// Ticker startup
function startTicker()
{
	// Define run time values
	theCurrentStory     = -1;
	theCurrentLength    = 0;
	// Locate base objects
	if (document.getElementById) {	
		    theAnchorObject     = document.getElementById("tickerAnchor");
			runTheTicker();   	
		 }
	else {
            document.write("<style>.ticki{display:none;}.ticko{border:0px; padding:0px;}</style>");
            return true;
	}
}
// Ticker main run loop
function runTheTicker()
{
	var myTimeout;  
	// Go for the next story data block
	if(theCurrentLength == 0)
	{
		theCurrentStory++;
		theCurrentStory      = theCurrentStory % theItemCount;
		theStorySummary      = theSummaries[theCurrentStory].replace(/&quot;/g,'"');		
		theTargetLink        = theSiteLinks[theCurrentStory];
		theAnchorObject.href = theTargetLink;
		thePrefix 	     = "<span class=\"tickls\">" + theLeadString[theCurrentStory] + "</span>";
	}
	// Stuff the current ticker text into the anchor
	theAnchorObject.innerHTML = thePrefix + 
	theStorySummary.substring(0,theCurrentLength) + whatWidget();
	// Modify the length for the substring and define the timer
	if(theCurrentLength != theStorySummary.length)
	{
		theCurrentLength++;
		myTimeout = theCharacterTimeout;
	}
	else
	{
		theCurrentLength = 0;
		myTimeout = theStoryTimeout;
	}
	// Call up the next cycle of the ticker
	setTimeout("runTheTicker()", myTimeout);
}
// Widget generator
function whatWidget()
{
	if(theCurrentLength == theStorySummary.length)
	{
		return theWidgetNone;
	}

	if((theCurrentLength % 2) == 1)
	{
		return theWidgetOne;
	}
	else
	{
		return theWidgetTwo;
	}
}

var theCharacterTimeout = 50;
var theStoryTimeout     = 5000;
var theWidgetOne        = "_";
var theWidgetTwo        = "-";
var theWidgetNone       = "";

var theLeadString = new Array();
var theSummaries = new Array();
var theSiteLinks = new Array();

var theItemCount = 10;

theLeadString[0] = "";
theSummaries[0] = "Unsere Homepage ist jetzt auf Englisch.";
theSiteLinks[0] = "http://www.star-of-bethlehem.org/";

theLeadString[1] = "";
theSummaries[1] = "Unsere Homepage ist jetzt auf Arabisch.";
theSiteLinks[1] = "http://www.stern-von-bethlehem.de/arabic/index_ar.html";

theLeadString[2] = "";
theSummaries[2] = "Unser Shop ist jetzt online. Da können Sie Stickereien und Olivenholzschnitzereien bestellen.";
theSiteLinks[2] = "http://www.stern-von-bethlehem.de/shop/start.html";

theLeadString[3] = "";
theSummaries[3] = "Unsere Linksammlung beinhaltet Seiten, die mit dem Thema unserer Homepage etwas zu tun haben.";
theSiteLinks[3] = "http://www.stern-von-bethlehem.de/links.html";

theLeadString[4] = "";
theSummaries[4] = "Tragen Sie Ihren Link in die Leser-Linkliste ein!!";
theSiteLinks[4] = "http://www.stern-von-bethlehem.de/links/links.html";

theLeadString[5] = "";
theSummaries[5] = "In unserem Nachrichtenarchiv finden Sie neue und alte Nachrichten aus Bethlehem und dem Heiligen Land!!";
theSiteLinks[5] = "http://www.stern-von-bethlehem.de/newsarchiv.html";

theLeadString[6] = "";
theSummaries[6] = "Haben Sie unseren neuen Multimedia-Bereich schon besucht??";
theSiteLinks[6] = "http://www.stern-von-bethlehem.de/multimedia.html";

theLeadString[7] = "";
theSummaries[7] = "Jetzt neu: Versenden Sie E-CARDS (digitale Post-Karten) kostenlos.";
theSiteLinks[7] = "http://www.stern-von-bethlehem.de/cards/card.html";

theLeadString[8] = "";
theSummaries[8] = "Tragen Sie sich in unserem neuen Gästebuch ein!!";
theSiteLinks[8] = "http://www.stern-von-bethlehem.de/cgi-bin/guestbook.php.cgi";

theLeadString[9] = "";
theSummaries[9] = "Abonnieren oder abbestellen Sie unseren Newsletter!!";
theSiteLinks[9] = "http://www.stern-von-bethlehem.de#newsletter";