Rotating Start Page Solution

  • Thread starter Thread starter JOHN NOVIKOFF
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JOHN NOVIKOFF

Anyone know of a download or technique to select, for example, six start
pages and then rotate them once a day? sort of like how Webshots rotates
the wallpaper?

TIA

JOhn
 
Interesting idea! :)

Have you searched http://www.windowsmarketplace.com?
Try: http://www.windowsmarketplace.com/results.aspx?bcatid=42

If that doesn't have what your looking for, you could try the following. I'm
using XPSP2 PRO and have provided steps to prevent the Information Bar from
popping up. If you have a different operating system or browser, you will
need to adjust accordingly if possible.

1. Create a folder in My Documents (or anywhere you like) called HomePages.
2. Open the folder and create a homepages.htm file
3. Edit the homepages.htm file and paste everything between the
Code: 
 &
tags (see below) but not the code tags themselves.
4. Edit the address's in the script so they are sites you are interested in.

[BEGIN: Avoid Information Bar steps]

1. Right click on the HomePages FOLDER and select Sharing and Security.
2. Select the option "Share this folder".
3. Type "HomePages" for the Share name:. (Need Permissions? Skip if your not
sure)
4. Click OK.
5. Open Internet Options and type the following into the Home Page Address:
box. \\<your computers name here>\HomePages\homepages.htm

[END: Avoid Information Bar steps]

If you didn't use the "Avoid Information Bar" steps, then use this step.
5. Open Internet Options and type the following into the Home Page Address:
box. C:\Documents and Settings\<your user name here>\My
Documents\HomePages\homepages.htm

6. Click OK
7. Open a new instance of the browser to see the results.

Code: 
<script>
var currentTime = new Date();
var day = currentTime.getDay();
switch(day)
{
case 0:
window.location="http://www.msn.com";
break;
case 1:
window.location="http://www.microsoft.com/";
break;
case 2:
window.location="http://www.xbox.com";
break;
case 3:
window.location="http://www.msn.com";
break;
case 4:
window.location="http://www.msn.com";
break;
case 5:
window.location="http://www.msn.com";
break;
case 6:
window.location="http://www.msn.com";
break;
default:
break;
}
</script>

If this isn't your exact setup, at least you will have a good idea of how to
make this work. If you have access to a web server, you could just place the
homepages.htm file on the server and point your home page to it.

Hope this helps.

Alex Scott [MSFT]

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
 
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