New Member information table with expiration

[Wormopolis]

Broswer Tested: IE and FF
placement: global header (or footer if you want it below site)

This quick code lets you create a table that a brand new member will see immediately after registering. it will self expire the message after a determined number of days, I suggest 7 to 10 days. you can test how the table will look by putting "?testnewmemnote" at the end of your url while on main page (i.e. index.cgi?testnewmemnote)

requires a div element with id="newmemberinfo" and default style display=none. put your HTML message in that div.

<div id="newmemberinfo" style="display:none">blah blah blah</div>

code:

<center><table width="50%" class="bordercolor" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="display:none" id="newmemberinfo"><tr><td><table class="windowbg" width="100%"><tr><td><center><br>Welcome to WormoCodes<br><br>Thank you for registering.  have a look around.  if you have a new code request go ahead and post in the requests board.  If you are looking for help with a code I wrote, go ahead and post in that code's thread.  If you are looking for help with a code by someone else, post in the 'Other codes support' board and I will try to do what I can.  DangerKart is also now taking requests in the graphics section.<br><br>Enjoy yourself.<br><br></center></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></center><br>
<script type="text/javascript">
<!--
//  new member info table with expiration
//  by Wormopolis

var daysBeforeExpire=7;

if (location.href.match(/register2/)) {
 dt=new Date();
 dt.setDate(dt.getDate()+daysBeforeExpire);
 document.cookie="newmemnote=true; expires="+dt;
}
if (pb_username!='Guest' && document.cookie.match(/newmemnote=true/) || location.href.match(/testnewmemnote/))  document.getElementById('newmemberinfo').style.display='';

// -->
</script>


preview: its just a regular table that disappears after a member has been around for a bit.

[Reese]

can I make it Never go away?

[Wormopolis]

I never really considered that because its supposed to only be seen by people that just registered recently.

I would think if you wanted a table that was always there, you could just put a table into the headers (like I have on the brutally honest board).