// News Ticker
// NB This code falls over in FF if the spacer graphic specified below is not present!

news_ticker_content = document.getElementById("news_ticker").innerHTML;
 


news_ticker_start();

function news_ticker_start() {
	var news_tickerSupported = false;
	news_ticker_width = document.getElementById("news_ticker").style.width;
	var img = "<img src=/images/assets/spacer.gif width="+news_ticker_width+" height=0>";

	// Firefox
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox")!=-1 || navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Safari")!=-1) {
		document.getElementById("news_ticker").innerHTML = "<table cellspacing='0' cellpadding='0' width='100%'><tr><td nowrap='nowrap'>"+img+"<span style='"+news_ticker_style+"' id='news_ticker_body' width='100%'>&nbsp;</span>"+img+"</td></tr></table>";
		news_tickerSupported = true;
	}
	// IE
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")!=-1 && navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")==-1) {
		document.getElementById("news_ticker").innerHTML = "<div nowrap='nowrap' style='width:100%;'>"+img+"<span style='"+news_ticker_style+"' id='news_ticker_body' width='100%'></span>"+img+"</div>";
		news_tickerSupported = true;
	}
	if(!news_tickerSupported) document.getElementById("news_ticker").outerHTML = ""; else {
		document.getElementById("news_ticker").scrollLeft = news_ticker_righttoleft ? document.getElementById("news_ticker").scrollwidth - document.getElementById("news_ticker").offsetwidth : 0;
		document.getElementById("news_ticker_body").innerHTML = news_ticker_content;
		document.getElementById("news_ticker").style.display="block";
		news_ticker_tick();
	}
}

function news_ticker_tick() {
	if(!news_ticker_paused) document.getElementById("news_ticker").scrollLeft += news_ticker_speed * (news_ticker_righttoleft ? -1 : 1);
	if(news_ticker_righttoleft && document.getElementById("news_ticker").scrollLeft <= 0) document.getElementById("news_ticker").scrollLeft = document.getElementById("news_ticker").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("news_ticker").offsetWidth;
	if(!news_ticker_righttoleft && document.getElementById("news_ticker").scrollLeft >= document.getElementById("news_ticker").scrollWidth - document.getElementById("news_ticker").offsetWidth) document.getElementById("news_ticker").scrollLeft = 0;
	window.setTimeout("news_ticker_tick()", 30);
}