// 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("<style>.ticki{display:none;}.ticko{border:0px; padding:0px;}</style>");
            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(/&quot;/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:&nbsp;";

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

var theItemCount =3;

theSummaries[0] = "Could your website use more quality traffic? We thought so. Hostway can help. Click here.";
theSiteLinks[0] = "http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;32403799;13175333;g?http://www.hostway.com/pay-per-click/hwppcab.html";
theSummaries[1] = "Get 10,000 potential customers to your web site for $100/month.";
theSiteLinks[1] = "http://www.affinity.com/valuetraffic?ref=marketingfind";
theSummaries[2] = "Download free SEO software and get advanced SEO training";
theSiteLinks[2] = "http://www.webceo.com/sp/marketingfind.htm?source=marketingfind";

startTicker();