// === 1 === FONT, COLORS, EXTRAS...
v_font='arial,sans-serif';
v_fontSize='11px';
v_fontSizeNS4='11px';
v_fontWeight='normal';
v_fontColor='#000000';
v_textDecoration='none';
v_fontColorHover='#ff0000';//		| won't work
v_textDecorationHover='underline';//	| in Netscape4
v_bgColor='url(bg.jpg)';
// set [='transparent'] for transparent
// set [='url(image_source)'] for image
v_top=0;//	|
v_left=0;//	| defining
v_width=195;//	| the box
v_height=18;//	|
v_paddingTop=0;
v_paddingLeft=0;
v_position='absolute';// absolute/relative
v_timeout=5000;//1000 = 1 second
v_slideSpeed=45;
v_slideDirection=1;//0=down-up;1=up-down
v_pauseOnMouseOver=false;
// v2.2+ new below
v_slideStep=1;//pixels
v_textAlign='left';// left/center/right
v_textVAlign='top';// top/middle/bottom - won't work in Netscape4

// === 2 === THE CONTENT - ['href','text','target']
// Use '' for href to have no link item

// ===
v_ua=navigator.userAgent;
v_nS4=document.layers?1:0;
v_iE=document.all&&!window.innerWidth&&v_ua.indexOf("MSIE")!=-1?1:0;
v_oP=v_ua.indexOf("Opera")!=-1&&document.clear?1:0;
v_oP7=v_oP&&document.appendChild?1:0;
v_oP4=v_ua.indexOf("Opera")!=-1&&!document.clear;
v_kN=v_ua.indexOf("Konqueror")!=-1&&parseFloat(v_ua.substring(v_ua.indexOf("Konqueror/")+10))<3.1?1:0;
//v_count = 3; //v_content.length;
v_cur=1;
v_cl=0;
v_d=v_slideDirection?-1:1;
v_TIM=0;
v_fontSize2=v_nS4&&navigator.platform.toLowerCase().indexOf("win")!=-1?v_fontSizeNS4:v_fontSize;
v_canPause=0;
function v_getOS(a){
	return v_iE ? document.all[a].style : v_nS4 ? document.layers["v_container"].document.layers[a] : document.getElementById(a).style
};
function init_ticker(){
	var o;
	for(var i = 0; i < v_count; i++){
		o=v_getOS("v_"+(i+1));
		//o.top = "10px";
	}
	v_start();
}
function v_start(){
	var o,px;
	o=v_getOS("v_1");
	px=v_oP&&!v_oP7||v_nS4?0:"px";
	if(parseInt(o.top)==v_paddingTop){
		v_canPause=1;
		if(v_count>1)
			v_TIM=setTimeout("v_canPause=0;v_slide()",v_timeout);
		return
	}
	o.top=(parseInt(o.top)-v_slideStep*v_d)*v_d>v_paddingTop*v_d?parseInt(o.top)-v_slideStep*v_d+px:v_paddingTop+px;
	if(v_oP&&o.visibility.toLowerCase()!="visible")
		o.visibility="visible";
	setTimeout("v_start()",v_slideSpeed)
};
function v_slide(){
	var o,o2,px;
	o=v_getOS("v_"+v_cur);
	o2=v_getOS("v_"+(v_cur<v_count?v_cur+1:1));
	px=v_oP&&!v_oP7||v_nS4?0:"px";
	if(parseInt(o2.top)==v_paddingTop){
		if(v_oP)
			o.visibility="hidden";
		o.top= v_height*v_d+px;
		v_cur= v_cur < v_count ? v_cur+1 : 1;
		v_canPause=1;
		v_TIM=setTimeout("v_canPause=0;	v_slide()",v_timeout);
		return
	}
	if(v_oP&&o2.visibility.toLowerCase()!="visible")
		o2.visibility="visible";
	if((parseInt(o2.top)-v_slideStep*v_d)*v_d>v_paddingTop*v_d){
		o.top=parseInt(o.top)-v_slideStep*v_d+px;
		o2.top=parseInt(o2.top)-v_slideStep*v_d+px
	}else{
		o.top=(-v_height)*v_d+px;
		o2.top=v_paddingTop+px
	}
	setTimeout("v_slide()",v_slideSpeed)
};