Scroller with Smooth Fade Effect Javascript

Copy the following code into the BODY of your html page.

<SCRIPT> // CREDITS: // Right-To-Left Scroller with smooth fade-effect // By Urs Dudli and Peter Gehrig // Copyright (c) 2003 Peter Gehrig and Urs Dudli. All rights reserved. // Permission given to use the script provided that this notice remains as is. // Additional scripts can be found at http://www.24fun.com // info@24fun.com // 9/16/2003 // IMPORTANT: // If you add this script to a script-library or script-archive // you have to add a highly visible link to // http://www.24fun.com on the webpage // where this script will be featured // CONFIGURATION: // Go to http://www.24fun.com // and create your own text animation // with our new Text Factory. // Your messages. Add as many as you like var text=new Array() text[0]="Hello webdesigner, try our new Text Animator!" text[1]="Or create smashing online-slideshows with our Slideshow Factory." text[2]="They are the best tools to generate eyecatching special effects without any programming skills." // Add a link for each message var textlink=new Array() textlink[1]="http://www.24fun.com/downloadcenter/textanimatordemo/index.html" textlink[2]="http://www.24fun.com/downloadcenter/slideshowdemo/index.html" textlink[3]="http://www.24fun.com/downloadcenter/textanimatordemo/index.html" // Add a target for each link // Possible values are "_blank", "_self", "_top", "_parent" var texttarget=new Array() texttarget[0]="_blank" texttarget[1]="_blank" texttarget[2]="_blank" // font var textfont="Arial" // fontcolors var textfontcoloraa="#FFFFFF" var textfontcolorbb="#FFFF00" // fontcolors on mouseover (rollover) var textfontcolorrollover="#ff0000" // fontsize var textfontsize=11 // backgroundcolor var textbgcolor="#000000" // Type "bold" for bold text and "normal" for normal text var textweight="bold" // Type "italic" for italic text and ""normal" for normal text var textitalic="normal" // width and height of the scroller-box var textwidth=300 var textheight=30 // color of the scroller-box border var textbordercolor="#888888" // width of the border var textborder=1 // width of the transparent zones var translayerszone=120 // Do not edit the values below this line var textpause=0 var textitalicA="" var textitalicB="" var textweightA="<b>" var textweightB="</b>" var textdecoration="none" var textalignonly="center" var textfontsizeHTML=3 var i_text=0 var textcontent="" var thisspan="" var content="" var contentbg="" var toggle=1 var timer var scrollready=true var tablewidth var tableheight var textfontcolortoggle=new Array() var toggle=1 var step=2; var content var padding=3 var textcontentheight var textcontentwidth var translayerswidth=4 var translayersmax=Math.floor(translayerszone/translayerswidth) var translayersleftpos=0 var translayersopacity=100 var translayersfactor=100/translayersmax var translayerswidthall=translayersmax*translayerswidth var ie=document.all?1:0 var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all?1:0 var ns4=document.layers?1:0 var browserinfos=navigator.userAgent var opera=browserinfos.match(/Opera/) getcontent() function getcontent() { if (ie || ns6) { tablewidth=textwidth-2*textborder tableheight=textheight-2*textborder content="<table width="+tablewidth+" height="+tableheight+" cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr valign=middle><td><nobr>" for (i=0;i<text.length;i++) { if (toggle==1) {textfontcolortoggle[i]=textfontcoloraa} else if (toggle==-1) {textfontcolortoggle[i]=textfontcolorbb} toggle*=-1 content+="<a href=\""+textlink[i]+"\" target=\""+texttarget[i]+"\" style=\"position:relative;font-family:\'"+textfont+"\';font-size:"+textfontsize+"pt;font-weight:"+textweight+";text-decoration:"+textdecoration+";color:"+textfontcolortoggle[i]+";font-style:"+textitalic+";\" onMouseOver=\"this.style.color=\'"+textfontcolorrollover+"\'\" onMouseOut=\"this.style.color=\'"+textfontcolortoggle[i]+"\'\">" content+=text[i] content+="</a><font