var ticker_text = new Array()
ticker_text[1];
ticker_text[2];
ticker_text[3];

var ticker_text_left = new Array()
ticker_text_left[1];
ticker_text_left[2];
ticker_text_left[3];

var ticker_text_width = new Array()
ticker_text_width[1] = 4477; // width of ticker-text-1.jpg
ticker_text_width[2] = 1217; // width of ticker-text-2.jpg
ticker_text_width[3] = 1305; // width of ticker-text-3.jpg

var ticker_frame_width = 488; // width of ticker-frame.gif
var num = 1;

function createTicker(num_of_texts) { 
var top = 0;
document.write("<div class=\"breedkader\" style=\"background-image:url(ticker\/ticker-frame.gif); background-color:#000000; height:50px; border:1px dotted #FFCC33;\">\n");
document.write("<div id=\"ticker-frame\" style=\"width: "+ticker_frame_width+"px; height:40px; margin:5px 10px 5px 10px; background-color:#000000; overflow: hidden; position: relative;\">\n");
for (var i=1; i<=num_of_texts; i+=1)	{
	top = (i-1) * -40;
	document.write("<img id=\"ticker-text-"+i+"\" src=\"ticker\/ticker-text-"+i+".jpg\" style=\"position: relative; top: "+top+"px; left: "+ticker_frame_width+"px; width: "+ticker_text_width[i]+"px; height: 40px; float: left;\" \/>\n");
	}
document.write("<\/div>\n");
document.write("<\/div>\n");
}

function startTicker(num_of_texts)  {  // call from body tag
for (var i=1;i<=num_of_texts;i+=1)	{
	ticker_text[i] = document.getElementById("ticker-text-"+i); // get ref. to ticker-text-1
	ticker_text_left[i] = ticker_frame_width; // initial left pos.
}
setInterval('moveTickerText('+num_of_texts+')', 1); // start timer
}

function moveTickerText(num_of_texts) {		
	if (-ticker_text_left[num] >= ticker_text_width[num]) { // if too far left, 
		ticker_text_left[num] = ticker_frame_width; // go back to initial left pos.
		ticker_text[num].style.left = ticker_frame_width + "px";
		num += 1  // alternate ticker_text index 
		if ( num > num_of_texts ) {
			num = 1;
		}
	} else {
		ticker_text_left[num] -= 3; // else move 3px to the left
		ticker_text[num].style.left = ticker_text_left[num] + "px";		
	}	
}

// insert somewhere in body segment
//<script language="JavaScript" type="text/JavaScript">
//createTicker(n) // n = number of texts
//<\/script>