//Cross Fading News Ticker - Copyright (
//     c) 2002, Nick Radford
//Use this script as you want... though 
//     give me credit for it!
NewsDelay=5000		//Time each story is displayed for
NewsFadeDelay=1000	//Time taken to fade from one story to the next
NewsFont='Arial'	//Ticket font family
NewsFontSize='11px'	//Ticket font size
NewsTextColor=new Array("#656565","#6C6C6C","#747474","#7B7A7A","#807E7E","#858383","#898787","#8C8B8B","#8D8C8C","#999999","#aaaaaa","#bbbbbb","#cccccc","#dddddd","#E4E3E3","#E9E9E9")
NewsStory=0		//Working Variable
LastNewsStory=0		//Working Variable
NewsColor=0		//Working Variable
    function DisplayNews(){
    	LastNewsStory=NewsStory
    	NewsStory++; if( NewsStory>(Math.floor(NewsArray.length/2)) ){NewsStory=1}
    	FadeNews()
}
    function FadeNews(){
    	if (NewsColor<(NewsTextColor.length)/2){var NewsLayer=1}
    	else {var NewsLayer=2}
    	//Old Story

        	if (LastNewsStory>0){
        		var NewsText = '<A href="'+ NewsArray[(LastNewsStory-1)*2+1] +'" style="color: '+ NewsTextColor[NewsColor] +'; font-family: '+ NewsFont +'; font-size: '+ NewsFontSize +';">'+ NewsArray[(LastNewsStory-1)*2] +'</A>'
        			if(document.layers){ document.eval('newslayer'+(3-NewsLayer)).document.write(NewsText); document.eval('newslayer'+(3-NewsLayer)).document.close() }//NN4
        			if(document.all){ eval('newslayer'+(3-NewsLayer)).innerHTML=NewsText }//IE
        			if(!document.all && document.getElementById){ document.getElementById('newslayer'+(3-NewsLayer)).innerHTML=NewsText }//NN6
        	}
        	//New Story
        		//var NewsText = '<A href="'+ NewsArray[(NewsStory-1)*2+1] +'"><FONT color="'+ NewsTextColor[(NewsTextColor.length)-NewsColor-1] +'" face="'+ NewsFont +'" size="'+ NewsFontSize +'">'+ NewsArray[(NewsStory-1)*2] +'</FONT></A>'
        		var NewsText = '<A href="'+ NewsArray[(NewsStory-1)*2+1] +'" style="color: '+ NewsTextColor[(NewsTextColor.length)-NewsColor-1] +'; font-family: '+ NewsFont +'; font-size: '+ NewsFontSize +';">'+ NewsArray[(NewsStory-1)*2] +'</A>'	
        			if(document.layers){ document.eval('newslayer'+NewsLayer).document.write(NewsText); document.eval('newslayer'+NewsLayer).document.close() }//NN4
        			if(document.all){ eval('newslayer'+NewsLayer).innerHTML=NewsText }//IE
        			if(!document.all && document.getElementById){ document.getElementById('newslayer'+NewsLayer).innerHTML=NewsText; }//NN6
        	NewsColor++
        	if (NewsColor>=NewsTextColor.length){ NewsColor=0; setTimeout('DisplayNews()',NewsDelay) }
        	else { setTimeout('FadeNews()',NewsFadeDelay/NewsTextColor.length) }
    }