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<script type="text/javascript">
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/**//***********************************************
* Fading Scroller- © Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/
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var delay = 2000; //set delay between message change (in miliseconds)
var maxsteps=30; // number of steps to take to change from start color to endcolor
var stepdelay=40; // time in miliseconds of a single step
//**Note: maxsteps*stepdelay will be total time in miliseconds of fading effect
var startcolor= new Array(255,255,255); // start color (red, green, blue)
var endcolor=new Array(0,0,0); // end color (red, green, blue)
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var fcontent=new Array();
begintag='<div style="font: normal 14px Arial; padding: 5px;">'; //set opening tag, such as font declarations
fcontent[0]="<b>What\'s new?</b><br>New scripts added to the Scroller category!<br><br>The MoreZone has been updated. <a href='../morezone/index.htm'>Click here to visit</a>";
fcontent[1]="Dynamic Drive has been featured on Jars as a top 5% resource, and About.com as a recommended DHTML destination.";
fcontent[2]="Ok, enough with these pointless messages. You get the idea behind this script.</a>";
closetag='</div>';
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var fwidth='150px'; //set scroller width
var fheight='150px'; //set scroller height
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var fadelinks=1; //should links inside scroller content also fade like text? 0 for no, 1 for yes.
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/**////No need to edit below this line/////////////////
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var ie4=document.all&&!document.getElementById;
var DOM2=document.getElementById;
var faderdelay=0;
var index=0;
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/**//*Rafael Raposo edited function*/
//function to change content
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function changecontent()
{
if (index>=fcontent.length)
index=0
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if (DOM2)
{
document.getElementById("fscroller").style.color="rgb("+startcolor[0]+", "+startcolor[1]+", "+startcolor[2]+")"
document.getElementById("fscroller").innerHTML=begintag+fcontent[index]+closetag
if (fadelinks)
linkcolorchange(1);
colorfade(1, 15);
}
else if (ie4)
document.all.fscroller.innerHTML=begintag+fcontent[index]+closetag;
index++
}
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// colorfade() partially by Marcio Galli for Netscape Communications. ////////////
// Modified by Dynamicdrive.com
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function linkcolorchange(step)
{
var obj=document.getElementById("fscroller").getElementsByTagName("A");
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if (obj.length>0)
{
for (i=0;i<obj.length;i++)
obj[i].style.color=getstepcolor(step);
}
}
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/**//*Rafael Raposo edited function*/
var fadecounter;
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function colorfade(step)
{
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if(step<=maxsteps)
{
document.getElementById("fscroller").style.color=getstepcolor(step);
if (fadelinks)
linkcolorchange(step);
step++;
fadecounter=setTimeout("colorfade("+step+")",stepdelay);
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}else
{
clearTimeout(fadecounter);
document.getElementById("fscroller").style.color="rgb("+endcolor[0]+", "+endcolor[1]+", "+endcolor[2]+")";
setTimeout("changecontent()", delay);
}
}
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/**//*Rafael Raposo's new function*/
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function getstepcolor(step)
{
var diff
var newcolor=new Array(3);
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for(var i=0;i<3;i++)
{
diff = (startcolor[i]-endcolor[i]);
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if(diff > 0)
{
newcolor[i] = startcolor[i]-(Math.round((diff/maxsteps))*step);
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} else
{
newcolor[i] = startcolor[i]+(Math.round((Math.abs(diff)/maxsteps))*step);
}
}
return ("rgb(" + newcolor[0] + ", " + newcolor[1] + ", " + newcolor[2] + ")");
}
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if (ie4||DOM2)
document.write('<div id="fscroller" style="border:1px solid black;width:'+fwidth+';height:'+fheight+'"></div>');
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if (window.addEventListener)
window.addEventListener("load", changecontent, false)
else if (window.attachEvent)
window.attachEvent("onload", changecontent)
else if (document.getElementById)
window.onload=changecontent
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</script>