Randomizing sig pictures?

[jackwanders]

I've seen a number of forum members who have a series of sig pictures that change at regular intervals...

How can I do this? I'd like to have a number of avatar and sig pics that are paired up and rotate at a regular interval.

Anyone?

[Joel]

Well I got one that works now. It must have been in the code that silly_walk provided ( no offense ;) )

It's really weird only because it's working for me right now. For months, actually.

/me no understand.

[jackwanders]

yeah...i don't get it either.

ah well...what i got works for my needs...

On another note...anyone got an idea where i can pick a sig based on the time, not on a random number?

I'd like to take the current time and throw it through a hash function with the output being a number 1 through x...

Basically, how do I set a PHP variable equal to the current time as a number, not a string?? Is that possible?

[jackwanders]

Ok, well I got it now. I wrote a script that increments my sig once every 5 minutes. This way I can coordinate my avatars with my sigs so they always match :D

Here's the code for anyone who may be interested in something similar:

<?php 

Header("Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache, must-revalidate, post-check=0, pre-check=0"); 
Header("Expires: Thu, 19 Nov 1981 08:52:00 GMT"); 
Header("Pragma: no-cache"); 
Header("Content-Type: image/gif");

//Get current time (seconds since 01/01/1970 12:00am) and divide by 300 (convert from seconds to '5-minute' increments
$seed = time()/300;

//Take the seed and get the remainder from dividing it by 14 (the number of sigs I have) and then add 1 to get 1-14 instead of 0-13
$n = ($seed%14) + 1;

//This part is pretty specific to where your sigs are and how you named them. ?It's best if you name them using numbers...that's the easiest way.
if($n < 10) {
header("Location: http://eecs.cwru.edu/~jwa4/design/Assets/Images/Banners/b0".$n.".gif");
}
else header("Location: http://eecs.cwru.edu/~jwa4/design/Assets/Images/Banners/b".$n.".gif");

?>

So this code will simply increment $n from 1-14 and then back to 1 every 300 seconds, or 5 minutes.

the interval can be changed to anything you want...from 1 second to a year if you want....and as long as you name your sigs with numbers, than you can make this work for any number of sigs (or avatars) you want.:DD

Edited July 8, 2003 by Jack31081

[Blaise Veteran]

I've used this plain jane one clicky by white rabbit.

Hey Jack..instead of a timed one, I have always wanted one that could synchronize the sig and av so I could have rotating "sets"..that would be cool.

heheh I know..so would a self refilling bottle of beer :)

btw: Silly..did yah ever get that upload script workin?

[jackwanders]

Blaise, that's exactly what I have.

I have one script that picks my sig, and one that picks my avatar. my sigs are named b01.gif - b14.gif and my avatars are a01.gif - a14.gif. a01 goes with b01 and so on. The two scripts are the same so my sig and avatar are always paired up...and each changes every 5 minutes.

:yes:

[Joel]

btw: Silly..did yah ever get that upload script workin?

Yes, thank you. I just don't know how to prevent people from overwriting pics already uploaded, so I haven't released the URL.

[Joel]

Blaise, that's exactly what I have.

I have one script that picks my sig, and one that picks my avatar. my sigs are named b01.gif - b14.gif and my avatars are a01.gif - a14.gif. a01 goes with b01 and so on. The two scripts are the same so my sig and avatar are always paired up...and each changes every 5 minutes.

:yes:

I like yours, do you mind if I give it a try?

[jackwanders]

go right ahead...i posted it, so it's free-for-use now

[Joel]

Cool, it works.

[jackwanders]

you're welcome :D

now i'm using it on my site too to rotate through the logos I have.

[Blaise Veteran]

Yes, thank you. I just don't know how to prevent people from overwriting pics already uploaded, so I haven't released the URL.

:o

oh cr@p! I forgot about that, I've been using that simple one, since the one that allows users to make their own accounts is buggy (keeps asking them to authenticate over & over).

/me puts notice for folks to tag files with their username

Thanks cuz :)

Oh..Jack..thanks for the info and for sharin, I have load of old neobits/bytes sig avs I want to use

but didn't since I couldn't synch em (Y)

[jackwanders]

Yes, thank you. I just don't know how to prevent people from overwriting pics already uploaded, so I haven't released the URL.

Looks like you're writing/have written a script that allows people to upload images to a server of yours?

If you're trying to keep each user's images separate so people don't go overwriting existing images, let me know...I may be able to help you out on that front, assuming that you're using a MySQL database to store image info. That's the only way I could think of to keep user's images separate from one another...

[Joel]

Looks like you're writing/have written a script that allows people to upload images to a server of yours?

If you're trying to keep each user's images separate so people don't go overwriting existing images, let me know...I may be able to help you out on that front, assuming that you're using a MySQL database to store image info. That's the only way I could think of to keep user's images separate from one another...

I got the script from Blaise, who got it from somewhere else. :D

See script:

<html>

<head>

<title>Upload Status</title>

<body text="#000000" link="#000000" vlink="#000000" alink="#000000" leftmargin="0"

topmargin="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0">

<?

