function setTickerScroll() {

	if(document.getElementById) {
		var tickertextElement = document.getElementById('tickertext');
		var tickertextWidth = tickertextElement.offsetWidth;
	
		var tickerareaElement = document.getElementById('ticker');
		var tickerareaWidth = tickerareaElement.offsetWidth;

		tickertextElement.style.display = 'block';
		tickertextElement.style.position = 'absolute';
		tickertextElement.style.visibility = 'visible';
		tickerareaElement.style.width = tickerareaWidth + 'px';
		tickertextElement.style.left = tickerareaWidth + 'px';

		var atags = tickertextElement.getElementsByTagName('a');
		for(i=0;i<atags.length;i++) {
			atags[i].onmouseover = function() { document.tickerHover = true; }
			atags[i].onmouseout = function() { document.tickerHover = false; }
		}

		setInterval('tickerScroll()',12);
	}

}

function tickerScroll() {

	if(document.getElementById) {
		if(!document.tickerHover) {

			var tickertextElement = document.getElementById('tickertext');
			var tickertextWidth = tickertextElement.offsetWidth;
			var tickertextLeft = parseInt(tickertextElement.style.left);

			var tickerareaElement = document.getElementById('ticker');
			var tickerareaWidth = parseInt(tickerareaElement.style.width);

			if(tickertextLeft > (0 - tickertextWidth)) {
				tickertextElement.style.left = (tickertextLeft - 1) + 'px';
			} else {
				tickertextElement.style.left = tickerareaWidth + 'px';
			}

		}
	}

}

window.onload = function() {
	setTickerScroll();
}