Snow effect

[j_san]

Erm im new at this so...

How do create a button so that wen u click on it it loads up a background effect suh as snow...and wen u click it again it gets rid of the snow...

Thanx in advance for ya help...

[Gollum]

Animated background effects like the one you mention are often done using scheduled timer events. The 'Effect' code itterates by moving a number of small images over the screen and then scheduling another event in a small period of time (say 50ms or so) to run the next itteration.

I'm guessing you already have a script that does the snow effect. To make it switchable, all you need to do is find the piece of code that schedules the next itteration and put your own switch just before the call to setTimeout("someFunc();",some ms);

You may also want to loop through all the images and make them invisible too.

[clairec666]

I'm not sure about the snow bit, but say you had two different background colours you wanted to toggle between

Insert this in the head section of your page:
<script type="text/javascript">


function change_background(toggle) {
if(toggle == 1) {
document.bgColor = #000000;
}
if(toggle == 2) {
document.bgColor = #FFFFFF;
}
}
</script>

and this part in the body section:

<form name="f">
<input type="button" name="btn1" value="on" onclick="change_background(1)">
<input type="button" name="btn2" value="off" onclick="change_background(2)">
</form>

Does that work okay? I can also show you how to toggle between two background pictures, if that is more useful

[j_san]

Yeh thanx guys this is the code for the snow but i dnt have a clue where to put it or how to make as im not familiar with javascript but i do know where to put it in the html document...

//Configure below to change URL path to the snow image
var snowsrc="snow.gif"
// Configure below to change number of snow to render
var no = 10;

var ns4up = (document.layers) ? 1 : 0; // browser sniffer
var ie4up = (document.all) ? 1 : 0;
var ns6up = (document.getElementById&&!document.all) ? 1 : 0;

var dx, xp, yp; // coordinate and position variables
var am, stx, sty; // amplitude and step variables
var i, doc_width = 800, doc_height = 600;

if (ns4up||ns6up) {
doc_width = self.innerWidth;
doc_height = self.innerHeight;
} else if (ie4up) {
doc_width = document.body.clientWidth;
doc_height = document.body.clientHeight;
}

dx = new Array();
xp = new Array();
yp = new Array();
am = new Array();
stx = new Array();
sty = new Array();

for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) {
dx[i] = 0; // set coordinate variables
xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-50); // set position variables
yp[i] = Math.random()*doc_height;
am[i] = Math.random()*20; // set amplitude variables
stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10; // set step variables
sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random(); // set step variables
if (ns4up) { // set layers
if (i == 0) {
document.write("<layer name=\"dot"+ i +"\" left=\"15\" top=\"15\" visibility=\"show\"><a href=\"http://dynamicdrive.com/\"><img src='"+snowsrc+"' border=\"0\"><\/a><\/layer>");
} else {
document.write("<layer name=\"dot"+ i +"\" left=\"15\" top=\"15\" visibility=\"show\"><img src='"+snowsrc+"' border=\"0\"><\/layer>");
}
} else if (ie4up||ns6up) {
if (i == 0) {
document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><a href=\"http://dynamicdrive.com\"><img src='"+snowsrc+"' border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>");
} else {
document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><img src='"+snowsrc+"' border=\"0\"><\/div>");
}
}
}

function snowNS() { // Netscape main animation function
for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) { // iterate for every dot
yp[i] += sty[i];
if (yp[i] > doc_height-50) {
xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-30);
yp[i] = 0;
stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;
sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();
doc_width = self.innerWidth;
doc_height = self.innerHeight;
}
dx[i] += stx[i];
document.layers["dot"+i].top = yp[i];
document.layers["dot"+i].left = xp[i] + am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i]);
}
setTimeout("snowNS()", 10);
}

function snowIE_NS6() { // IE and NS6 main animation function
for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) { // iterate for every dot
yp[i] += sty[i];
if (yp[i] > doc_height-50) {
xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-30);
yp[i] = 0;
stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;
sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();
doc_width = ns6up?window.innerWidth : document.body.clientWidth;
doc_height = ns6up?window.innerHeight : document.body.clientHeight;
}
dx[i] += stx[i];
if (ie4up){
document.all["dot"+i].style.pixelTop = yp[i];
document.all["dot"+i].style.pixelLeft = xp[i] + am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i]);
}
else if (ns6up){
document.getElementById("dot"+i).style.top=yp[i];
document.getElementById("dot"+i).style.left=xp[i] + am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i]);
}
}
setTimeout("snowIE_NS6()", 10);
}

if (ns4up) {
snowNS();
} else if (ie4up||ns6up) {
snowIE_NS6();
}

</script>

[j_san]

anyone??

