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<div class="msgHere"> | |
... loading today's quote | |
</div> | |
<script type='text/javascript'> | |
var xmlhttp = null; | |
function AjaxRequest(url) { | |
if(xmlhttp != null){ | |
if(xmlhttp.abort) | |
xmlhttp.abort(); | |
xmlhttp = null; | |
}; | |
if(window.XMLHttpRequest) // good browsers | |
xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest(); | |
else if(window.ActiveXObject) // IE | |
xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); | |
if(xmlhttp == null) | |
return null; | |
xmlhttp.open("GET",url,false); | |
xmlhttp.send(null); | |
if(xmlhttp.status >= 200 && xmlhttp.status < 300)// 2xx is good enough | |
return xmlhttp.responseText; | |
else | |
return null; | |
} | |
function clearEle(element){ | |
while(element.hasChildNodes()) | |
element.removeChild(element.firstChild); | |
} | |
window.onload = function(){ | |
var el, msg, date1, date2, txt = AjaxRequest('/files/quotes.txt'); | |
date2 = new Date(); | |
date2.setFullYear(2011);// year to begin | |
date2.setMonth(5);// take 1 from the month number | |
date2.setDate(6); // date of month | |
if(txt == null) | |
msg = 'page not found or Ajax not supported by your browser.'; | |
else{ | |
msg = txt; | |
} | |
date1 = new Date(); | |
txt = msg.split("\n"); | |
date1 = Math.floor(date1.getTime() / (24*60*60*1000)); | |
date2 = Math.floor(date2.getTime() / (24*60*60*1000)); | |
if(date1 > date2){// swap them around? -- replace with another method? | |
var tmp = date1; | |
date1 = date2; | |
date2 = tmp; | |
}; | |
el = document.getElementsByClassName('msgHere'); | |
for(var i=0; i < el.length; i++) { | |
clearEle(el[i]); | |
el[i].appendChild( document.createTextNode(txt[(date2-date1)%txt.length])); | |
}; | |
} | |
</script> |
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