document.write('');
// Ticker startup
function startTicker()
{
// Define run time values
theCurrentStory = -1;
theCurrentLength = 0;
// Locate base objects
if (document.getElementById) {
theAnchorObject = document.getElementById("tickerAnchor");
runTheTicker();
}
else {
document.write("");
return true;
}
}
// Ticker main run loop
function runTheTicker()
{
var myTimeout;
// Go for the next story data block
if(theCurrentLength == 0)
{
theCurrentStory++;
theCurrentStory = theCurrentStory % theItemCount;
theStorySummary = theSummaries[theCurrentStory].replace(/"/g,'"');
theTargetLink = theSiteLinks[theCurrentStory];
theAnchorObject.href = theTargetLink;
thePrefix = "" + theLeadString + "";
}
// Stuff the current ticker text into the anchor
theAnchorObject.innerHTML = thePrefix +
theStorySummary.substring(0,theCurrentLength) + whatWidget();
// Modify the length for the substring and define the timer
if(theCurrentLength != theStorySummary.length)
{
theCurrentLength++;
myTimeout = theCharacterTimeout;
}
else
{
theCurrentLength = 0;
myTimeout = theStoryTimeout;
}
// Call up the next cycle of the ticker
setTimeout("runTheTicker()", myTimeout);
}
// Widget generator
function whatWidget()
{
if(theCurrentLength == theStorySummary.length)
{
return theWidgetNone;
}
if((theCurrentLength % 2) == 1)
{
return theWidgetOne;
}
else
{
return theWidgetTwo;
}
}
var theCharacterTimeout = 50;
var theStoryTimeout = 5000;
var theWidgetOne = "_";
var theWidgetTwo = "-";
var theWidgetNone = "";
var theLeadString = "LATEST NEWS: ";
var theSummaries = new Array();
var theSiteLinks = new Array();
theSummaries[0] = 'Join BCA & BCRA online - forms and online payment here';
theSiteLinks[0] = 'http://caves.org.uk/payments/bca/index.html';theSummaries[1] = 'Go to the British Caving Library website';
theSiteLinks[1] = 'http://caving-library.org.uk/';theSummaries[2] = 'Download 2010-11 Handbook';
theSiteLinks[2] = 'http://www.british-caving.org.uk/?page=141';var theItemCount = 3
startTicker();