Need Advice – Random Content Generation

[eddiegiese]

Hi all,

I’m looking to include a small section (div) of content that contains recommendations/testimonials my client has received. I would like this div to appear in the header of every page and anytime a user visits/refreshes a page on the site I would like it to display random content (from the recommendations). I can think of 2 ways to do this: PHP pulling from a database, and using jQuery to "auto-refresh" every so often. Is there another good way of doing this? I’m not sure what the best-practice would be for this kind of situation, as I’m a bit of a newcomer to web design. Any advice is GREATLY appreciated.
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[tomwalters5678]

I would go with the PHP approach, or you could use JavaScript with an array that randomly selects a number and passes it into the array and gets back a testimonial. If you wanted something that looks great and refreshes often why not go with a Flash approach, however as I said I would go with the PHP and database.

[eddiegiese]

Thanks guys! I think I will go the PHP route.

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