NewsTicker

function NewsTicker()
{
    this.container = null;
    this.text = "";
    this.index = 0;
    this.count = 0;
    this.othercolor = false;
}

NewsTicker.prototype.init = function()
{
    div = document.getElementById("newstickertext");
    if(div)
    {
        textWidth = div.offsetWidth;
        this.text = div.innerHTML;

        div = document.getElementById("newsticker");
        this.container = div;
        containerWidth = div.offsetWidth;

        this.count = Math.ceil(containerWidth/textWidth);
    }
}

NewsTicker.prototype.loop = function()
{
    if(this.container == null)
        this.init();
    else
    {
        this.index++;
        if(this.index>=this.text.length)
        {
            this.index = 0;
            this.othercolor = !this.othercolor;
        }

        oc = this.othercolor;
        txt = "<span class='newsticker"+(oc?"2":"1")+"'>"+this.text.substring(this.index)+"</span>";

        for(i=1;i<this.count;i++)
        {
            oc = !oc;
            txt += "<span class='newsticker"+(oc?"2":"1")+"'>"+this.text+"</span>";

        }
        oc = !oc;
        txt += "<span class='newsticker"+(oc?"2":"1")+"'>"+this.text.substring(0,this.index)+"</span>";

        this.container.innerHTML = txt;
    }
    window.setTimeout("newsticker.loop()","75");
}

NewsTicker.prototype.updateCheck = function()
{
    /** update routine **/
    //window.setTimeout("newsticker.updateCheck()","60000");
}

NewsTicker.prototype.start = function()
{
    this.loop();
    this.updateCheck();
}

window.newsticker = new NewsTicker();
window.newsticker.start();