Janet,
I don't know your level of skill with javaScript, if you know a bit of JavaScript and want to try something for free here is a solution. Don't be afraid by the length if my post : I put a lot of comments here, but the way to use this JavaScript system is very simple.
1- create a script file containing ALL your banners' images, links and text. Here is that script (you have to customize it by adding real URLs, links and texts), and save this script on your web server in a file called, let's say, 'banner_script.js' :
// ---- begining
function display_banners(pageid) {
for(var i in banner) {
if(banner[i].id==pageid) {
document.write(
(banner[i].link ? '<a href="' + banner[i].link + '" target="advert">' : '')
+ '' + banner[i].image + ''
+ (banner[i].link ? '</a>' : '')
+ (banner[i].text ? '
' + banner[i].text + '</p>' : '')
);
}
}
}
function _banner(a,b,c,d) {
this.id=a;
this.image=b;
this.link=c;
this.text=d;
}
var banner=new Array(),c=0;
banner[c++]= new _banner("page_id","image_url","link","text to put under the image");
// ------ end
To fit you needs, you have to put your own banner's parameters in the last line, the one starting with 'banner[c++]=..., where :
page_id is the page where the banner should appear (see below)
image_url is the URL of the banner's image, here it can be an absolute URL starting with 'http://www' etc..., or a relative address to the web page which will display the banner
link is an optionnal target page for the image. If it exists, clicking on the image will open a new window with the target page inside
text to put under the image is an optionnal text to display under the image.
Well, this is your central script, it must include ALL your banners. Easy to maintain : to add new banners in this file, just add new 'banner[c++]= ...' lines. To delete a banner, delete the line. When you make a change to this unique file, all the pages using this system are automatically updated.
2- put those lines on each page where some banners should appear :
<script language="javascript" src="XXXXXX"></script>
<script language="javascript">display_banners("ZZZZ")</script>
where XXXXXX is the URL of the above central script containing all the banners, and ZZZZ is your page ID.
The page ID : to know which banner have to display on which page, each page using this system must have a unique "page id", what means : a unique name, or identifier, as you prefer. Let's say you decide to give one your pages the name 'page1', then above lines to add on this page would be :
<script language="javascript" src="XXXXXX"></script>
<script language="javascript">display_banners("page1")</script>
This will display each banner of the central script where the page_id parameter is set to 'page1', for instance :
banner[c++]= new _banner("page1","image1.gif","http://www.net-createurs.com","What a wonderfull french website");
--------------------
OK ? This script is actually quite simple, if you want to add the same banner on many pages you have to create as many "banner[c++]=..." lines, but before thinking to modify it let's see if it meets your requirements.
I wrote it on the fly, and if it isn't what you are looking for just forget it !... The advantage of JavaScript over others PHP, CGI or Java scripts is that you can easily test it offline, on any PC with a browser.
JP