Need some javascript help

[Bifta]

I have a popup window which uses an animated DIV that a customer want's to only show on certain day's, I've got the day of the week (number) from using

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
today = new Date();
day = today.getDay();
</SCRIPT>

So for example, if day=2,5 or 7 then I want it to do the following:

<script language="JavaScript">
if (document.all) {
   w = document.body.clientWidth;
   h = document.body.clientHeight;
}
else if (document.layers) {
   w = window.innerWidth;
   h = window.innerHeight;
}
var popW = 517, popH = 417;
var leftPos = (w-popW)/2;
document.write('<div id="dropin" style="z-index:12;position:absolute;visibility:hidden;left:'+leftPos+'px;top:100px;width:517px;height:417px;filter:Shadow(color=gray,offX=-5,offY=-5,direction=145)">'); 
</script>
<table width="500" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1" bgcolor="#41738D">
                <tr> 
                  <td height="160" valign="top" bgcolor="#F0F5F7">
                    <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1">
					<tr><td><div align="right"><a href="#" onClick="dismissbox();return false"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Close<strong> 
              [ X ] </strong></font></a></div></td></tr></table>
					<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
                      <tr> 
                        <td valign="top"><p>                                                  
                        <p align="center"><strong><font color="#FF6600">POP UP WINDOW CONTENTS GO IN HERE<br>
                              <br><script language=javascript>document.write(day);</script>

 
                        </font></strong></p>                          </td>
                      </tr>
                    </table>
                  </td>
                </tr>
              </table>
</div>

And if the day isn't one of them values .. not show it...

thanks.

[Caspar]

Basic syntax is as below:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
today = new Date();
day = today.getDay();

if (day == "2") {
	document.write ("Launch popup")
}	
else {
	document.write ("don't launch popup")
}
</script>

[Caspar]

Ok my revised code:

index.htm
//File that loads the script

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
today = new Date();
day = today.getDay();

if (day == "2") {
	window.open('newwindow.htm','','scrollbars=yes,resizable=no');
}	
</script>

newwindow.htm
//contents of the popup

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
	if (document.all) {
	   w = document.body.clientWidth;
	   h = document.body.clientHeight;
	}
	else if (document.layers) {
	   w = window.innerWidth;
	   h = window.innerHeight;
	}
	var popW = 517, popH = 417;
	var leftPos = (w-popW)/2;
	document.write('<div id="dropin" style="z-index:12;position:absolute;visibility:hidden;left:  '+leftPos+'px;top:100px;width:517px;height:417px;filter:Shadow(color=gray,offX=-5,offY=-5,direction=145)">'); 
	</script>
	<table width="500" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="1" bgcolor="#41738D">
                <tr> 
                  <td height="160" valign="top" bgcolor="#F0F5F7">
                    <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1">
					<tr><td><div align="right"><a href=javascript:void(top.close());><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Close<strong> 
              [ X ] </strong></font></a></div></td></tr></table>
					<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5">
                      <tr> 
                        <td valign="top"><p>                                                  
                        <p align="center"><strong><font color="#FF6600">POP UP WINDOW CONTENTS GO IN HERE<br>
                              <br><script language=javascript>document.write(day);</script>

 
                        </font></strong></p>                          </td>
                      </tr>
                    </table>
                  </td>
                </tr>
    </table>
	</div>
</script>

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by Caspar

Basic syntax is as below:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
today = new Date();
day = today.getDay();

if (day == "2") {
	document.write ("Launch popup")
}	
else {
	document.write ("don't launch popup")
}
</script>

So I have to stick the whole of the extra javascript and HTML in document.writes? Parsing that is going to be a nightmare .. think I'll tell them it can't be done with JS and coax them into letting me do it with ASP

The popup isn't actually a new window as such, it's a div and it's part of the page so it can't appear in a new window.

[Caspar]

Yeah, i decided not to encapsulate your code into doc.writes aswell!!!

so I opted for a new window angle, see above

[punky]

Also, if you want to do 2 or 5 or 7, you can do it like this:

if ((var ==2) || (var == 5) || (var == 7))
{
//display window
}

Just for reference, if you want two vars to be certain values, you can use && for and

[Bifta]

It's ok, now he's decided he wants the DIV to show based on a cookie ... so this can be closed I guess, sorry for wasting your time

[Caspar]

np

[Matth]

If it's one of those blasted DIV pseudo popups, tell him it won't win any friends!

http://www.kephyr.com/popupkillertest/index.html - Test your browser and blocker against many popups and variants here - if you can get a clean slate against some of the obscure variants, you're probably running Mozilla!

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by Matth

If it's one of those blasted DIV pseudo popups, tell him it won't win any friends!

http://www.kephyr.com/popupkillertest/index.html - Test your browser and blocker against many popups and variants here - if you can get a clean slate against some of the obscure variants, you're probably running Mozilla!

Doesn't matter whether it wins him any friends or not, it's only going to advertise his services, on his own site and as he's a paying customer, he can have the moon on a stick if he's willing to part with the cash for it.

[Richard M]

Originally Posted by Caspar

Yeah, i decided not to encapsulate your code into doc.writes aswell!!!

so I opted for a new window angle, see above

He needs to be using HTML+CSS (DHTML) for this, if I've read between the lines correctly.
Just like those annoying adverts that popup over the text of the page you're reading on some sites.