JavaScript Surprise Link: dynamic change of textlinks code

JavaScript Surprise Link: dynamic change of textlinks code.
Add our simple surprise textlink to your site to make it more exciting. A surprise link is a simple text link that changes its URL permanently (by random generator). The result: each time your visitor clicks on the surprise link a different web site will be opened. Easy configuration of URL. Cross-browser: works with NN4.x, NN6.x, IE4.x

Test JavaScript Surprise Link:
Click on this surprise link to see its effect. Click again and again to see the change of URLs.

Configuration

Step 1: Open your web page. Paste the following code between
the <head> tag and </head> tag of your web page (top of web page):

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.1">
<!-- Beginning of JavaScript -
// CREDITS:
// Surprise-Link
// by Peter Gehrig and Urs Dudli
// Copyright (c) 2002 Peter Gehrig and Urs Dudli. All rights reserved.
// Permission given to use the script provided that this notice remains as is.
// Additional scripts can be found at http://www.fabulant.com & http://www.designerwiz.com
// info@24fun.com
// 2/4/2002

// IMPORTANT: 
// If you add this script to a script-library or a script-archive 
// you have to insert a a highly visible and clickable link to http://www.fabulant.com
// right into the webpage where the script is featured.

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CONFIGURATION STARTS HERE
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// Put your surprise-URLs into the Array below. 
// You may add as many URLs as you like.
// Separate each URL by comma.
var surpriseurl=new Array("http://www.snapbuilder.com.com", "http://www.designerwiz.com", "http://www.pda-cell.com", "http://www.hotbot.com", "http://www.lycos.com", http://www.netscape.com", "http://www.dynamicdrive.com", "http://www.realsurf.com", "http://www.sports.com")

// text to be seen on the status bar when the mouse moves over the surprise-link
var textstatusbar="surprise, surprise ..."

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// CONFIGURATION ENDS HERE
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// do not change the code below

var urlinterval=200
var surpriseurllength=surpriseurl.length
var timer
var mouseisover=false

function openurl(thisurl) {
    var thisurlindex=Math.floor(surpriseurllength*Math.random())
    thisurl.href=surpriseurl[thisurlindex]  
}

function msover() {
    mouseisover=true
    showstatusbar()
}

function msout() {
    mouseisover=false
}

function showstatusbar() {
    if (mouseisover) {
        window.status=textstatusbar 
        timer=setTimeout("showstatusbar()",100)
    }
    else {clearTimeout(timer)}
}
// - End of JavaScript - -->
</script>

Step 2: Open your web page. Paste the following code between
the <body> tag and </body> tag of your web page:

Step 3: Open your web page. Go to the top of the script-code and set your favorite URLs for the surprise-links.

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