// JavaScript Document

var bannerTextWidth;
var bannerWidth = 500;
var tickerPosition = 0;
var banner;
var text;

function initBanner()
{
	banner = document.getElementById("banner");

	banner.style.visibility = "visible";
	text = banner.getElementsByTagName("span");

	bannerTextWidth = text[0].innerHTML.length * 10;
	text[0].style.width = bannerTextWidth + "px";
	
	var timer = setInterval("newsTicker()", 35);
}

function newsTicker()
{
	tickerPosition = tickerPosition + 3;
	if(tickerPosition > bannerTextWidth)
		tickerPosition = -bannerWidth;

	//var banner = document.getElementById("banner");
	//var text = banner.getElementsByTagName("span");
	text[0].style.left =  -tickerPosition + "px";
}
window.onload = initBanner;