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Asked: 2026-05-16T19:49:00+00:00

Let me start by saying that I’m not a power-JavaScript/jQuery programmer, I do very

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Let me start by saying that I’m not a power-JavaScript/jQuery programmer, I do very basic things with it, yet sometimes things get a little hairy for me, like this one.

My case:

I have a list of testimonials (around 20) and every week (Mondays) I need to updated them.

My problem:

I update them manually. I mean, I open Dreamweaver, update the jQuery code for the corresponding testimonial number, and upload to server.

What I need:

A way to have this be automated… as best as possible.

HTML of testimonials:

<body>
<div class="quotes-container quote-1">
  <div class="quote">Testimonial...</div>
  <div class="author">Author</div>
</div>
<div class="quotes-container quote-2">
  <div class="quote">Testimonial...</div>
  <div class="author">Author</div>
</div>
<div class="quotes-container quote-3">
  <div class="quote">Testimonial...</div>
  <div class="author">Author</div>
</div>
...
</body>

My jQuery used to change the testimonial:

$(function(){
$('#quotes-wrapper').load('/static-files/testimonials.html div.quote-1');
});

As you can see all I need to do is to manually change div.quote-1 to div.quote-2 or div.quote-3 and so on.

But I know there’s got to be a way to have jQuery change these testimonials ‘dynamically’ every Monday (or Tuesday, or any day I choose for that matter), and not have to keep reminders around to not forget to change the testimonials every Monday.

Any ideas how can this be accomplished?

Thanks in advance.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You could find out the week of year to select the div:

    (got the code from http://javascript.about.com/library/blweekyear.htm)

    Date.prototype.getWeek = function() {
  var onejan = new Date(this.getFullYear(),0,1);
  return Math.ceil((((this - onejan) / 86400000) + onejan.getDay()+1)/7);
}
$(function(){
  var today = new Date();
  var weekno = today.getWeek();
  $('#quotes-wrapper').load('/static-files/testimonials.html div.quote-'+weekno);
});
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