// Ticker startup
function startTicker()
{
	// Define run time values
	currentItem     = -1;
	currentLength    = 0;
	// Locate base objects
	if (document.getElementById) {	
	    anchorObject     = document.getElementById("tickerAnchor");
		runTicker();   	
	}
	
}
// Ticker main run loop
function runTicker()
{
	var myTimeout;  
	// Go for the next story data block
	if(currentLength == 0)
	{
		currentItem++;
		currentItem      = currentItem % theItemCount;
		tickerText      = arTickerText[currentItem].replace(/"/g,'"');		
		tickerLink        = arItemLinks[currentItem];
		anchorObject.href = tickerLink;
		// thePrefix 	     = "News: ";
	}
	// Stuff the current ticker text into the anchor
	anchorObject.innerHTML = //thePrefix + 
	tickerText.substring(0,currentLength) + getTickerCursor();
    
	// Modify the length for the substring and define the timer
	if(currentLength != tickerText.length)
	{
		currentLength++;
		myTimeout = tickerCharTimeout;
	}
	else
	{
		currentLength = 0;
		myTimeout = tickerTimeout;
	}
	// Call up the next cycle of the ticker
	setTimeout("runTicker()", myTimeout);
}

function getTickerCursor()
{
	if(currentLength == tickerText.length)
	{
		return "";
	}

	if((currentLength % 2) == 1)
	{
		return  "_";
	}
	else
	{
		return "-";
	}
}

var tickerCharTimeout = 50;
var tickerTimeout     = 5000;

var arTickerText = new Array();
var arItemLinks = new Array();
var theItemCount = 5;
    arTickerText[0] = "Junior Medal/South Links Medal Sunday 18th May";
    arItemLinks[0] = "webpages/news_item.php?id=14";
    arTickerText[1] = "Orr Wins Lothians Championship";
    arItemLinks[1] = "webpages/news_item.php?id=15";
    arTickerText[2] = "Can you help?";
    arItemLinks[2] = "webpages/news_item.php?id=13";
    arTickerText[3] = "Lothians Championship Forms";
    arItemLinks[3] = "webpages/news_item.php?id=6";
    arTickerText[4] = "Pro Shop - New Stock ";
    arItemLinks[4] = "webpages/news_item.php?id=5";

startTicker();