// ---------------------------------------------- 
// FileName: ticker.js
// LastModified: 21.12.06
// Location: www.rolle.no/j/
// FirstUpload:	21.12.06
// 
// From http://www.unfortunatenews.com/
// 
// ---------------------------------------------- 
// Ticker startup
function startTicker()
{
	// Define run time values
	theCurrentStory     = -1;
	theCurrentLength    = 0;
	// Locate base objects
	if (document.getElementById) {
		    theAnchorObject     = document.getElementById("tickerAnchor");
			runTheTicker();
	}
	else
	{
	document.write("<style>.ticki{display:none;}.ticko{border:0px; padding:0px;}</style>");
	return true;
	}
}
// Ticker main run loop
function runTheTicker()
{
	var myTimeout;
	// Go for the next story data block
	if(theCurrentLength == 0)
	{
	theCurrentStory++;
	theCurrentStory      = theCurrentStory % theItemCount;
	theStorySummary      = theSummaries[theCurrentStory].replace(/&quot;/g,'"');
	theTargetLink        = theSiteLinks[theCurrentStory];
	theAnchorObject.href = theTargetLink;
	thePrefix 	     = "<span class=\"tickls\">" + theLeadString + "</span>";
	}
	// Stuff the current ticker text into the anchor
	theAnchorObject.innerHTML = thePrefix +
	theStorySummary.substring(0,theCurrentLength) + whatWidget();
	// Modify the length for the substring and define the timer
	if(theCurrentLength != theStorySummary.length)
	{
	theCurrentLength++;
	myTimeout = theCharacterTimeout;
	}
	else
	{
	theCurrentLength = 0;
	myTimeout = theStoryTimeout;
	}
	// Call up the next cycle of the ticker
	setTimeout("runTheTicker()", myTimeout);
}
// Widget generator
function whatWidget()
{
	if(theCurrentLength == theStorySummary.length)
	{
	return theWidgetNone;
	}

	if((theCurrentLength % 2) == 1)
	{
	return theWidgetOne;
	}
	else
	{
	return theWidgetTwo;
	}
}
var theCharacterTimeout = 100;
var theStoryTimeout     = 2000;
var theWidgetOne        = "|";
var theWidgetTwo        = "|";
var theWidgetNone       = "";
var theLeadString       = "";

var theSummaries = new Array();
var theSiteLinks = new Array();