// JavaScript Document

var isFirst = 0

function startTicker(){
cPos = 1;
FadeOutImg = 'images/slideshow/image1.jpg';
fadeImages = 'images/slideshow/image1.jpg,images/slideshow/image2.jpg,images/slideshow/image3.jpg,images/slideshow/image4.jpg,images/slideshow/image5.jpg';
eleID1 = 'photo1';
eleID2 = 'photo2';
fadeTime = 3500;

theCurrentStory = -1;
theCurrentLength = 0;
theCurrentDiv = "Title";
theCurrentText = "";
if (document.getElementById){
theAnchorObject = document.getElementById("tickerTitle");
runTheTicker(cPos, FadeOutImg, fadeImages, eleID1, eleID2, fadeTime);
}
else {
document.write("<style>.ticki{display:none;}.ticko {border:0px; padding:0px;}</style>");
return true;
}
}
function runTheTicker(cPos, FadeOutImg, fadeImages, eleID1, eleID2, fadeTime){
if(theCurrentLength == 0){
	
if(theCurrentDiv == "Title"){
document.getElementById("tickerAnchor").innerHTML = "";
theCurrentStory++;
theCurrentStory = theCurrentStory % theItemCount;
}

if (theCurrentDiv == "Title") {
theCurrentText = theTitles[theCurrentStory];
} else {
theCurrentText = theSummaries[theCurrentStory];
}

theStorySummary = theCurrentText.replace(/&quot;/g,'"');

if (theSiteLinks[theCurrentStory] != "") {
theTargetLink = theSiteLinks[theCurrentStory];
theAnchorObject.href = theTargetLink;
}
}

theAnchorObject.innerHTML = theStorySummary.substring(0,theCurrentLength) + whatWidget();

if(theCurrentLength != theStorySummary.length || theCurrentDiv == "Title"){
if(theCurrentLength == theStorySummary.length && theCurrentDiv == "Title"){
	theCurrentDiv = "Summary";
	theCurrentLength = 0;
	theAnchorObject = document.getElementById("tickerAnchor");
} else {
	theCurrentLength++;
}
myTimeout = theCharacterTimeout;
setTimeout("runTheTicker("+cPos+",'"+FadeOutImg+"','"+fadeImages+"','"+eleID1+"','"+eleID2+"','"+fadeTime+"')", myTimeout);
} else {
	theCurrentDiv = "Title";
	theCurrentLength = 0;
	theAnchorObject = document.getElementById("tickerTitle");

	beginFade(cPos, FadeOutImg, fadeImages, eleID1, eleID2, fadeTime);
}

}
function whatWidget(){
if(theCurrentLength == theStorySummary.length){
return theWidgetNone;
}

if((theCurrentLength % 2) == 1){
return theWidgetOne;
} else {
return theWidgetTwo;
}
}

var theCharacterTimeout = 30;
var theStoryTimeout = 6000;
var theWidgetOne = "_";
var theWidgetTwo = "-";
var theWidgetNone = "";
var theLeadString = "";
var myTimeout;

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