Posted by Jukka K. Korpela on 09/04/05 02:22

"John <><" <nospam@nospam.ca> wrote:

> Is there a way whereby I can have two "groups" of text in my
> "index.htm" page, which would show alternately as a person accesses
> that page?

No. You can't even know whether your visitor is a person, still less
whether he, she, or it is the same as some other visitor.

> Obviously, the above examples are pure fiction, but hopefully will
> illustrate what I mean.

They illustrate that there is no point in the alternating text idea.

There might be some idea in showing a page as different on the first visit,
perhaps, but it can't be done. So forget it, and move forward.

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