ecard system

Michael · June 7th, 2008, 04:05 PM

Hi there, we are planning on incorporating an e-card service into our site.
The customer should be able to browse through pages of available ecards that constantly rotate so that it varies upon a page refresh, also we are wanting the customer to be able to select an ecard and be able to purchase one using paypal.

All ideas and advice will be helpful

Thank you

unitedcraig · June 7th, 2008, 04:39 PM

There is a way through php where you can get a random image to display each time the page refreshes, would something like this help?

Michael · June 7th, 2008, 06:16 PM

A system with that would be great, not being a php coder myself I wouldnt know where to start.

It'd be so that the images were kinda selected randomly and placed inside set squares on the page, maybe 30 on the page at once.

The paypal setup I dont know where to start with that either, any info would be great.

unitedcraig · June 7th, 2008, 06:25 PM

Right, firstly name your images ecard_1.jpg, ecard_2.jpg and so on, make sure that you have the same file extension for all images, and that you don't miss a number.

Then insert the following code where-ever you want the random images to appear:

Code:

<img src="http://path_to_images/ecard_<?php echo(rand(1,10)); ?>.jpg"
width="image_width" height="image_height" alt="image_alt_text" />

You probably recognise the HTML, but are wondering what all the bit between the <? ?> brackets are.

Well this bit of php echos, or displays, a random number from 1 to 10, (change this to however many images you have). What affect this has is that every time the page refreshes a random image is displayed for the user.

http://www.allwebco-templates.com/support/S_paypal.htm

This link might help you out on setting up an account on paypal.

Hope this helps mate

Craig

unitedcraig · June 7th, 2008, 06:26 PM

Oh yeh, if you use any form of php make sure that your file extensions are .php, NOT .html or .htm.

Otherwise it will mess everything up majorly

Michael · June 7th, 2008, 06:33 PM

Thanks very much Ill look into and cheers for the code for the random image display ill post back to let you know how I get on, it may take a while though lol

unitedcraig · June 7th, 2008, 06:35 PM

Lol no problem, any problems just ask

Jack Franklin · June 7th, 2008, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by unitedcraig

Right, firstly name your images ecard_1.jpg, ecard_2.jpg and so on, make sure that you have the same file extension for all images, and that you don't miss a number.

Then insert the following code where-ever you want the random images to appear:

Code:

<img src="http://path_to_images/ecard_<?php echo(rand(1,10)); ?>.jpg"
width="image_width" height="image_height" alt="image_alt_text" />

You probably recognise the HTML, but are wondering what all the bit between the <? ?> brackets are.

Well this bit of php echos, or displays, a random number from 1 to 10, (change this to however many images you have). What affect this has is that every time the page refreshes a random image is displayed for the user.

http://www.allwebco-templates.com/support/S_paypal.htm

This link might help you out on setting up an account on paypal.

Hope this helps mate

Craig

Just to add something Craig missed, for this to work all of your images need to be called ecard_1.jpg, ecard_2,jpg, etc.

If you want it a bit more complex I could throw up a function for you, just let us know how you get on.

unitedcraig · June 7th, 2008, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by unitedcraig

Right, firstly name your images ecard_1.jpg, ecard_2.jpg and so on, make sure that you have the same file extension for all images, and that you don't miss a number.

Think you'll find i said that mate lol

Michael · June 7th, 2008, 07:03 PM

I thought craig did lol, how do you mean by more complex?