Random Link Generator allows you to set up a page which has a link on it, or establish a link on an existing page, which, when clicked on, the user is taken to a random url pulled out of a list of urls that you specify. The list of URLs resides in a file and the newest version of the Free For All Link Page allows for automatic addition to this file of all new links. There are several downloading options available below and more information on this script can be found in the Readme file.

The Readme files at Matt's Script Archive contain detailed installation, configuration and usage instructions that will take you step by step from putting the scripts on your system to using them in your web pages. You should read these through and keep them by you when setting up or installing any MSA script. It is probably not a bad idea to print them out. Each compressed script package contains a plain text version of the Readme file, however the links below will take you to their HTML counterparts.



Readme Files: Random Link Generator:

- Copyright and Header

- Overview

- rand_link.pl

- rand_link.html



Random Link Generator can be downloaded in several different formats, or you can even have it mailed to you as a uuencoded file. Click on one of the links below to the appropriately compressed file and download options will appear.

The above distributions contain the following files you may wish to view:



rand_link.pl - The perl script which randomly selects a URL and redirects the user.

README - Includes installation instructions and a detailed description of use.

rand_link.html - A sample HTML file that shows how to call rand_link.pl.

rand_log - An optional log file to tell who has accessed the random links.

Several scripts at Matt's Script Archive lend themselves well to local working demonstrations. Random Link Generator is one of these and the working demo is available below. Click on the link to travel to a random site.



Take me to a Random Site! (Working Demo)



The following is a drop-in replacement for Random Link Generator developed by a project called nms. We have also supplied info about their goals and modifications.

nms Random Link Generator file format: .zip (5.7kb), .tar.gz (4.2kb)