/*
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 NewsBar v1.2 (modified to Forum Images NewsBar v1.02)
 License : Freeware (Enjoy it!)
 (c)2002 VASIL DINKOV- PLOVDIV, BULGARIA
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 NewsBar v1.2 was modified for forumimages.com by Daz and SamG.
 Get the unmodified NewsBar script at:
 http://smartmenus.tripod.com/other.html
 and don't wait to get the great SmartMenus script at:
 http://smartmenus.tripod.com

 LEAVE THESE NOTES PLEASE - delete the comments if you want.
*/

/* Part 1: content description - edit to suit */
var defaultText = 'Pioneering for genuine democratization of governance and citizen empowerment!';
var newsBarContent = [
  ['', 'Pioneering for genuine democratization of governance and citizen empowerment', '']
]; // newsBarContent[] blocks must be in the format ['href', 'text', 'target'] and blocks must be separated by commas

/* Part 2: "look and feel" variables - edit to suit */
var defaultTextTimeOut = 2; // the time the default text is displayed, in seconds
var newsBarTimeOut = 3; // the time a headline is displayed, in seconds
var newsBarSpeed = 10; // 1000 = 1 second
var leadingSign = ' ';
var newsBarStyle = 'style="position: relative; font-size: 11px; font-face: verdana"';
var pauseNewsBarOnMouseOver = true; // true pauses NewsBar progress when mouse pointer is over links

/* Part 3: the NewsBar engine - tinker in here at your own risk! */
var contentIndex = 0;
var cursorPosition = 0;
var textLength = newsBarContent[0][1].length;
var newsBarCycle = null;
defaultTextTimeOut *= 1000;
newsBarTimeOut *= 1000;
if ( pauseNewsBarOnMouseOver ) var eventHandlers = ' onmouseout="newsBarCycle = setTimeout(\'newsBarNew()\', ' + newsBarTimeOut + ');" onmouseover="clearTimeout(newsBarCycle);">';
else var eventHandlers = '>';

function newsBarNew() {
  if ( (newsBarContent[contentIndex][0] != '') && (cursorPosition == textLength) ) var text = '<a href="' + newsBarContent[contentIndex][0] + '" target="' + newsBarContent[contentIndex][2] + '"' + eventHandlers + newsBarContent[contentIndex][1] + leadingSign + '</a>';
  else var text = newsBarContent[contentIndex][1].substring(0, cursorPosition) + leadingSign;
  document.getElementById('newsbar').innerHTML = text;
  if ( cursorPosition++ == textLength ) {
    cursorPosition = 0;
    newsBarCycle = setTimeout('newsBarNew()', newsBarTimeOut);
    contentIndex++;
    if ( contentIndex == newsBarContent.length ) contentIndex = 0;
    textLength = newsBarContent[contentIndex][1].length;
  }
  else setTimeout('newsBarNew()', newsBarSpeed);
}

document.write('<div id="newsbar" ' + newsBarStyle + '>' + defaultText + '</div>');
setTimeout('newsBarNew()', defaultTextTimeOut);