Publisher review:RandText Pro is a robust Perl script that simplifies and manages the creation and timely display of dynamic content on your web pages. With RandText Pro, you can define web page content days/weeks/months ahead of time...then relax while RandText Pro manages the timely presentation of that content.
RandText Pro can help ensure that your web pages are always fresh, thereby encouraging return visits.
RandText Pro supports the following display schedules:
- Countdown - Changes Daily Till Target Date - One of our most powerful features. You set a start date and a target date and define the content to be displayed for each day up till the target day is reached. The predefined content will automatically change daily till the target date is reached. After the target date is passed, the default content (that you define) will be displayed. If you don't define content for a particular day during the countdown period, the default content would be displayed. Great for things like announcements of an event where you count the days till "the event" will happen. Helps build anticipation for the upcoming event.
- Random Changes with each reload -Create a file of unlimited messages/content. RandText will randomly select a different message each time the page is displayed or refreshed.
- Sequential-Changes every nth day- Create a file of up to 365 messages. RandText will sequentially cycle through the file and display a different message every nth day (you control the nth). Great for things like a "quote of the day" or "tip of the day".
- Daily (By Time of Day)- This feature allows you to schedule the display of content by time of day for each day of the week. Define, by day of week, multiple time slots and the content that should be displayed during each time slot. A time slot can be as short as one minute or as long as 24 hours.
- Daily (By Day of Week- Create a file of 7 messages/content, one for each day of the week. RandText will display the message entered for each day of the week. At the end of a week, the cycle would start over again.
- Daily (By Day of Month) - Create a file of 31 messages/content, one for each day of the month. RandText will display the message entered for each day of the month on that day. At the end of a month, the cycle would start over again. During months that have less then 31 days, the extra messages would not be displayed.
- Daily (By Day of Year)- The ultimate in control over predefined messaging/content. Create a file of 365 messages, one for each day of the year. RandText will display the message entered for each day of the year on that day. At the end of a year, the cycle would start over again.
- Monthly (12 Times per Year) - Create a file of 12 messages/content, one for each month of the year. RandText will display the message entered for each month during that month only. At the end of a month, the next month's message would be displayed.
- Weekly (52 Times per Year) - Allows you to define 52 unique messages/content, one for each week of the year. RandText will display the message entered for each week during that week only. At the end of a week, the next week's message would be displayed.
- Display Today's Date - Just a little add-on that allows you to display today's date. The date format can be customized to your liking. In addition to U.S. format, RandText Pro been upgraded to support multiple variations of International and European date formats.
Additional Features:
- Full Featured Admin Panel - The RandText Pro admin panel gives you full control over the creation and timed display of content.
- Integrated WYSIWYG html editor - For IE 5.5 (Windows), Firefox 1.0 , Mozilla 1.3 and Netscape 7 users, RandText Pro will replace all textarea fields with a fully featured WYSIWYG html editor. This feature simplifies working with HTML by creating a user friendly interface similar to FrontPage or Dreamweaver.
- Local Time Adjustment - Allows you to specify an adjustment factor that will compensate for time zone differences between your server and your local time. Ensures accurate display of time sensitive data.
- Display Mode Feature - This feature allows you to turn OFF/ON the display of any content file. Setting the display mode to "OFF" turns off the SSI call without having to remove it from your html.
- Dynamic Dropdowns - This feature letss you to create "Dynamic Dropdowns" for displaying previous periods of content. Visitors will be able to easily link to previous/historical content in a controlled popup window format.
- External File Support - RandText Pro can link to any external file and display its contents. This means that you can use your favorite html editor, such as FrontPage or Dreamweaver to create files and then have RandText Pro display them at the predefined rotation schedule. If you need to rotate large blocks of html or entire web pages, this is an ideal solution.
- Full Web Page - This powerful feature takes advantage of the integrated WYSIWYG html editor and allows you to easily create html for a web page. The html could be as small as a line of text or as big as an entire web page. Then, using an SSI call, randtext.pl will display the html on your page. This feature allows you to edit your web page content from any browser and change content without the need to FTP.
RandText Pro 4.0 is a Perl script for Content Management scripts design by pointafter.com.
It runs on following operating system: Windows / Linux / Mac OS / BSD / Solaris.
Operating system:Windows / Linux / Mac OS / BSD / Solaris
RandText Pro 4.0 script details 
