-4)); } } } // ---------------------------------------------------------- // Rotation functions // ---------------------------------------------------------- // ----------------------------- // FUNCTION - prepare the page for rotators // Author Mike Kelly function initRotators() { var badCookie = getCookie("bannerAd"); if (rotators) { if (badCookie!=null) { firstAds = badCookie.split(','); } else { for(var i=0;i'; afta = ''; } else if (ns) { } } document.writeln(b4); document.writeln(rotObject.adverts[currAd].HTMLcode); document.writeln(afta); rotObject.currentAd = currAd; } // ----------------------------- // FUNCTION - rotate to change the images, urls, etc // Author Mike Kelly function rotate() { var adsLength = 0; var currentAdvert = 0; for (var n=0; n=(adsLength-1)) { changeAd(n,0); } else { currentAdvert++; changeAd(n,currentAdvert); } } setTimeout('rotate()',speed); } // ----------------------------- // FUNCTION - to actually change the image and update the current ad value // Author Mike Kelly function changeAd(rotID,adID) { var rotObject = rotators[rotID]; if (rotObject.type=="multi") { if (dom) { document.getElementById(rotObject.rotatorID).innerHTML = rotObject.adverts[adID].HTMLcode; } if (ie) { document.all[rotObject.rotatorID].innerHTML = rotObject.adverts[adID].HTMLcode; } if (ns) { document.layers[rotObject.rotatorID].document.write(rotObject.adverts[adID].HTMLcode); document.layers[rotObject.rotatorID].document.close(); } if (rotObject.adverts[adID].mediaType=="flash") { setTimeout('updateFlash('+rotID+','+adID+')',200); } } else { if (document.images) { var bannerImg = eval("document.images.banner"+rotID); bannerImg.src = rotObject.adverts[adID].imageFile; } } rotators[rotID].currentAd = adID; } // ---------------------------------------------------------- // Dynamic flash functions // ---------------------------------------------------------- // ----------------------------- // FUNCTION - checkConnection, simply trys to pull an image from the same location as dynamic txt files to see if they're up // Author Mike Kelly function updateFlash(rotID,adID) { var adObj = rotators[rotID].adverts[adID]; if (adObj.remoteAccess && adObj.flashVarsRem) { setTextVar(adObj.flashVarsRem+".txt"); } //else if(adObj.flashVars) { setTextVar("cookie"); setTimeout('loadCookie(adObject)',500); } else if (adObj.flashVarsLoc) { setTextVar(adObj.flashVarsLoc+".txt"); } } // ----------------------------- // FUNCTION - loadCookie, if the remote txt file is unavailable, the next best data should be in a cookie. this uploads each var 1 by 1 // Author Mike Kelly /*function loadCookie(adObject) { }*/ // ----------------------------- // FUNCTION - checkConnection, simply trys to pull an image from the same location as dynamic txt files to see if they're up // Author Mike Kelly function checkConnection(rotID,adID) { rotators[rotID].adverts[adID].remoteAccess=false; } // ----------------------------- // FUNCTION - setTextVar, changes text variables within the flash banners // Author Mike Kelly function setTextVar(val) { window.document.flashBanner.setVariable("varLoc",val); } // ----------------------------- // FUNCTION - acceptVars, is the standard function called by the flash movie to send the variables back for placement in a cookie // Author Mike Kelly function acceptVars(vars) { return vars; } // ---------------------------------------------------------- // Extra functions used // ---------------------------------------------------------- // ----------------------------- // FUNCTION - to go to the link of the displayed banner // Author Mike Kelly function goToLink(obj) { var currObject = eval(rotators[obj].adverts[rotators[obj].currentAd]); // window.open(currObject.imageLink); location.href=currObject.imageLink; } // ----------------------------- // FUNCTION - to preload all banner images // Author Mike Kelly function preloadImage(s) { var pImg = new Image(); pImg.src = s; } // FUNCTIONS for setting and getting from cookies // Author Mike Kelly function setCookie(name, value) { var exp = new Date(); // make new date object exp.setTime(exp.getTime() + (60 * 60 * 3)); // set it 3 hrs ahead document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(value) + "; path=/; expires=" + exp.toGMTString(); } function getCookie(name) { var cname = name + "="; var dc = document.cookie; if (dc.length > 0) { var begin = dc.indexOf(cname); if (begin != -1) { begin += cname.length; var end = dc.indexOf(";", begin); if (end == -1) end = dc.length; var rtnStr = unescape(dc.substring(begin, end)); return rtnStr; } } return null; } function deleteCookie(name, value) { var exp = new Date(); // make new date object exp.setTime(exp.getTime() - (60 * 60 * 3)); // set it 3 hrs behind document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(value) + "; path=/; expires=" + exp.toGMTString(); }