Re: two unique banners on one page
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numero = 13373
interpreted = N
texte = >>>I recall (Grant I think) put some webDNA up that would allow for a search >>>to return two unique banners. >> >>I think the simplest way to handle this is to have two separate databases. > I did put up some WebDNA once, but it was awfully complex.>I tried using two databases with random sorts and the problem I have is >that the could always generates the same pair of ads.Hi Daniel,I think Grant meant putting half the banners in one db and the rest in the other db, so the same two could never appear on the same page. But I think there's a better way ...>Is there any way to make both ads truly random?Remember that Random Number generator I wrote? That code will never choose the same two records in the database. Right now, it's set to choose ten (10) unique random numbers, but it could be used to choose only two - or three - or as many unique banners as you want to show on the page ... :)Sincerely, Ken Grome WebDNA Solutions http://www.hui.net/dna/webdna.html
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>>>I recall (Grant I think) put some webDNA up that would allow for a search >>>to return two unique banners. >> >>I think the simplest way to handle this is to have two separate databases. > I did put up some WebDNA once, but it was awfully complex.>I tried using two databases with random sorts and the problem I have is >that the could always generates the same pair of ads.Hi Daniel,I think Grant meant putting half the banners in one db and the rest in the other db, so the same two could never appear on the same page. But I think there's a better way ...>Is there any way to make both ads truly random?Remember that Random Number generator I wrote? That code will never choose the same two records in the database. Right now, it's set to choose ten (10) unique random numbers, but it could be used to choose only two - or three - or as many unique banners as you want to show on the page ... :)Sincerely, Ken Grome WebDNA Solutions http://www.hui.net/dna/webdna.html
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