Bill Reid's JQuotes for Windows95, version 1.0 Bill Reid breid@ebicom.net Purpose: Bill Reid's JQuotes is an easy way to insert Javascript based "random quotes" functions into your web documents with a minimum of effort. Requirements: Windows95 Visual Basic 4.0 runtime files (not included in this archive) Some knowledge of HTML Background: Love those web pages that have a random "quote of the day" or "tip of the day"? A bit confused about how to implement the same in your own documents? Bill Reid's JQuotes will do the work for you. You provide the quotes/tips/pithy sayings and it'll supply the Javascript. Javascript is a web author's dream for certain functions due to the fact that all of its code is placed inside the HTML document itself. No compiling and installing applets. No configuring permissions on CGI scripts. Just paste the code and away you go! This application will generate the code necessary to implement this quotes feature; you just paste the result into your HTML document at the point you wish the code to appear. Top, middle or bottom of page, inside tables or frames - no matter. Anywhere you could place text you can place this code. Of course, your document will only work with a web browser that supports Javascript. Most do. I wrote this application to help out a friend. It worked well enough that I felt it proper to share it with the world at large. Program operation: The app isn't that difficult. Basically, the steps to creating your script are: 1) Put your quotes in via "Add Quotes". Create the list by hand or import the quotes from a text file. The entries in this text file should each be on a single line - ie. a carriage return after each quote. A known bug is that commas in this text file will break the quotes up - so put no commas in there. (I'll fix this later). 2) Select options if you wish - currently only bold and italics. You can suggest other enhancements to the author for future releases. 3) Click "Make Javascript". The app will beep when done. 4) Your Javascript is pasted to the clipboard. Open your HTML document in your editor, move the cursor to the point at which you wish the random quotes to appear, and paste. That's it. The document should be good to go. License: Bill Reid's JQuotes is freeware. This means that although I retain the copyright to the application, you are free to make use of it as you please. You are not licensed to resell this application or distribute it for a profit. Shareware distribution companies who wish to redistribute the application should contact the author for permission and the location of the latest version. Disclaimer: The author will not be held responsible in any way. I am not responsible for lost profits, web downtime, machine problems or any sort of negative side effects as the result of the use or misuse of this program. By installing or using this application, you recognize my liability as such and agree not to hold the author responsible for any effect of the application. If you do not agree to these terms, do not use the application. No harmful bugs are present as far as I am aware, but this is not to be seen as a statement of quality, stability or fitness for a particular purpose. Ie., if you use it, you're responsible for whatever happens. Further notes for the technologically unchallenged: The script works by querying the time and supplying a quote based on the current second. It's not totally random, but random enough. Because of this, only 60 entries are valid. If you specify fewer than 60, they will be repeated to even out the number. The author appreciates feedback via e-mail. I would like to know if it works for you, what you're doing with it, suggestions for improvement, etc. I also ask you to please leave the identifying comment in the script itself so that other users can be made aware of the application and its availability. And if you're real generous, I'd really appreciate a blurb on your inter/intra net site identifying the application's use for others. You can paste the following HTML in your document to serve this purpose: This page contains code created by Bill Reid's JQuotes, from Bill Reid's Shareware & Freeware Dumpsite You can format the text in any way you wish - I'm more concerned with the links. Of course, this is all optional, but if you credit the application on your page, I'll provide a reciprocal link.