While it's impossible to forecast the exact occurrence of a random event, even a non-mathematician would agree we can manipulate the likelihood of something occurring. For example, in the case of winning the lottery, that would simply mean buying more tickets (and having your dreams dashed multiple times of course). In this tutorial, we take a stab at generating weighed random numbers, or random numbers with some more likely to show up than others. This is useful in situations where you need a more refined random engine, for example in a banner script that can display some banners more often than others.

This is a good script to use for placing a random ad on a page. Once the page is loaded, a random image will be selected and placed on the page. If the image is clicked, the visitor will be brought to the website that corresponds to the image.

With this tutorial you will learn how to show different messages for different days.

After taking this tutorial you will learn how to show a random link on any page of your site!

Tutorial showing an easy way to create the wet text effect. Also a good starting point for creating melted wax and other effects.

Create the script once and reference in any number of ways. The example goes into Date Stamps, News, Quotes, etc. One file to update and one line to include in the HTML page. You can use this as a fake Server-Side Includes to create site navigation. You update the one .js file to alter navigation.

A popular question on CodingForums.com is how to generate a random number in JavaScript. A random number is useful- if not required- in the creation of certain popular JS applications, such as a dice, random image script, or random link generator. In this JavaScript article, we'll learn how to output a random number that falls within the range 1 to x, where x is any integer >1.The results may be unpredictable, but the technique to getting them certainly is not. To generate a random number in JavaScript, simply use the following code: