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==Random Toon Button== | ==Random Toon Button== | ||
- | + | The '''Random Toon Button''' was added to the main pages alongside [[Quote of the Week]], [[Weekly Fanstuff]], and [[Sketchbook]] on September 12, 2005 and can be accessed by clicking the button labeled ''R''. It loads a random [[Toon]], [[Strong Bad Email]], [[Marzipan's Answering Machine]], or [[Teen Girl Squad]]. If you don't like the selection it comes up with, you can press the "again" button on the left side of the box before you are redirected, which will restart the selection process. You can also press the "close" button on the right of the box to abort the selection. | |
- | The '''Random Toon Button''' was added to the | + | |
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==random.bat/go rando!== | ==random.bat/go rando!== | ||
- | A similar button was also added to the top right of the [[Strong Bad Email]] | + | A similar button was also added to the top right of the [[Strong Bad Email]] menu on September 12, 2005, along with a [[Scroll Button Song]] referencing it. Originally labeled "random.bat", the button appears in the top-right corner of the computer screen. Pressing it causes the menu to select several random emails in sequence. When it is done, it loads the last random email it picked. [[Strong Bad]] says one of several things when it's activated: |
*'''STRONG BAD:''' Brrrrrrakatakatakataka...ta..ka...tick...tick... Brring! | *'''STRONG BAD:''' Brrrrrrakatakatakataka...ta..ka...tick...tick... Brring! | ||
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*'''STRONG BAD:''' Broooodagadagadaga..da..ga..da...ga... Dooj. | *'''STRONG BAD:''' Broooodagadagadaga..da..ga..da...ga... Dooj. | ||
- | The random.bat button was removed from the menu after Strong Bad destroyed | + | The random.bat button was removed from the menu after Strong Bad destroyed [[Lappy 486]] in [[hremail3184]], and then was put back as "go rando!" on August 31, 2009, with the introduction of the first [[Compé]] scroll button song. |
==Navigation Bar== | ==Navigation Bar== | ||
- | + | The random toon button was also added to the navigation bar at the bottom of every page. It reads "rando". It doesn't show the roulette box, simply jumping straight to another toon. Thus far, this has not been added to the special navbars of [[Main Page 22]] or [[virus]], since the navbar is part of the .swf. On most of the toons, they use main_nav.swf. | |
==Fun Facts== | ==Fun Facts== | ||
===Trivia=== | ===Trivia=== | ||
- | *Some of the names of toons were too long for the Main Page random box, leaving the last few letters cut off. They were soon renamed to fit | + | *Some of the names of toons were too long for the Main Page random box, leaving the last few letters cut off. They were soon renamed to fit. |
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|[[Homestar Presents: Present]](s) || H*R Presents: Presents | |[[Homestar Presents: Present]](s) || H*R Presents: Presents | ||
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- | |[[HomestarRunner.com | + | |[[HomestarRunner.com PAY PLUS!|HomestarRunner.com: PAY PL]](US!) || HomestarRunner.com: PAY+ |
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- | |[[In Search of the Yello Dello|In Search of the Yello Dell]](o) || | + | |[[In Search of the Yello Dello|In Search of the Yello Dell]](o) || ''Yello Dello'' |
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|[[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer|Peasant's Quest Movie Trail]](er) || Peasant's Quest Trailer | |[[Peasant's Quest Movie Trailer|Peasant's Quest Movie Trail]](er) || Peasant's Quest Trailer | ||
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|[[Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes|Sweet Cuppin Cakes December]](ween) || Sweet Cuppin Cakes Dween | |[[Decemberween Sweet Cuppin' Cakes|Sweet Cuppin Cakes December]](ween) || Sweet Cuppin Cakes Dween | ||
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- | |[[Teen Girl Squad | + | |[[Decemberween Teen Girl Squad|Teen Girl Squad Decemberwe]](en) || Teen Girl Squad Dween |
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|[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats|The House That Gave Sucky T]](reats) || House ... Sucky Treats | |[[The House That Gave Sucky Treats|The House That Gave Sucky T]](reats) || House ... Sucky Treats | ||
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- | *The Random | + | *The Random toon button also resulted in [[The Brothers Chaps]] formatting all the puppet stuff to html format. |
- | ===Remarks=== | + | ===Remarks=== |
* When the rando link in the navigation bar loads a Puppet Stuff, it is placed on a light blue background. This is because a Puppet Stuff is layered over another page, but the rando link doesn't work with this. The Random Toon button on the Main Pages does allow an external Flash link to be layered over them, so a Puppet Stuff is layered over them. | * When the rando link in the navigation bar loads a Puppet Stuff, it is placed on a light blue background. This is because a Puppet Stuff is layered over another page, but the rando link doesn't work with this. The Random Toon button on the Main Pages does allow an external Flash link to be layered over them, so a Puppet Stuff is layered over them. | ||
- | * ".bat" is the filename extension for [[Wikipedia:Batch file|batch files]], which are text files with a series of commands intended to be executed by the [[DOS|MS-DOS]] or [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Windows]] command interpreters. | + | * ".bat" is the filename extension for [[Wikipedia:Batch file|batch files]], which are text files with a series of commands intended to be executed by the [[Wikipedia:DOS|MS-DOS]] or [[Wikipedia:Microsoft Windows|Windows]] command interpreters. |
