need help with url rotator script

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sammymantha 0 Newbie Poster

20 Years Ago

I have a script that is for a url rotator page. I have worked on it for over 3 hours. I converted the text with all my urls to html but all I get is the page title and a blank page. If anyone could help me I would be very appreciative and would give you some free ad space on my website.
thank you,
Sammymantha :o

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Brief, practical clarification for this rotator thread: the symptom reported by — the control page title appears but the new window is blank in Internet Explorer while Firefox/Netscape work — almost always points to either malformed/empty URL entries or to IE blocking the new window. ’s later demo demonstrates that the rotation approach can work cross‑browser, so configuration or input format is the more likely problem.

Most likely causes:

The URL list contains HTML (anchor tags) or empty strings instead of plain absolute URLs (including the protocol). Programmatic navigation methods expect a URL string, not HTML markup; an empty first entry will open an about:blank window.
Internet Explorer popup blocking or local-file/active-content restrictions can stop a script from opening or controlling a second window. Running the file from disk (file://) is more restrictive than serving it over HTTP.
JavaScript (Active Scripting) or high security settings in IE can prevent script-driven navigation.

Practical checks and quick diagnostics:

Host the page over HTTP (upload to a server) rather than opening from the local filesystem.
Confirm the array entries are plain, absolute URLs (protocol + domain). If the entries came from an HTML conversion step, remove the anchor tags.
Use simple runtime checks (alerts or console logging) to show the exact string that the script attempts to open and to see whether window.open returned a Window object; a null return means the popup was blocked.
Test a manual new-window link on the same page to distinguish popup blocking from navigation problems.

Notes and better long‑term approach: pop‑up rotators are fragile in modern browsers. Embedding rotation inside the page (an iframe or DOM replacement) or driving rotation server‑side (or from an external JSON list) is more reliable and easier to maintain than relying on repeated programmatic popups.

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peter_budo 2,532 Code tags enforcer

20 Years Ago

No free space, you should provide us with your code so we can help you find the problem

peter_budo 2,532 Code tags enforcer

20 Years Ago

Your script work absolutly fine for me, I did use only short listing of few address, changed time for faster cycling and had no problems ( used IE6 and firefox 1.0.7).

<html>
<head><title>Control page</title>

<SCRIPT language="JAVASCRIPT">
var Win;
var page_index=0;
var page = new Array();
page[0] = "";
page[1] = "http://www.daniweb.com/";
page[2] = "";
page[3] = "";
page[4] = "http://www.lowestonweb.com/";
page[5] = "http://www.vantecusa.com/";

function next_page()
{
page_index++;
if (page_index == 6) 
page_index = 0;
Win.location.replace(page[page_index]);
}

</SCRIPT>
</head>

<body>
<h1>Auto Start Page Rotator</h1>

<SCRIPT language="JAVASCRIPT">

Win=window.open(page[0], 'Win','resize=yes,toolbar=yes,status=yes,scrollbars=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=1000,height=666')
setInterval("next_page();",8000);
</SCRIPT>

</body>
</html>

You can check it (I will removed from website when you tell me, it just example for you to see)
Dont forget people have often blocked pop ups so they may not want to see it in this form
To admin - if you feel this is advertaising please remove provided url, I have not objections

peter_budo 2,532 Code tags enforcer

20 Years Ago

It has to do something with your browsers settings than. When I open that page I got message "auto start rotator" and then second window open which is rotating url. Also you should upload this on server, I don't know if this will work from station.

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sammymantha 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 1 · 2006-01-09T15:27:58+00:00

I have a script that is for a url rotator page. I have worked on it for over 3 hours. I converted the text with all my urls to html but all I get is the page title and a blank page. If anyone could help me I would be very appreciative and would give you some free ad space on my website.
thank you,
Sammymantha :o

<html>
<head><title>Control page</title>

<SCRIPT language="JAVASCRIPT">
var Win;
var page_index=0;
var page = new Array();
page[0] = "";
page[1] = "";
page[2] = "";
page[3] = "";
page[4] = "";
page[5] = "";
page[6] = "";
page[7] = "";
page[8] = "";
page[9] = "";
page[10] = "";
page[11] = "";
page[12] = "";
page[13] = "";
page[14] = "";
page[15] = "";
page[16] = "";
page[17] = "";
page[18] = "";
page[19] = "";
page[20] = "";
page[21] = "";
page[22] = "";
page[23] = "";
page[24] = "";
page[25] = ""; 
page[26] = "";
page[27] = "";
page[28] = "";
page[29] = "";
page[30] = "";
page[31] = "";
page[32] = "";
page[33] = "";
page[34] = "";
page[35] = ""; 
page[36] = "";
page[37] = "";
page[38] = "";
page[39] = "";
page[40] = ""; 
page[41] = ""; 
page[42] = "";
page[43] = "";
page[44] = "";


function next_page()
{

   page_index++;
   if (page_index == 45) 
        page_index = 0;
   Win.location.replace(page[page_index]);


}

</SCRIPT>
</head>

<body>
<h1>Auto Start Page Rotator</h1>

<SCRIPT language="JAVASCRIPT">

Win=window.open(page[0], 'Win','resize=yes,toolbar=yes,status=yes,scrollbars=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=1000,height=666')
setInterval("next_page();",45000);


</SCRIPT>

</body>
</html>

I put up the script so you can have a look.

sammymantha 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 2 · 2006-01-09T19:00:24+00:00

First off, Thank you! for your help. I copied the script from the web page with your message and it now works on Netscape and Firefox. However It just shows rotator page with title on Internet Explorer (6.0) Any suggestions? Also if you have a link you would like to have on my rotator it's yours. Thanks again for your help.

sammymantha 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 3 · 2006-01-09T19:02:25+00:00

First off, Thank you! for your help. I copied the script from the web page with your message and it now works on Netscape and Firefox. However It just shows rotator page with title on Internet Explorer (6.0) Any suggestions? Also if you have a link you would like to have on my rotator it's yours. Thanks again for your help.[sammymantha]

quanvuong 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 4 · 2007-05-03T22:42:15+00:00

I used the code and it works beautifully with IE6.0 + and Firefox 2.0.0.3.

bri552 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 5 · 2009-06-05T20:09:48+00:00

in the above code your putting the url manually in the code.
I want user to enter the url and let that should be accepted by the code and then resolve
ne help?

peter_budo 2,532 Code tags enforcer Team Colleague Featured Poster · Answer 6 · 2009-06-06T12:53:19+00:00

peter_budo 2,532 Code tags enforcer

17 Years Ago

Use JavaScript option for to store these URLs

kasser 0 Newbie Poster · Answer 7 · 2013-04-26T08:02:36+00:00

Good and nice post.....

I try it and it works
Thanks & regards

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