Miscellaneous Hacks - Randomize your background every refresh!

this is a simple .php file, and small "Style Vars" edit to make it so your background changes on your forum every time you refresh the page, using the popular extensions, such as .jpg, and .png.


rotate.php

PHP Code:

<?PHP 
$dir = 'images/blood/backgrounds/'; //change this to the directory where your background images are from the root directory!
$images = array(); 
$extensions = array('png', 'jpg', 'gif'); 
 
if (!file_exists($dir)) 
 die('directory not found'); 
 
$fp = @opendir($dir); 
 
while ($file = @readdir($fp)) 
{ 
 $info = pathinfo($file); 
 if (in_array($info['extension'], $extensions)) 
  $images[] = $file; 
} 
 
@closedir($fp); 
 
$bg = mt_rand(0, count($images) - 1); 
header('Location: ' . $dir . $images[$bg]); 
?>

put this file into your root directory.

Make sure to change the directory to the background images you want!


Changing the Style Var via doc_background

1. Go to your admincp, click "Style Manager"
2. select your favorite skin on the drop down menu select "Style Vars"
3. in the Style Vars menu, search for "doc_background"
4. Once there replace the Background Image field with url(location of your rotate.php) ex: url(phpfiles/rotate.php) then hit save.

And your finished!

Demo: http://gamingsync.com


Credits
Darkness
I did not create this, but tested it, and had the idea for it, had permission to share this.

[temsamane]

is there any update/same mod for this one?