- | * While "random.bat" is running, the names of the various Strong Bad Emails | + | * While "random.bat" is running, you can still click on the names of the various Strong Bad Emails as they flash on the screen. |
*Shortly after being released, a number of minor changes were made to the randomizer. '''The following issues were resolved:''' | *Shortly after being released, a number of minor changes were made to the randomizer. '''The following issues were resolved:''' | ||
- | **[[ | + | **[[Decemberween Puppet Style]] and [[Homestar vs. Little Girl]] (the two [[Decemberween In July]] puppet toons) were not originally included in the random list. There was just a comment in the XML file reading "<tt><nowiki><!--note to add puppet dween!--></nowiki></tt>", reminding [[The Brothers Chaps]] to add them. |
- | **[[Labor Dabor]] didn't originally work, as the | + | **[[Labor Dabor]] didn't originally work, as the urls for the html and swf files were reversed in the XML. |
- | **If the '''R''' button on the | + | **If you clicked the '''R''' button on the main page more than once (either after closing the randomizer box or while it was up), and it picked a Strong Bad Email, the email number in the URL would be larger than the correct number by the number of Strong Bad Emails (it would redirect you to something like [[HR:sbemail405.html|sbemail405.html]]). This was because it kept a counter of the emails as it read the email names from the XML file, and when you clicked the '''R''' again it re-read the list without resetting the counter. |
- | *** [[flashback]] was immune to this problem, as it has a different URL from the others (to distinguish it from [[ | + | *** [[flashback]] was immune to this problem, as it has a different URL from the others (to distinguish it from [[Not the 100th Email!!!]], which itself is not in the XML list) |
**The Random Toon machine didn't have the "&" or "_" symbols embedded, so [[lures & jigs]] was shown as "SBEMAIL: LURES JIGS" and [[sb_email 22]] was displayed as "SBEMAIL: SBEMAIL 22". | **The Random Toon machine didn't have the "&" or "_" symbols embedded, so [[lures & jigs]] was shown as "SBEMAIL: LURES JIGS" and [[sb_email 22]] was displayed as "SBEMAIL: SBEMAIL 22". | ||
- | *[[ | + | *Often the new toons are delayed being added to the XML list, and therefore will not yet be selected randomly. Currently, these are: |
+ | **[[Commandos in the Classroom]] | ||
+ | **[[Strong Bad is a Bad Guy]] | ||
+ | **[[Homestar vs. Other Little Girl]] | ||
* In the XML code, the newest email has the code: new="yup" after it. | * In the XML code, the newest email has the code: new="yup" after it. | ||
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=== Goofs === | === Goofs === | ||
*[[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]] links to [[An Important Rap Song]]. | *[[Sbemail 169 Deleted Scene]] links to [[An Important Rap Song]]. | ||
*[[Date Nite]] links to [[Strongest Man in the World]]. | *[[Date Nite]] links to [[Strongest Man in the World]]. | ||
- | + | *[[Homestar vs. Other Little Girl]], [[Marshie vs. Little Girl]], [[Dangeresque: Puppet Squad]], [[Kick-A-Ball]] and [[April Fool 09]] are not included, nor are any of the [[New Stuff]]-exclusive toons, such as [[Hremails]]. | |
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===Fixed Goofs=== | ===Fixed Goofs=== | ||
- | *On Monday, January 9, 2006, when the | + | *On Monday, January 9, 2006, when the Scroll Button Rap was updated, a new bug was introduced to random.bat: the screen would not automatically scroll to the e-mails as they are selected by the roulette. This was later fixed. |
*[[Strongest Man in the World]] used to appear as "Strongest Man in the Worldk" in the randomizer. This has since been fixed. | *[[Strongest Man in the World]] used to appear as "Strongest Man in the Worldk" in the randomizer. This has since been fixed. | ||
*[[The Next Epi-Snowed]] was originally listed in the XML file as <code>ccd06.html</code> instead of <code>[[HR:ccdo6.html|ccdo6.html]]</code>. This was later fixed. | *[[The Next Epi-Snowed]] was originally listed in the XML file as <code>ccd06.html</code> instead of <code>[[HR:ccdo6.html|ccdo6.html]]</code>. This was later fixed. | ||
=== Inside References === | === Inside References === | ||
- | *One of the 'random.bat' raps ends with | + | *One of the 'random.bat' raps ends with ''[[Dooj]]''. ''Dooj'' was also used in [[The System Is Down (song)|The System Is Down]]. |
===Real-World References=== | ===Real-World References=== | ||
- | *"Rando" is a possible reference to " | + | *"Rando" is a possible reference to "[[Wikipedia:Mystery_Science_Theater_3000:_The_Movie|Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie]]", in which "The Amazing Rando" is a recurring joke throughout the end credits sequence. |
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
- | *Click on the R on | + | *Click on the R on any [[HR:{{randommainpage}}.html|main page]] to see the '''Random Toon Button''' in action. |
- | *[[ | + | *[[HR:rando.swf|view Flash file for "random toon"]] |
- | *[[ | + | *[[HR:rando.xml|view XML file for "random toon"]] |
- | *[[HR:sbemail.html|view the Strong Bad Email | + | *[[HR:sbemail.html|view the Strong Bad Email list with random.bat]] |
- | *[[ | + | *[[HR:main_nav.swf|view the navbar with the "rando" link]] |
*[[Forum:4916|forum thread re: Random Toon]] | *[[Forum:4916|forum thread re: Random Toon]] | ||
*[[Forum:4915|forum thread re: random.bat]] | *[[Forum:4915|forum thread re: random.bat]] | ||
{{H*RNav}} | {{H*RNav}} | ||
[[Category:H*R Navigation]][[Category:Special Pages]] | [[Category:H*R Navigation]][[Category:Special Pages]] |