var ticker;
var myCounter = 0;

function tickerInit(){
 if( !document.getElementById ){ return false; }
 if( !document.getElementById('ticker') ){ return false; }
 if( !document.getElementById('tickerText') ){ return false; }
 if( !document.getElementById('tickerTable') ){ return false; }
	
	
 tickerItems = new Array();
 tickerItems.push(Array(3,'<a class="tickerLink" onmousedown="blur();" onclick="blur();" href="http://www.ezphotoshed.com" target="_new"><img src="/images/blank.gif" height="32" width="1" border="0" align="absmiddle"><font  color="#EEEEEE">EZ Photoshed 100 MegaBytes of free storage!</font></a>'));
 tickerItems.push(Array(9,'<a class="tickerLink" onmousedown="blur();" onclick="blur();" href="mailto:sales@us1link.net"><img src="/images/blank.gif" height="32" width="1" border="0" align="absmiddle"><font  color="#eeeeee">Advertise Here for $9.95 per month</font></a>'));
 tickerItems.push(Array(10,'<img src="/images/blank.gif" height="32" width="1" border="0" align="absmiddle"><font style="cursor: default;" color="#eeeeee">Support Our Troops</font>'));
 ticker = new Object; 
 ticker.elementName = 'ticker';
 ticker.element = document.getElementById(ticker.elementName);
 ticker.table = document.getElementById(ticker.elementName+'Table');
 ticker.text = document.getElementById(ticker.elementName+'Text');
 ticker.currentItem = false;
 ticker.hover = false;
 ticker.normalSpeed = Array(15,1);
 ticker.stopSpeed = Array(250,0);
 ticker.zpointSpeed = Array(15,15); 
 ticker.currentSpeed = Array(ticker.normalSpeed[0],ticker.normalSpeed[1]);
 ticker.to = 0;
 ticker.speedModifier = 1.3;
 ticker.start = 530;
   
 setTickerEntry();
 
move();
}

function setTickerEntry(){
 if(ticker.currentItem == false){
  ticker.currentItem = randomvalue(tickerItems.length);
 }else if(ticker.currentItem == (tickerItems.length - 1) ){
  ticker.currentItem = 0;
 }else{
  ticker.currentItem++;
 }
 ticker.text.innerHTML = tickerItems[ticker.currentItem][1];
 ticker.currentWidth = parseInt(ticker.table.offsetWidth,10);
 ticker.element.style.left = ticker.start+'px';
 ticker.to = (0 - parseInt(ticker.currentWidth,10));
}

function move(){
 leftPos = parseInt(ticker.element.offsetLeft,10);
 if( ticker.hover == true && (((leftPos + ticker.currentWidth) > ticker.start) || leftPos < 0)){
  if( (leftPos + ticker.currentWidth) > ticker.start ){ ticker.to = ticker.start - 10 - ticker.currentWidth; }
  else if( leftPos < 5){ ticker.to = 5; }
  ticker.currentSpeed[1] = Math.round(Math.abs(Math.abs(ticker.to)-Math.abs(leftPos))/5);//Math.round(ticker.currentSpeed[1] / 1.1);
  //if(leftPos != newPos){
   if(ticker.currentSpeed[1] < 1){
    ticker.currentSpeed[1] = 1;
   }
  //}
 }else if( ticker.hover == true  && ticker.currentSpeed[0] >= ticker.stopSpeed[0] ){
  ticker.currentSpeed[1] = 0;
 }else if(ticker.hover == true && ticker.currentSpeed[0] < ticker.stopSpeed[0]){
  ticker.currentSpeed[0] = (ticker.currentSpeed[0]*ticker.speedModifier); 
 }else if(ticker.hover == false && ticker.currentSpeed[0] > ticker.normalSpeed[0]){
  ticker.currentSpeed[0] = (ticker.currentSpeed[0]/ticker.speedModifier); 
 }else if(ticker.hover == false && ticker.currentSpeed[0] < ticker.normalSpeed[0]){ 
  ticker.currentSpeed[0] = ticker.normalSpeed[0]; 
 } 
 if(ticker.normalSpeed < ticker.stopSpeed){
  if( leftPos > ticker.to ){
   if( (leftPos - ticker.to ) <= ticker.currentSpeed[1] ){
    ticker.element.style.left = ticker.to+"px";  
   }else{
    ticker.element.style.left = ( leftPos - Math.abs(ticker.currentSpeed[1]))+"px";
   }
  }else if( leftPos < ticker.to ){ 
   if( (ticker.to - leftPos) <= parseInt(ticker.currentSpeed[1],10)){
    ticker.element.style.left = ticker.to+"px";  
   }else{
    ticker.element.style.left = (leftPos + Math.abs(ticker.currentSpeed[1]))+"px";
   }
  }else if(ticker.hover == false && leftPos == ticker.to){
   setTickerEntry();
  }
 }
 if( ticker.hover == true){// && ticker.currentSpeed[0] >= ticker.stopSpeed[0] ){
 // ticker.currentSpeed[1] = ticker.stopSpeed[1];
 }else{
  ticker.currentSpeed[1] = ticker.normalSpeed[1];
 }
 setTimeout("move();",Math.ceil(ticker.currentSpeed[0]));
 return true;
}

function stopTicker(){
 ticker.hover = true;
// ticker.currentSpeed[1] = 50;
}
function startTicker(){
 ticker.hover = false;
 ticker.to = (0 - parseInt(ticker.currentWidth,10));
}

function randomvalue(high) {
 return Math.floor(Math.random() * high);
}

function debug(x){
 document.getElementById('debug').innerHTML = x;
}