/*

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------

| SIGUP.COM UPLOADER SCRIPT

| ========================================

| by Marc Perkel (extreme)

| © 2002,2003,extreme design group

| http://www.sigup.com

| ========================================

| Web: http://www.sigup.com

| Email: [email protected]

+---------------------------------------------------------------------------

|

| > Uploader script

| > Script written by Marc Perkel

| > Date started: 2nd of December 2002

|

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------

*/

if ($superdat_name != "") {

copy("$superdat", "/usr/local/www/data/members/crissabl/silly_walk/sigup/images/$superdat_name") or

die("There has been an error while trying to upload, contact the webmaster");

} else {

    die("You did not select an image.");

}

mail("[email protected]", "Somone uploaded an image",

"$email sent $superdat_name, a $superdat_size byte file with a MIME type of $superdat_type");

?>

<!--Header/Logo-->

<p align="center"><font face="Verdana">Image Preview:</font></p>

<p align=center><a href="http://www.securenet.net/members/crissabl/silly_walk/sigup/images/<? echo "$superdat_name"; ?>"<font face="Verdana"><img SRC="http://www.securenet.net/members/crissabl/silly_walk/sigup/images/<? echo "$superdat_name"; ?>" ALT="Uploaded Image"></font></a></p>

<p align=center><font face="Verdana">Image URL: <a href="http://www.securenet.net/members/crissabl/silly_walk/sigup/images/<? echo "$superdat_name"; ?>">http://www.securenet.net/members/crissabl/silly_walk/sigup/images/<? echo "$superdat_name"; ?></a>.</font></p>

<p align="center">

<br>

<p> 

<table width="100%" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

bordercolor="#333333" valign="bottom">

<tr>

<td><b><font face="Verdana" size="1" color="#CCCCCC"><p align="center"><a

href="http://sigup.com" target="_blank">Upload Script Copyright 2003 Extreme Design

Group. All rights reserved.</font></b> </a></td>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

</body>

</html>

Problem is, you have to CHMOD the directory to full access, and anyone can use the same filename and overwrite an older image.

[jackwanders]

well the first thing that comes to mind is to have each person that wants to use this system log in w/ a user/pass (registration is free of course). The whenever a user uploads a file, have the script append the user's username to the front of the filename, if that's possible.

Of course, you'd need to have mysql installed on the server for this to work, but that shouldn't be that tough to do.

**EDIT** Or only give them access to a subfolder with there username in it...then they can only access and overwrite their own files.

it's an idea.

[Smitjel]

You guys are pretty handy with your php. Does anyone know how to make a countdown similar to the GTA one that BxBoy has a link to in his sig? It looks like php is creating a new png every time you access it...no idea how to do this. Thanks!

[jackwanders]

Well, off the top of my head...

the time() function in PHP returns the number of seconds since mindnight, 01/01/1970. If you knew the number of seconds from then to the point you want to countdown to, then all you have to do is subtract time() from that amount...as you get closer to that time, time() returns a larger and larger number and your result gets smaller and smaller, hitting zero at the time you specified.

Once you have a variable with the number of seconds between now and the time you're counting down to, it's a simple matter to split that up into days, hours, minutes and use each of those values to either display directly to the screen...

However, I don't know how Bxboy does it with a picture. You'd have to ask him.

[Smitjel]

Yeah, the script is the easy part:

<? 
$day = 1;
$month = 1;
$year = 2010;
print ("There are " . (int)((mktime (0,0,0,$month,$day,$year) - time(void))/86400) . " days between today & Janurary 1, 2010");
?>

Incorporating this string into a png is what's got me...

[Blaise Veteran]

Jack,

This is the one I wanted to use, I set up the mysql and tables etc..all seemed to work ..for me.

but in IE it keeps asking you to select an image type, even after you already have.

Also some people would be asked over and over to supply there creds..after successfully creating an account. Tis why I dropped the link to it and use the simple one.

Here's the url: http://blaise.us/pogouploader/uploader.php

Try to create an account, you'll see what I'm talkin about :cry:

I attached the php, the code is way too long to post.

uploader.php

uploader.php

[jackwanders]

Ok. Well the first thing I see, which may explain why users keep getting asked for their creds, is a lack of cookies or sessions. How are you keeping the user's info stored from page load to page load?

Other than that, it worked fine for me.

Lot's o' PHP...I'll keep looking through it.

[Blaise Veteran]

Ok.  Well the first thing I see, which may explain why users keep getting asked for their creds, is a lack of cookies or sessions.  How are you keeping the user's info stored from page load to page load?

lol...oops!

I did not even think that through, just, setup the mysql ran the install.php and gave no thought whatever to cookies.

/me eyes copy of php bible warily and guiltily, laying underneath an unopened mysql manual :blush:

I attached the complete package that came with the script incl the readme.

Thanks for your input so far man, its appreciated (Y)

full.zip

full.zip

[jackwanders]

I just wanted everyone to know that I've put my version of both a random signature generator and a time-interval based signature 'cycler' on my website (click my sig, go to 'web.design.stuff').

So if anyone wants to use it, that's where it is.

[Demitri]

so instead of usin gif.. i cud use png also?... (this is usin the timed sig rotator)

[serox]

I just wanted everyone to know that I've put my version of both a random signature generator and a time-interval based signature 'cycler' on my website (click my sig, go to 'web.design.stuff').

So if anyone wants to use it, that's where it is.

cant find it.....