h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Do that nifty thing with the color changing links? I keep finding pages here and there with this effect. I really like it. My page is so boring. Will you please attempt to tell me how to do this? (insert puppydog eyes here)

OK then, here's how to do it...simply copy and paste this to your page:

<!-- Cut-N-Paste JavaScript from ISN Toolbox
Copyright 1996, Infohiway, Inc. Restricted use is hereby
granted (commercial and personal OK) so long as this code
is not *directly* sold and the copyright notice is buried
somewhere deep in your HTML document. A link to our site
http://www.infohiway.com is always appreciated of course,
but is absolutely and positively not necessary. -->


<!--
function initArray() {
for (var i = 0; i < initArray.arguments.length; i++) {
this[i] = initArray.arguments[i];
}
this.length = initArray.arguments.length;
}

// you may fill this colors array with your colors.
// the script will rotate the links through these colors
var colors = new initArray(
"#ffffff",
"#ffffef",
"#ffffdf",
"#ffffcf",
"#ffffbf",
"#ffffaf",
"#ffff9f",
"#ffff8f",
"#ffff7f",
"#ffef7f",
"#ffdf7f",
"#ffcf7f",
"#ffbf7f",
"#ffaf7f",
"#ff9f7f",
"#ff8f7f",
"#ff7f7f",
"#ff7f8f",
"#ff7f9f",
"#ff7faf",
"#ff7fbf",
"#ff7fcf",
"#ff7fdf",
"#ff7fef",
"#ff7fff",
"#ff8fff",
"#ff9fff",
"#ffafff",
"#ffbfff",
"#ffcfff",
"#ffdfff",
"#ffefff");

pause_time = .05; // in seconds

link = 0; // starting color index (in colors array) for unvisited links
vlink = 4; // starting color index (in colors array) for visited links

function linkDance() {
link = (link+1)%colors.length;
vlink = (vlink+1)%colors.length;
//alert("link "+link+"\r\nvlink "+vlink+"\r\nvlinkColor "+document.vlinkColor);
document.linkColor = colors[link];
document.vlinkColor = colors[vlink];
setTimeout("linkDance();",pause_time*1000);
}
linkDance();
// -->


I found it in the GuideML Directory somewhere on h2g2, so you'll need to make sure your homepage entry is set to 'GuideML' before clicking 'update'.
And, unfortunatly, you do have to paste the copyright notice with the text - for legal reasons - don't ask me why.

Thank you, thank you. I'll try it directly. I will also have a look at your space station, and if anything suggests itself to me, I'll be back.