How to install a switching banner?

Open/timetable banner like in traditional shops

[lusagalo]

Dear all,

I would like to know if is there any easy way of having a banner which can be very easily changed whenever I want it to change. At first, I would just like to change it using two models, but, I could use more in future.

Is it possible with free software? I imagine it should be...

Thank you for your replies, this is a great forum!

[vkaryl]

Hmm. I think I might (if I wanted to do something like this) use an include file - .php probably, being the easiest and maybe the most versatile. SSI would work as well, assuming your host allows that sort of stuff.

That way, every time you need to change something, you simply change the include file, upload it, and since each page which needs to show the change of information "includes" the file with the change, each and every page is changed just by uploading one file.

[lusagalo]

Thank you!

Yes, I think it can be the solution.

The banner is a kind of open/closed, like in traditional shops.

I think your solution of just uploading each time the image can be good enough. I hope I donīt forget to switch it off before leaving my office!

Thanks, again...

[vkaryl]

Well, you might be able to set up a cron job to run the whole shebang: "open" your shop in the morning, "close" it at night.

Or.... hmmm.... how about a mouseover which uses a js to display the "open" or "closed" state depending on time of day, day of week, etc.?

Um. You'd have to talk to someone more intelligent than I am about js though - I can't even make the online "producers" give me mouseovers (not that that's a bad thing, actually since mouseovers are "so 90's"....)