/*
* Rich HTML Ticker- by JavaScript Kit (http://www.javascriptkit.com)
* Freeware. Created Sept 13th, 08'
* This credit must stay intact for use
*/

var richhtmlticker={
loadingtext: '<em>Fetching Ticker Contents. Please wait...</em>', //Loading text if content is being fetched via Ajax

getajaxcontent:function($, config){
        config.$ticker.html(this.loadingtext)
        $.ajax({
                url: config.msgsource,
                error:function(ajaxrequest){
                        config.$ticker.html('Error fetching content.<br />Server Response: '+ajaxrequest.responseText)
                },
                success:function(content){
                        config.$ticker.html(content)
                        richhtmlticker.setupticker(config)
                }
        })
},

rotate:function(config){
        if (config.$ticker.get(0)._hoverstate=="over"){
                setTimeout(function(){richhtmlticker.rotate(config)}, config.rotatespeed)
        }
        else{
                config.$messages.eq(config.currentmsg).fadeOut(config.animateduration, function(){
                        config.currentmsg=(config.currentmsg<config.$messages.length-1)? config.currentmsg+1 : 0
                        config.$messages.eq(config.currentmsg).fadeIn(config.animateduration, function(){
                                setTimeout(function(){richhtmlticker.rotate(config)}, config.rotatespeed)
                        })
                })
        }
},

getCookie:function(Name){ 
        var re=new RegExp(Name+"=[^;]+", "i") //construct RE to search for target name/value pair
        if (document.cookie.match(re)) //if cookie found
                return document.cookie.match(re)[0].split("=")[1] //return its value
        return null
},

setCookie:function(name, value){
        document.cookie = name+"="+value
},

setupticker:function(config){
        config.$messages=config.$ticker.find('div.'+config.msgclass).hide()
        config.currentmsg=Math.min(parseInt(richhtmlticker.getCookie(config.id) || 0), config.$messages.length-1)
        config.$messages.hide().eq(config.currentmsg).fadeIn(config.animateduration)
        setTimeout(function(){richhtmlticker.rotate(config)}, config.rotatespeed)
        $(window).bind('unload', function(){richhtmlticker.cleanup(config)})
},

define:function(config){
  jQuery(document).ready(function($){
                config.$ticker=$('#'+config.id)
                if (config.$ticker.length==0)
                        return
                config.$ticker.css({overflow:'hidden'}).hover(
                        function(){this._hoverstate="over"},
                        function(){this._hoverstate="out"}
                )
                if (config.msgsource=="inline"){
                        richhtmlticker.setupticker(config)
                }    
                else{
                        richhtmlticker.getajaxcontent($,config)
                }
        })
},

cleanup:function(config){
        this.setCookie(config.id, config.currentmsg)
}

} //end richhtmlticker object




//////////// Declare instance of Rich HTML Ticker (invoked when page has loaded): ///////////////////////////

richhtmlticker.define({
        id: "myhtmlticker", //main ticker DIV id
        msgclass: "messagediv", //CSS class of DIVs containing each ticker message
        msgsource: "inline", //Where to look for the messages: "inline", or "path_to_file_on_your_server"
        rotatespeed: 3000, //pause in milliseconds between rotation
        animateduration: 1000 //duration of fade animation in milliseconds 
})