var headCount = 0;
var headlineText = new Array();
var headlineLink = new Array();
var numTickerItems = 1;
headlineText[0] = "BalloonHQ offers a web portal for balloon artists.";
headlineLink[0] = "http://www.balloonhq.com/rssindex.php";
//headlineText[1] = "Airigami";
//headlineLink[1] = "http://www.airigami.com";
//headlineText[2] = "How to catch a mouse";
//headlineLink[2] = "http://www.howtocatchamouse.com";

function changeText() {
	while(numTickerItems == 0); // new items being loaded
//	for(i=0; numTickerItems == 0 && i<100000; i++); // new items being loaded
	headCount = (headCount + 1) % numTickerItems;
	document.getElementById('tickitem').innerHTML=headlineText[headCount];
	document.getElementById('tickitem').href=headlineLink[headCount];
	document.getElementById('tickitem').target="_blank";
//	setTimeout('changeText()', 5000);
	setTimeout('setOpacity(10, "up")', 100);
}

function setOpacity(value, direction) {
	document.getElementById('tickitem').style.opacity = value/100;
	document.getElementById('tickitem').style.filter = 'alpha(opacity=' + value*10 + ')';
//	document.write("<br>value = " . value);

	if(direction == "down") {
		if(value == 0) {
			setTimeout('changeText()', 100);
		} else {
			setTimeout('setOpacity(' + (value - 10) + ', "down")', 100);
		}
	} else {
		if(value > 100) {
			setTimeout('setOpacity(90, "down")', 3000);
		} else {
			setTimeout('setOpacity(' + (value + 10) + ', "up")', 100);
		}
	}
}

//function fadeout() {
//	var counter=0
//	setOpacity(counter);
//}

//document.write("<br>about to call setOpacity()<br>");
//setOpacity(50, "down");
setTimeout('setOpacity(100, "down")', 3000);
//document.write("<br>called setOpacity()<br>");
//setTimeout('changeText()', 5000);