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  • Levi
    #1

    Creating temporary links that expire?

    I am developing a web site for a summer comedy series. The site has
    links to buy tickets but I want them to disappear two hours before the
    show begins. Does anyone know how to use a simple javascript that
    shows and hides text and links after a date has passed?

    lee317
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    • Lee
      #2
      Re: Creating temporary links that expire?

      Levi said:[color=blue]
      >
      >I am developing a web site for a summer comedy series. The site has
      >links to buy tickets but I want them to disappear two hours before the
      >show begins. Does anyone know how to use a simple javascript that
      >shows and hides text and links after a date has passed?[/color]

      This example only hides the "buy" link after the date has passed
      (it actually checks to see if it's within 2 hours of the data/time).
      It assumes that you and your customers are within the same time
      zone and that there won't be a Daylight Saving Time change just
      before showtime. Older browsers and browsers that have javascript
      disabled will still see the link.


      <html>
      <head>
      <script type="text/javascript">
      var TWO_HOURS=72000 00;
      function checkExpiry(img ,dateString){
      var showTime=new Date(dateString );
      var now=new Date();
      if(img.parentNo de && (showTime-now)<TWO_HOURS) {
      img.parentNode. style.visibilit y="hidden";
      }
      }
      </script>
      </head>
      <body>
      <table>
      <tr>
      <td>Show 1</td>
      <td><a href="linkToBuy Tickets.html">< img border="0"
      src="http://www.azphx.com/dhtml/tmp/buy5025.gif"
      onload="checkEx piry(this,'Mon, 25 Dec 1995 13:30')"></a>
      </td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
      <td>Show 2</td>
      <td><a href="linkToBuy Tickets.html">< img border="0"
      src="http://www.azphx.com/dhtml/tmp/buy5025.gif"
      onload="checkEx piry(this,'Mon, 25 Dec 2004 13:30')"></a>
      </td>
      </tr>
      </table>
      </body>
      </html>

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        • Matthias H. Risse
          #3
          Re: Creating temporary links that expire?

          you could also do it in php.
          check php.net for date-calculation functions

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            • Levi
              #4
              Re: Creating temporary links that expire?

              Thanks so much...this is perfect!

              Lee <REM0VElbspamtr ap@cox.net> wrote in message news:<c9u56v025 st@drn.newsguy. com>...[color=blue]
              > Levi said:[color=green]
              > >
              > >I am developing a web site for a summer comedy series. The site has
              > >links to buy tickets but I want them to disappear two hours before the
              > >show begins. Does anyone know how to use a simple javascript that
              > >shows and hides text and links after a date has passed?[/color]
              >
              > This example only hides the "buy" link after the date has passed
              > (it actually checks to see if it's within 2 hours of the data/time).
              > It assumes that you and your customers are within the same time
              > zone and that there won't be a Daylight Saving Time change just
              > before showtime. Older browsers and browsers that have javascript
              > disabled will still see the link.
              >
              >
              > <html>
              > <head>
              > <script type="text/javascript">
              > var TWO_HOURS=72000 00;
              > function checkExpiry(img ,dateString){
              > var showTime=new Date(dateString );
              > var now=new Date();
              > if(img.parentNo de && (showTime-now)<TWO_HOURS) {
              > img.parentNode. style.visibilit y="hidden";
              > }
              > }
              > </script>
              > </head>
              > <body>
              > <table>
              > <tr>
              > <td>Show 1</td>
              > <td><a href="linkToBuy Tickets.html">< img border="0"
              > src="http://www.azphx.com/dhtml/tmp/buy5025.gif"
              > onload="checkEx piry(this,'Mon, 25 Dec 1995 13:30')"></a>
              > </td>
              > </tr>
              > <tr>
              > <td>Show 2</td>
              > <td><a href="linkToBuy Tickets.html">< img border="0"
              > src="http://www.azphx.com/dhtml/tmp/buy5025.gif"
              > onload="checkEx piry(this,'Mon, 25 Dec 2004 13:30')"></a>
              > </td>
              > </tr>
              > </table>
              > </body>
              > </html>[/color]

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