// CREDITS:
// Newsticker with text-dissolving transition effect
// by Urs Dudli and Peter Gehrig 
// Copyright (c) 2000 Peter Gehrig and Urs Dudli. All rights reserved.
// Permission given to use the script provided that this notice remains as is.
// Additional scripts can be found at http://www.24fun.com.
// info@24fun.ch
// 7/21/2000

// IMPORTANT: 
// If you add this script to a script-library or script-archive 
// you have to add a link to http://www.24fun.com on the webpage 
// where the scrips will be running.

// CONFIGURATION:
// Go to www.24fun.com, open category 'text' and download 
// the full-version of this script as ZIP-file containing the sample images and the 
// script-file with step-by-step instructions for non-programmers.

// Your messages. Add as many as you like
var message=new Array()
message[0]=""
message[1]="\"I was very impressed with the attention you received from the kids.\""
message[2]="\"It was well staged and aimed correctly for the audience.\""
message[3]="\"Fun, exciting, sweet guy!\""
message[4]="\"It exceeded our expectations.\""
message[5]="\"It kept the attention of everyone, including the adults.\""
message[6]="\"It rocked!  The kids and parents loved it.\""



// font-size
var fntsize=12

// font-color
var fntcolor="red"

// font-family
var fntfamily="Arial"

// font-weight: 1 means bold, 0 means normal
var fntweight=1

// standstill of each image(seconds)
var pause=2.5

var backgroundcolor="transparent"

// horizontal position of the slideshow (distance to the left margin of the browser-window, pixels)
var posleft=400

// vertical position of the slideshow (distance to the top margin of the browser-window, pixels)
var postop=102

// width of the textbox (pixels)
var scrollerwidth=290

// height of the textbox (pixels)
var scrollerheight=35

// width of the border (pixels)
var scrollerborder=0

// width of the textpadding  (pixels)
var textpadding=15

// do not edit the variables below
var textwidth=scrollerwidth-(2*textpadding)
var textcontent=""
var bgcontent=""
var i_message=0
var i_stepwave=0
var i_maxstepwave=20
pause=pause*1000
if (fntweight==1) {fntweight="700"}
else {fntweight="100"}

function initiate() {
    gettextcontent()
	getbgcontent()

    if (document.all) {
		wavemessage.innerHTML= textcontent 
		wavemessagebg.innerHTML=bgcontent
		wavemessagebg.style.posLeft=posleft
		wavemessagebg.style.posTop=postop
		wavemessage.style.posLeft=posleft+textpadding
		wavemessage.style.posTop=postop+textpadding-10
		enlargewave()
    }
    if (document.layers) {
        document.wavemessage.left=posleft+textpadding
		document.wavemessage.top=postop+textpadding
		document.wavemessagebg.document.write(bgcontent)
        document.wavemessagebg.document.close()
		document.wavemessagebg.left=posleft
		document.wavemessagebg.top=postop
        changemessage()
    }
    
}

function enlargewave() {
    if (i_stepwave<=i_maxstepwave) {
	    wavemessage.filters.wave.phase=i_stepwave
	    wavemessage.filters.wave.strength=i_stepwave
        wavemessage.filters.wave.lightstrength=i_stepwave
	    wavemessage.filters.wave.freq=i_stepwave
        i_stepwave++
	    var timer=setTimeout("enlargewave()",50)
    }
    else {
        clearTimeout(timer)
        changemessage()
    }
}

function reducewave() {
    if (i_stepwave>0) {
	    wavemessage.filters.wave.phase=i_stepwave
	    wavemessage.filters.wave.strength=i_stepwave
	    wavemessage.filters.wave.lightstrength=i_stepwave
	    wavemessage.filters.wave.freq=i_stepwave
        i_stepwave--
	    var timer=setTimeout("reducewave()",50)
    }
    else {
        clearTimeout(timer)
        var timer=setTimeout("enlargewave()",pause)
    }
}

function changemessage() { 
    i_message++
    if (i_message>=message.length) {i_message=0}
    gettextcontent()

    if (document.all) { 
        wavemessage.innerHTML=textcontent

        reducewave()
    }
    
    if (document.layers) {
        document.wavemessage.document.write(textcontent)
        document.wavemessage.document.close()
        var timer=setTimeout("changemessage()",pause)
    }
    
}

function gettextcontent() {
	textcontent="<center><span style='font-size:"+fntsize+"pt;font-family:"+fntfamily+";font-weight:"+fntweight+";width:"+textwidth+"px'>"
	textcontent+="<font color="+fntcolor+"><a href=\"testimonials.htm\">"+message[i_message]+"</a></font><span></center> "


}

function getbgcontent() {
	bgcontent="<table width="+scrollerwidth+" height="+scrollerheight+" border="+scrollerborder+"><tr><td bgcolor="+backgroundcolor+">&nbsp;</td></tr></table>"
}