[clairec666]

Sorry, I was a little slow but I hope you're still out there somewhere :rolleyes: so you can read this.............

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">

//Configure below to change URL path to the snow image
var snowsrc="snow.gif"
// Configure below to change number of snow to render
var no = 10;

var ns4up = (document.layers) ? 1 : 0; // browser sniffer
var ie4up = (document.all) ? 1 : 0;
var ns6up = (document.getElementById&&!document.all) ? 1 : 0;

var dx, xp, yp; // coordinate and position variables
var am, stx, sty; // amplitude and step variables
var i, doc_width = 800, doc_height = 600;

if (ns4up||ns6up) {
doc_width = self.innerWidth;
doc_height = self.innerHeight;
} else if (ie4up) {
doc_width = document.body.clientWidth;
doc_height = document.body.clientHeight;
}

dx = new Array();
xp = new Array();
yp = new Array();
am = new Array();
stx = new Array();
sty = new Array();

for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) {
dx[i] = 0; // set coordinate variables
xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-50); // set position variables
yp[i] = Math.random()*doc_height;
am[i] = Math.random()*20; // set amplitude variables
stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10; // set step variables
sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random(); // set step variables
if (ns4up) { // set layers
if (i == 0) {
document.write("<layer name=\"dot"+ i +"\" left=\"15\" top=\"15\" visibility=\"show\"><a href=\"http://dynamicdrive.com/\"><img src='"+snowsrc+"' border=\"0\"><\/a><\/layer>");
} else {
document.write("<layer name=\"dot"+ i +"\" left=\"15\" top=\"15\" visibility=\"show\"><img src='"+snowsrc+"' border=\"0\"><\/layer>");
}
} else if (ie4up||ns6up) {
if (i == 0) {
document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><a href=\"http://dynamicdrive.com\"><img src='"+snowsrc+"' border=\"0\"><\/a><\/div>");
} else {
document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><img src='"+snowsrc+"' border=\"0\"><\/div>");
}
}
}

function start_snow() {
if (ns4up) {
snowNS();
} else if (ie4up||ns6up) {
snowIE_NS6();
}
}

function snowNS() { // Netscape main animation function
for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) { // iterate for every dot
yp[i] += sty[i];
if (yp[i] > doc_height-50) {
xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-30);
yp[i] = 0;
stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;
sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();
doc_width = self.innerWidth;
doc_height = self.innerHeight;
}
dx[i] += stx[i];
document.layers["dot"+i].top = yp[i];
document.layers["dot"+i].left = xp[i] + am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i]);
}
setTimeout("snowNS()", 10);
}

function snowIE_NS6() { // IE and NS6 main animation function
for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) { // iterate for every dot
yp[i] += sty[i];
if (yp[i] > doc_height-50) {
xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-30);
yp[i] = 0;
stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;
sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();
doc_width = ns6up?window.innerWidth : document.body.clientWidth;
doc_height = ns6up?window.innerHeight : document.body.clientHeight;
}
dx[i] += stx[i];
if (ie4up){
document.all["dot"+i].style.pixelTop = yp[i];
document.all["dot"+i].style.pixelLeft = xp[i] + am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i]);
}
else if (ns6up){
document.getElementById("dot"+i).style.top=yp[i];
document.getElementById("dot"+i).style.left=xp[i] + am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i]);
}
}
setTimeout("snowIE_NS6()", 10);
}

</script>
</head>
<body>
<form name="f">
<input type="button" value="Start snow" onclick="start_snow()">
<input type="button" value="Stop snow" onclick="stop_snow()">
</form>
</body>
</html>

There is one part I haven't finished in that script, and that is the "stopsnow" function, so clicking on the stop button will bring up an error.

If somebody else could help out here, I can't remember how to do the "cleartimeout" thing properly, so if anyone else knows how to do it, please post it here :D

[j_san]

Hey thanx claire....does anyone no how to do the "cleartimeout" thing??

