/*Script moves the text in the div tag (simulates marquee tag)*/

var tWidth = '358px';                  // width (in pixels)
var tHeight = '25px';                  // height (in pixels)
var tcolour = 'inherit';  //'#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)
var content;

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

function startticker() {
    if (document.getElementById) {
        /*get data from div tag (story title)*/
        content = document.getElementById('ticker').innerHTML

        var tick = '<div style="position:relative;width:' + tWidth + ';height:' + tHeight + ';overflow:hidden;background-color:' + tcolour + '"';
        if (moStop)
            tick += ' onmouseover="cps=0" onmouseout="cps=tSpeed"';
        tick += '><div id="mq" style="position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;font-family:' + fontfamily + ';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";
}