//This is the JavaScript file for the Quote of the Day widget.
// Copyright (c) 2011 by Matthew S. Harris
/* This code is expected to be referenced from a document containing the Quote of the Day (QotD) widget.
For the widget to work, the data file (qod.xml) must be in the root folder of the domain, and the
parent/container document must have these elements:
1) The tag must call showQOTD() for the onload event:
2) The section must contain these two references (the first reference is this code, the second is the widget's style sheet):
3) QotD widget needs a place to insert the quote; use this HTML to make widget container:
XML records are expected to be formatted thus (id attribute is a unique identifier for each record); is the day the quote
belongs to, is the text of the quote, and is the attribution to the quote:
Jan 1the text of the quoteattribution of the quote
For quotes which are a list, just put the list in the node (note that all text must be inside the list):
Jan 1
list item one
list item two
attribution of the quote
*/
// global variables
var maxQ = 366;
// end global variables
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function openQOTDXML() { // Open the qod.xml file and return a handle
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest(); } // code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
else { xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); } // code for IE6, IE5
xmlhttp.open("GET","http://www.didjiman.com/qod.xml",false);
xmlhttp.send();
return xmlhttp.responseXML;
}
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function getDateSelector() {
// get today's date in the format "mmm nn"
var month=new Array(12);
month[0]="Jan"; month[1]="Feb"; month[2]="Mar"; month[3]="Apr"; month[4]="May"; month[5]="Jun"; month[6]="Jul"; month[7]="Aug";
month[8]="Sep"; month[9]="Oct"; month[10]="Nov"; month[11]="Dec";
var d = new Date();
txt = d.getDate();
txt = month[d.getMonth()] + " " + txt;
return txt;
}
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function showQOTD() { // show the quote for today
ds = getDateSelector(); // get the date selector
xmlDoc = openQOTDXML(); // open the quotes xml
x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("qd");
var txt="";
for (i=0;i"; // insert the nodeName as an opening HTML tag
for (k=0;k elements
txt = txt + "<" + y.childNodes[k].nodeName + " class=qotd>";
txt = txt + y.childNodes[k].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
txt = txt + "";
}
txt = txt + ""; // close outermost tag
} else {
txt = txt + xtxt;
}
if (xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("by")[i].childNodes[0] != null) { // there is attribution value to get
txt = txt + "
";
}
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function randomQOTD() { // pick a quote at random
var qs = Math.floor(Math.random()* maxQ); // get a random number
xmlDoc = openQOTDXML(); // open the quotes xml
x = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("qtr");
var txt="";
for (i=0;i"; // insert the nodeName as an opening HTML tag
for (k=0;k elements
txt = txt + "<" + y.childNodes[k].nodeName + " class=qotd>";
txt = txt + y.childNodes[k].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
txt = txt + "";
}
txt = txt + ""; // close outermost tag
} else {
txt = txt + xtxt;
}
if (xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("by")[i].childNodes[0] != null) { // there is attribution value to get
txt = txt + "