[Scriptage]

var time = setTimout("somefunction()", 1000);

clearTimeout(time);

[j_san]

so where do i out that code scriptage??

[j_san]

i meant put*

[Scriptage]

at the line setTimeout("snowIE_NS6()", 10);

var timer = setTimeout("snowIE_NS6()", 10);

where you want to stop the timeout

clearTimeout(timer);

[j_san]

so wot shud the code look like if i insert the "var timer=" bit...sorry im a bit slow....

oh and sorry the actual working code for the snow effect is:

<BODY>

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.2">

<!-- Begin
var no = 50; // snow number
var speed = 0.5; // smaller number moves the snow faster
var snowflake = "http://freewarejava.com/snow.gif";

var ns4up = (document.layers) ? 1 : 0; // browser sniffer
var ie4up = (document.all) ? 1 : 0;
var dx, xp, yp; // coordinate and position variables
var am, stx, sty; // amplitude and step variables
var i, doc_width = 800, doc_height = 600;
if (ns4up) {
doc_width = self.innerWidth;
doc_height = self.innerHeight;
} else if (ie4up) {
doc_width = document.body.clientWidth;
doc_height = document.body.clientHeight;
}
dx = new Array();
xp = new Array();
yp = new Array();
am = new Array();
stx = new Array();
sty = new Array();
for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) {
dx[i] = 0; // set coordinate variables
xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width+1000); // set position variables
yp[i] = Math.random()*doc_height;
am[i] = Math.random()*20; // set amplitude variables
stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10; // set step variables
sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random(); // set step variables
if (ns4up) { // set layers
if (i == 0) {
document.write("<layer name=\"dot"+ i +"\" left=\"15\" ");
document.write("top=\"15\" visibility=\"show\"><img src=\"");
document.write(snowflake + "\" border=\"0\"></layer>");
} else {
document.write("<layer name=\"dot"+ i +"\" left=\"15\" ");
document.write("top=\"15\" visibility=\"show\"><img src=\"");
document.write(snowflake + "\" border=\"0\"></layer>");
}
} else if (ie4up) {
if (i == 0) {
document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: ");
document.write("absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: ");
document.write("visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><img src=\"");
document.write(snowflake + "\" border=\"0\"></div>");
} else {
document.write("<div id=\"dot"+ i +"\" style=\"POSITION: ");
document.write("absolute; Z-INDEX: "+ i +"; VISIBILITY: ");
document.write("visible; TOP: 15px; LEFT: 15px;\"><img src=\"");
document.write(snowflake + "\" border=\"0\"></div>");
}
}
}
function snowNS() { // Netscape main animation function
for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) { // iterate for every dot
yp[i] += sty[i];
if (yp[i] > doc_height-50) {
xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-30);
yp[i] = 0;
stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;
sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();
doc_width = self.innerWidth;
doc_height = self.innerHeight;
}
dx[i] += stx[i];
document.layers["dot"+i].top = yp[i];
document.layers["dot"+i].left = xp[i] + am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i]);
}
setTimeout("snowNS()", speed);
}
function snowIE() { // IE main animation function
for (i = 0; i < no; ++ i) { // iterate for every dot
yp[i] += sty[i];
if (yp[i] > doc_height+1000) {
xp[i] = Math.random()*(doc_width-am[i]-30);
yp[i] = 0;
stx[i] = 0.02 + Math.random()/10;
sty[i] = 0.7 + Math.random();
doc_width = document.body.clientWidth;
doc_height = document.body.clientHeight;
}
dx[i] += stx[i];
document.all["dot"+i].style.pixelTop = yp[i];
document.all["dot"+i].style.pixelLeft = xp[i] + am[i]*Math.sin(dx[i]);
}
setTimeout("snowIE()", speed);
}
if (ns4up) {
snowNS();
} else if (ie4up) {
snowIE();
}
// End -->
</script>

</BODY>

erm scriptage can u edit this code for me.....thanx agen

[j_san]

bump

[Scriptage]

yo been a bit busy...
after what event do you want to clear the timeout?

[j_san]

well i want a continuous loop for the snow so after sum1 presses the "start" snow button the snow will start falling....
And i want the snow to stop after the "stop" button is pressed...

thanx