var persistlastviewedmsg = 1 //should messages' order persist after users navigate away (1=yes, 0=no)?
var persistmsgbehavior = "onload" //set to "onload" or "onclick".

//configure the below variable to determine the delay between ticking of messages (in miliseconds):
var tickdelay = 5000

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var divonclick = (persistlastviewedmsg && persistmsgbehavior == "onclick") ? 'onClick="savelastmsg()" ' : ''
var currentmessage = 0

function changetickercontent() {
    try {
        if (tickercontents != undefined) {
            if (crosstick.filters && crosstick.filters.length > 0)
                crosstick.filters[0].Apply()
            crosstick.innerHTML = tickercontents[currentmessage].replace("\'", "'");
            if (crosstick.filters && crosstick.filters.length > 0)
                crosstick.filters[0].Play()
            currentmessage = (currentmessage == tickercontents.length - 1) ? currentmessage = 0 : currentmessage + 1
            var filterduration = (crosstick.filters && crosstick.filters.length > 0) ? crosstick.filters[0].duration * 1000 : 0
        }
        setTimeout("changetickercontent()", tickdelay + filterduration)
    }
    catch (e)
    {
    }
}

function beginticker() {
    if (persistlastviewedmsg && get_cookie("lastmsgnum") != "")
        revivelastmsg()
    crosstick = document.getElementById ? document.getElementById("memoryticker") : document.all.memoryticker
    changetickercontent()
}

function get_cookie(Name) {
    var search = Name + "="
    var returnvalue = ""
    if (document.cookie.length > 0) {
        offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search)
        if (offset != -1) {
            offset += search.length
            end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset)
            if (end == -1)
                end = document.cookie.length;
            returnvalue = unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, end))
        }
    }
    return returnvalue;
}

function savelastmsg() {
    document.cookie = "lastmsgnum=" + currentmessage
}

function revivelastmsg() {
    currentmessage = parseInt(get_cookie("lastmsgnum"))
    currentmessage = (currentmessage == 0) ? tickercontents.length - 1 : currentmessage - 1
}

if (persistlastviewedmsg && persistmsgbehavior == "onload")
    window.onunload = savelastmsg

if (window.addEventListener)
    window.addEventListener("load", beginticker, false)
else if (window.attachEvent)
    window.attachEvent("onload", beginticker)
else if (document.all || document.getElementById)
    window.onload = beginticker