How to make website shuffle links?

Hey, I'm kinda new to web design. I know basic HTML and CSS but I'm having trouble with the more advanced stuff. I want to make my thumbnail image links shuffle each time the page is refreshed, like on this website: www.thestupidstation.com

On that site, every time you click on something (like the previous/next buttons on the specific topic pages), their thumbnail links on the side changes or shuffles. How can I make my site do that?

 

if you are using wordpress, you can use random widget
if you are using plain php, then you can put it within a random array and display it there

Regards

 

I am not using wordpress...i'm using Dreamweaver to construct the website using HTML and CSS. I don't understand PHP...at all.

 

<script type="text/javascript">
var textarray = [
"hi",
"hello",
"how r u",
"where r u" // No comma after last entry
];

function RndText() {
var rannum= Math.floor(Math.random()*textarray.length);
document.getElementById('ShowText').innerHTML=textarray[rannum];
}
onload = function() { RndText(); }

var inter = setInterval(function() { RndText(); }, 2000);

</script>

PHP:

this will be enough for you - its javascript

put this at the relevant section on webpage

 

Thank you...do I need to change any of that text above and replace it with something else..if so , what?

 

2000 - delay
the text you wish to display - hi,hello , how are you etc.

rest is standard

 

So if I want a bunch of image links to shuffle, I put <a href="whatever.html"><img src="image.gif" /></a> in the place of hi, hello, etc..?

and I put this script in the head element or in the div where those links are contained?

I know I ask a lot of questions lol..just want to make sure I am understanding correctly.

 

instead of asking, the best way is to implement - try , change, try , change, until you get what you want.

Thats how i learned everything i ever knew.

 

Yeah, I realize that. It would be nice to know specifics, though..so I'm not pasting that code in every possible place in my coding. A more thorough explanation is always more helpful.