color="+textbgcolor+">----------</font>" } content+="</nobr></td></tr></table>" } else { tablewidth=textwidth-2*textborder tableheight=textheight-2*textborder contentbg="<table width="+tablewidth+" height="+tableheight+"><tr><td><font color="+textbgcolor+">hi</font></td></tr></table>" content="<table height="+textheight+" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr valign=middle><td><nobr>" for (i=0;i<text.length;i++) { if (toggle==1) {textfontcolortoggle[i]=textfontcoloraa} else if (toggle==-1) {textfontcolortoggle[i]=textfontcolorbb} toggle*=-1 content+="<a href=\""+textlink[i]+"\" target=\""+texttarget[i]+"\" style=\"position:relative;font-family:\'"+textfont+"\';font-size:"+textfontsize+"pt;font-weight:"+textweight+";text-decoration:"+textdecoration+";color:"+textfontcolortoggle[i]+";font-style:"+textitalic+";\" >" content+=text[i] content+="</a><font color="+textbgcolor+">----------</font>" } content+="</nobr></td></tr></table>" } } if (ns4) { toggle=1 document.write('<table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height='+textheight+' width='+textwidth+'><tr><td>'); document.write('<ilayer name="marker" bgcolor="'+textbordercolor+'" width='+textwidth+' height='+textheight+'></ilayer>'); document.write('</td></tr></table>') document.write('<layer name="tickerbg" left='+textborder+' top='+textborder+' width='+(textwidth-4*textborder)+' height='+(textheight-2*textborder)+' bgcolor='+textbgcolor+' visibility=hide>'+contentbg+'</layer>') document.write('<layer left=-50000 name="ticker" onMouseOver="setscrollready(0)" onMouseOut="setscrollready(1)">loading</layer>'); } if (ie || ns6) { document.write('<table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height='+textheight+' width='+textwidth+'><tr><td>'); document.write('<div id="marker" style="position:relative; width:'+textwidth+'; height:'+textheight+'" ></div>'); document.write('</td></tr></table>') if (ns6) { var tablewidth=textwidth-2*textborder var tableheight=textheight-2*textborder } else { var tablewidth=textwidth var tableheight=textheight } document.write('<div ID="roof" style="position:absolute;width:'+tablewidth+'px;height:'+tableheight+'px;border-style:solid;border-width:'+textborder+'px;border-color:'+textbordercolor+';background-color:'+textbgcolor+';visibility:hidden;overflow:hidden" onMouseOver="setscrollready(0)" onMouseOut="setscrollready(1)">') document.write('<span ID="ticker" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:0px;visibility:hidden">'+content+'</span>') if (ie && !opera) { for (i=0;i<=translayersmax;i++) { document.write('<span ID="trans'+i+'" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:'+translayersleftpos+'px;width:'+translayerswidth+'px;height:'+tableheight+'px;background-color:'+textbgcolor+';filter:alpha(opacity='+translayersopacity+');overflow:hidden"> </span>') translayersleftpos+=translayerswidth translayersopacity-=translayersfactor } translayersleftpos=tablewidth-translayersleftpos for (ii=0;ii<=translayersmax;ii++) { document.write('<span ID="trans'+ii+'" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:'+translayersleftpos+'px;width:'+translayerswidth+'px;height:'+tableheight+'px;background-color:'+textbgcolor+';filter:alpha(opacity='+translayersopacity+');overflow:hidden"> </span>') translayersleftpos+=translayerswidth translayersopacity+=translayersfactor } } if (ns6 && !opera) { for (i=0;i<=translayersmax-1;i++) { document.write('<span ID="transleft'+i+'" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:'+translayersleftpos+'px;width:'+translayerswidth+'px;height:'+tableheight+'px;background-color:'+textbgcolor+';-moz-opacity:'+translayersopacity/100+';overflow:hidden"> </span>') translayersleftpos+=translayerswidth translayersopacity-=translayersfactor if (translayersopacity<0) {translayersopacity=0.001} } translayersleftpos=tablewidth-translayersleftpos