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// Newsticker
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// (c) 2008 by Dominik Scholz, go4u.de Webdesign
// visit: http://www.go4u.de
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// Settings //
var scroll_distance = 1;
var scroll_delay = 25;
var scroll_init = 0;
var scroll_length;
var scroll_double = false;


function ticker()
{
	var ticker = document.getElementById('ticker');
	var scroller = document.getElementById('scroller')
	var pos;

	scroll_length = ticker.offsetWidth;

    scroll_init = scroller.offsetWidth + scroll_distance;
    ticker.style.left = scroll_init + "px";

	ticker_tick();
}

function ticker_tick()
{
	var ticker = document.getElementById('ticker');

    pos = parseInt(ticker.style.left);

    if (scroll_double)
    {
        if (pos < -scroll_length)
        {
            pos += scroll_length + scroll_distance;
        }
    }
    else
    {
        if (pos < 0)
        {
            scroll_double = true;
            ticker.innerHTML += ticker.innerHTML;
        }
    }

	pos -= scroll_distance;

	ticker.style.left = pos+"px";

	window.setTimeout("ticker_tick();", scroll_delay);
}