/* JS: ticker*/
var tWidth='500px';                  // width (in pixels)
var tHeight='2em';                  // height (in pixels)
var tcolour='#ffffcc';               // background colour:
var moStop=true;                     // pause on mouseover (true or false)
var fontfamily = 'arial,sans-serif'; // font for content
var tSpeed=3;                        // scroll speed (1 = slow, 5 = fast)

// Simple Marquee / Ticker Script
// copyright 3rd January 2006, Stephen Chapman
// permission to use this Javascript on your web page is granted
// provided that all of the below code in this script (including this
// comment) is used without any alteration

var cps=tSpeed; var aw, mq; var fsz = parseInt(tHeight) - 4;
function startticker() {

  if (document.getElementById) {
	var tick = '<div style="position:relative;height:'+tHeight+';line-height:'+tHeight+';overflow:hidden;"';
	//var tick = '<div style="position:relative;overflow:hidden;"';
	if (moStop) tick += ' onmouseover="cps=0;" onmouseout="cps=tSpeed;"';
	tick +='><div id="mq" style="position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;white-space:nowrap;"><\/div><\/div>';

  	document.getElementById('ticker').innerHTML = tick; mq = document.getElementById("mq");
  	mq.style.left=(parseInt(tWidth)+10)+"px";
  	mq.innerHTML='<span id="tx">'+content+'<\/span>';
  	aw = document.getElementById("tx").offsetWidth;

  	lefttime=setInterval("scrollticker()",50);
  }
} 

function scrollticker(){
	mq.style.left = (parseInt(mq.style.left)>(-10 - aw)) ?parseInt(mq.style.left)-cps+"px" : parseInt(tWidth)+10+"px";
} 

window.onload=startticker;