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// This Javascript puts an RSS newsfeed in a tickertape box with random background colors //
// You must set the variable rss_source before calling this script //
// and put onLoad="GetNewsSource()" inside the tag //
// Copyright (C) Keiron White, November 2004 //
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var moz = (typeof document.implementation != 'undefined') && (typeof document.implementation.createDocument != 'undefined');
var ie = (typeof window.ActiveXObject != 'undefined');
var rss;
var sText="";
var i=0;
var iNews=0;
if (moz) {
rss = document.implementation.createDocument("", "doc", null);
} else if (ie) {
rss = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
rss.async = false;
}
var colors= new Array('#000000','#006600','#666600', '#660066', '#006666', '#000066', '#660000', '#444444', '#0066CC');
function change(i) {
// var color = colors[Math.floor(colors.length*Math.random())];
// var color = '#999999';
// if (document.layers)
// window.document.layers['id' + i].bgColor = color;
// else if (document.all)
// window.document.all['id' + i].style.background = color;
}
function GetNewsSource(){
rss.load(rss_source);
var itemNodes = rss.getElementsByTagName("item");
var iMax = itemNodes.length;
change(0);
sText = itemNodes(iNews).getElementsByTagName("title").item(0).text;
sDesc = itemNodes(iNews).getElementsByTagName("description").item(0).text;
myTicker.href = itemNodes(iNews).getElementsByTagName("link").item(0).text;
ticker();
iNews+=1;
if(iNews==iMax){
iNews=0;
}
window.setTimeout("GetNewsSource()", (90*sDesc.length +8000));
}
function ticker(){
i+=1;
myTicker.innerHTML = "NEW! - " + sText + ": " + sDesc.substring(0,i) + "_";
if(i" + sDesc.substring(0,i) + " - Click here...";
i=0;
}
}