Date with message and or image

Date with message or image

This script shows the date in normal text also optional greeting and/or image for day and to show messages on set dates. This makes it look more natural on your page, which will keep more users coming back.

Example:

Today is my Birthday!

Follow the editing instructions after the // and within the 
to customize the script, then copy and paste it into your HTML editor.

1. Copy and paste this code into the HEAD section of your HTML

<!-- Begin
var days = new Array();
var msgs = new Array();

days[0] = "April 10, 2005";
msgs[0] = "<BR><IMG src='cake.gif' width='32' height='32' alt='Birthday'><BR>Today is my Birthday!";

days[1] = "December 21, 2005";
msgs[1] = "<BR>Ready for Christmas yet?";

days[2] = "December 22, 2005";
msgs[2] = "<BR>Another day closer, almost there!";

days[3] = "December 23, 2005";
msgs[3] = "<BR>Tomorrow is Christmas Eve!";

days[4] = "December 24, 2005";
msgs[4] = "<BR>Today is Christmas Eve, thanks for visiting!";

days[5] = "December 24, 2005";
msgs[5] = "<BR>Welcome to this page on Christmas Day!";

days[6] = "January 01, 2006";
msgs[6] = "<BR>Happy New Year!";

var months = new Array("",
"January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June",
"July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"
);

var today = new Date(); // today
var mon = months[today.getMonth() + 1]; // month
var day = today.getDate(); // day
var year = y2k(today.getYear()); // year

function dateMsg() {
for (i = 0; i < days.length; i++) {
tempdate = new Date(days[i]);
tempmonth = months[tempdate.getMonth() + 1];
tempday = tempdate.getDate();
tempyear = y2k(tempdate.getYear());
if (year == tempyear && mon == tempmonth && day == tempday)
return("Today is " + days[i] + ".  " + msgs[i]); // returns day message
   }
return("Today is " + mon + " " + day + ", " + year + "."); // returns default
}

// Y2K Fix Function
function y2k(year) {
if (year < 2000)
year = year + 1900;
return year;
}
//  End -->
</SCRIPT>

2. Simply copy and paste this code where you wish it to appear