Just wanted to say how much I love the random pic generator on the top right of the home page. I find lots of great stuff there. Is there any way for the site owner/programmer to set up a random pic page where you can view several at once so you dont' have to reload the main page to see another one? I for one would use it a lot.
michael

Well, it's not real hard:

Example of a thumbnail link:

http://datsun1200.com/modules/myalbum/photos/thumbs/4184.jpg

Look for latest photo "number" at:
http://datsun1200.com/modules/myalbum/

Get max photo value in the page text: "There are 6970 Photos in our Database, add a new one."

So we know that values from 1 to 6970 are valid.

So you just use a script to markup a page with as many thumbs as you want using IMG references like:

http://datsun1200.com/modules/myalbum/photos/thumbs/XXX.jpg

Where XXX is a number from 1 to 6970.

Easy. I'll make it up from my site if you like. I should be able to write it up tonight.

Chris

Cool - please post a link when it's done! It does sound easy but I dont' know how to write a program like that. I only have very basic HTML "skils".
MIchael

Ok, so every minute of the day 9 new photos are shown at:

http://www.shoeys.com/datsun/datsun1200.html

There might be a broken link or 2, but the errror checking ain't worth it. Just wait 60 seconds for the next set to appear.

Let me know if you think it's cool.

Cheers,
Chris

good work dattodude your 1337 html skillz0rs dont go unnoticed around here
ive bookmarked it and already found a few phat photos through it as well --->

including this beauty

Yeah thanks dattodude - just what I was looking for!!

I don't want to be a nit-picker but is it possible for the link to go to the photo page that shows the comments etc instead of just the pic? for example this page:

http://datsun1200.com/modules/myalbum/photo.php?lid=7006
instead of this one
http://datsun1200.com/modules/myalbum/photos/7006.jpg

That way you can see the discussion about the pic and repond. IF it's too much trouble that's no problem - i can cut and paste ".php?lid=" and put .jpg at the end. Thansk again for the link!

Michael

Yeah, I guess that could work.. I'll change in the next 12 hours.

Oh dear....

I guess this is the problem with random pictures..

Funny though.

Changed the refresh to 2 minutes, and fixed the link to bring you back here.

So enjoy.

Chris