secondsBeforeBannerFlip = 30; // How many seconds should we wait before flipping the ads? var mspause = 1000 * secondsBeforeBannerFlip; // This converts the seconds to milliseconds. var ads = new Array(); // // Build up the arrays that contain the rotating ad information. var aAdLinkLocations; // This will keep track of where our links are on the page that we want to manipulate. // This will scan though the ad positions that are registered to rotate ads and call the rotation // function for each of them. function flipAds() { // At this point, we know that "ads" is a variable which contains an entry // for each of the banner positions that have rotating ads. for (position in ads) { attamptFlip(position); } timerID = setTimeout("flipAds()", mspause); } // Pass in a number and this will return a random number between 0 and the whole integer you pass. // This is useful for picking a random entry on an array. function randomIndex(topRange) { return Math.round(Math.random()*topRange); } // This will instruct all compatible banner positions on the page to show // the next banner in the rotation without refreshing the page. function attamptFlip(position) { // Reset this variable just in case something else changed this variable. var aAdLinkLocations = lookUpAdLinks(); // What ad is currently displayed in this position's inventory? currentlyDisplayedAdIndex = ads[position][1]; // If there are at least 2 ads to rotate through (AND the ad tag is on the page), we'll try to flip them here... // Also, only flit if we have not done the entire set 3 times yet. if (ads[position][2] < 3 && ads[position][0].length > 1 && eval("typeof document.cpstillad" + position + " != 'undefined'")) { if (currentlyDisplayedAdIndex < ads[position][0].length-1) { ads[position][1]++; } else { ads[position][1] = 0; ads[position][2]++;// Remember the fact we have iterated through this set another time. } // The next 2 lines will call back to the banner ad server and cache bust and allow you to count this view. tmpImg = new Image(); tmpImg.src = ads[position][0][ads[position][1]][2] + cacheBust(); eval("document.cpstillad" + position + ".src = ads[position][0][ads[position][1]][0];"); document.links[aAdLinkLocations[position]].href = ads[position][0][ads[position][1]][1]; } } // This function will return a new number every time you call it. Good for cache busting. function cacheBust() { x = new Date(); return x.getTime() + '' + randomIndex(1000); } // This will start the image flipping process. function Start() { Reset(); aAdLinkLocations = lookUpAdLinks(); // This defines the ads. tStart = new Date(); timerID = setTimeout("flipAds()", mspause); } // The page first needs to build before we can analyize the links so we'll start this after a few // seconds. function DelayedStart() { Reset();// Initialize the timer. tStart = new Date(); timerID = setTimeout("Start()", 2000); } function Reset() { // This kills the timer object. var timerID = 0; var tStart = null; } // In order to be able to change the click through URL's, we'll need to find the link // index of each of the ads. This function will build an associative array of the ad link // locations. The key is the banner position and the value is the link index on the page. function lookUpAdLinks() { aLinkLocationsX = new Array(); // Loop over each of the links on this page // searching for the rotating ad positions. for (i=1;i<=document.links.length;i++) { // If this image object appears to be one of the banner positions, try to figure out which it is. if (typeof(document.links[i-1].name) != 'undefined' && document.links[i-1].name.indexOf('cpstilladclick') > -1) { aLinkLocationsX['' + document.links[i-1].name.substring(14,document.links[i-1].name.length+1)] = i-1; } } return aLinkLocationsX; } // This stops the banner rotations. function Stop() { if (typeof timerID != 'undefined' && timerID) { clearTimeout(timerID); timerID = 0; } tStart = null; } // Pass an array of ads to this function and the SRC of the ad currently running. This function // will find the index of the current ad.. function findRotationIndex(aAds, position) { if (aAds.length == 0 || aAds.length == 1 || eval("typeof document.cpstillad" + position + " == 'undefined'")) { return 0; } else { chosenIndex = null; // Find the index of the currently displayed ad. for (i=0;i
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