translayersopacity=0.001 for (i=0;i<=translayersmax-1;i++) { document.write('<span ID="transright'+i+'" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:'+translayersleftpos+'px;width:'+translayerswidth+'px;height:'+tableheight+'px;background-color:'+textbgcolor+';-moz-opacity:'+translayersopacity/100+';"> </span>') translayersleftpos+=translayerswidth translayersopacity+=translayersfactor } } document.write('</div>') if (ns6) { document.write('<span ID="tickersize" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:-5000px;visibility:hidden">'+content+'</span>') } } function doscroll(){ if (scrollready) { if(ns4){ document.ticker.left+=-step; if (document.ticker.left<document.marker.pageX+1*textborder) { document.ticker.clip.left+=step; } document.ticker.clip.right+=step; if(document.ticker.left<-textcontentwidth+document.marker.pageX) { document.ticker.left=textwidth+document.marker.pageX-1*textborder; document.ticker.clip.left=0 document.ticker.clip.right=0 } } if (ie) { document.all.ticker.style.posLeft+=-step if (document.all.ticker.style.posLeft<-textcontentwidth) { document.all.ticker.style.posLeft=textwidth } } if (ns6) { document.getElementById('ticker').style.left=parseInt(document.getElementById('ticker').style.left)-step if (parseInt(document.getElementById('ticker').style.left)<-textcontentwidth) { document.getElementById('ticker').style.left=textwidth } } timer=setTimeout("doscroll()",50) } else { clearTimeout(timer) } } function DL_GetElementLeft(eElement) { var nLeftPos = eElement.offsetLeft; var eParElement = eElement.offsetParent; while (eParElement != null) { nLeftPos += eParElement.offsetLeft; eParElement = eParElement.offsetParent; } return nLeftPos; } function DL_GetElementTop(eElement) { var nTopPos = eElement.offsetTop; var eParElement = eElement.offsetParent; while (eParElement != null) { nTopPos += eParElement.offsetTop; eParElement = eParElement.offsetParent; } return nTopPos; } function initscroller(){ if (ns4) { getcontent() var thisspan=eval("document.ticker") thisspan.document.clear() thisspan.document.write(content) thisspan.document.close() textcontentwidth=thisspan.clip.right document.tickerbg.left=document.marker.pageX+1*textborder document.tickerbg.top=document.marker.pageY+1*textborder thisspan.left=document.marker.pageX-1*textborder+textwidth thisspan.top=document.marker.pageY thisspan.clip.width=textcontentwidth; thisspan.clip.height=textheight; thisspan.clip.left=0 thisspan.clip.right=0 document.tickerbg.visibility="show"; thisspan.visibility="show"; } if (ie) { textcontentwidth=document.all.ticker.clientWidth document.all.roof.style.posLeft=DL_GetElementLeft(document.all.marker); document.all.roof.style.posTop=DL_GetElementTop(document.all.marker); document.all.ticker.style.posLeft=textwidth document.all.ticker.style.clip='rect(0px, '+textcontentwidth+'px, '+(textheight)+'px, 0px)'; document.all.roof.style.visibility="visible"; document.all.ticker.style.visibility="visible"; } if (ns6) { textcontentwidth=document.getElementById('tickersize').offsetWidth document.getElementById('roof').style.left=DL_GetElementLeft(document.getElementById('marker')); document.getElementById('roof').style.top=DL_GetElementTop(document.getElementById('marker')); document.getElementById('ticker').style.left=textwidth document.getElementById('ticker').clip='rect(0px, '+textcontentwidth+'px, '+(textheight)+'px, 0px)'; document.getElementById('roof').style.visibility="visible"; document.getElementById('ticker').style.visibility="visible"; } doscroll() } function setscrollready(whatanswer) { if (whatanswer==1) { scrollready=true checkscroll() } else { scrollready=false } } function checkscroll() { clearTimeout(timer) if (scrollready) { doscroll() } } function reopenpage() { history.go(0) } window.onresize=reopenpage window.onload=initscroller </script>

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