//This code originally came from:
// WebTicker by Mioplanet
// www.mioplanet.com

/* IT HAS BEEN ALTERED FROM ITS' ORIGINAL STATE
    BECAUSE IT DID NOT WORK AS INTENDED WITH NETSCAPE OR OPERA
    
    PLEASE REFER TO COMMENTS FOR ALTERATION INFORMATION
    JOHN MASON--JMASON@MM.COM
*/


TICKER_CONTENT = document.getElementById("TICKER").innerHTML;
 
TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT = false;
TICKER_SPEED = 2;
TICKER_STYLE = "font-family:Tahoma; font-size:12px; color:#444444";
TICKER_PAUSED = false;

ticker_start();

function ticker_start() {
	var tickerSupported = false;
	TICKER_WIDTH = document.getElementById("TICKER").style.width;
	var img = "<img src=ticker_space.gif width="+TICKER_WIDTH+" height=0>";

    //ALTERED TO INCLUDE NETSCAPE
	// For Firefox, Safari & Netscape use table cell for ticker body
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox")!=-1 || navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Safari")!=-1
        || navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Netscape")!=-1) {
		document.getElementById("TICKER").innerHTML = "<TABLE  cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%'><TR><TD nowrap='nowrap'><SPAN style='"+TICKER_STYLE+"' ID='TICKER_BODY' width='100%'>&nbsp;</SPAN></TD></TR></TABLE>";
		tickerSupported = true;
	}
	/* ALTERED TO INCLUDE OPERA 
	   (ORIGINAL CODE EXPLICITLY EXCLUDED OPERA, 
         BUT MY TESTING SHOWED IT TO WORK AT LEAST WITH OPERA 9)
    */
	
	// For IE & Opera use div for ticker body element
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")!=-1 || navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")!=-1) { 
		document.getElementById("TICKER").innerHTML = "<DIV nowrap='nowrap' style='width:100%;'><SPAN style='"+TICKER_STYLE+"' ID='TICKER_BODY' width='100%'></SPAN></DIV>";
		tickerSupported = true;
	}
	
	if(!tickerSupported) document.getElementById("TICKER").outerHTML = ""; else {
		document.getElementById("TICKER").scrollLeft = TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT ? document.getElementById("TICKER").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("TICKER").offsetWidth : 0;
		document.getElementById("TICKER_BODY").innerHTML = TICKER_CONTENT;
		document.getElementById("TICKER").style.display="block";
		TICKER_tick();
	}
}

function TICKER_tick() {
	if(!TICKER_PAUSED) document.getElementById("TICKER").scrollLeft += TICKER_SPEED * (TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT ? -1 : 1);
	if(TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT && document.getElementById("TICKER").scrollLeft <= 0) document.getElementById("TICKER").scrollLeft = document.getElementById("TICKER").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("TICKER").offsetWidth;
	if(!TICKER_RIGHTTOLEFT && document.getElementById("TICKER").scrollLeft >= document.getElementById("TICKER").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("TICKER").offsetWidth) document.getElementById("TICKER").scrollLeft = 0;
	window.setTimeout("TICKER_tick()", 30);
}