newsticker-marquee-ersatz

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

NewsTicker.prototype.init = function()
{
    div = document.getElementById("newsticker");
    if(div)
    {
        this.container = div;
        this.text = div.innerHTML;
    }
}

NewsTicker.prototype.loop = function()
{
    if(this.container == null)
    {
        this.init();
        window.setTimeout("newsticker.loop()","250");
    }
    else
    {
        this.index++;
        if(this.index>=this.text.length)
        {
            this.index = 0;
            this.othercolor = !this.othercolor;
        }

        if(this.othercolor)
            this.container.innerHTML = "<font color=#00ff00>"+this.text.substring(this.index)+"</font> "+this.text.substring(0,this.index);
        else
            this.container.innerHTML = this.text.substring(this.index)+" <font color=#00ff00>"+this.text.substring(0,this.index)+"</font>";

        window.setTimeout("newsticker.loop()","125");
    }
}

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