/*
* Rich HTML Ticker- by JavaScript Kit (http://www.javascriptkit.com)
* Freeware. Created Sept 13th, 08'
* This credit must stay intact for use
*/

var richhtmlticker={

rotate:function(config){
	if (config.$ticker.get(0)._hoverstate=="over"){
		setTimeout(function(){richhtmlticker.rotate(config)}, config.rotatespeed)
	}
	else{
		config.$messages.eq(config.currentmsg).fadeOut(config.animateduration, function(){
			config.currentmsg=(config.currentmsg<config.$messages.length-1)? config.currentmsg+1 : 0
			config.$messages.eq(config.currentmsg).fadeIn(config.animateduration, function(){
				setTimeout(function(){richhtmlticker.rotate(config)}, config.rotatespeed)
			})
		})
	}
},

getCookie:function(Name){ 
	var re=new RegExp(Name+"=[^;]+", "i") //construct RE to search for target name/value pair
	if (document.cookie.match(re)) //if cookie found
		return document.cookie.match(re)[0].split("=")[1] //return its value
	return null
},

setCookie:function(name, value){
	document.cookie = name+"="+value
},

setupticker:function(config){
	config.$messages=config.$ticker.find('div.'+config.msgclass).hide()
	config.currentmsg=Math.min(parseInt(richhtmlticker.getCookie(config.id) || 0), config.$messages.length-1)
	if (config.currentmsg==-1) config.currentmsg = 0;
	config.$messages.hide().eq(config.currentmsg).fadeIn(config.animateduration)
	setTimeout(function(){richhtmlticker.rotate(config)}, config.rotatespeed)
	$(window).bind('unload', function(){richhtmlticker.cleanup(config)})
},

define:function(config){
    jQuery(document).ready(function($){
		config.$ticker=$('#'+config.id)
		if (config.$ticker.length==0)
			return
		config.$ticker.css({overflow:'hidden'}).hover(
			function(){this._hoverstate="over"},
			function(){this._hoverstate="out"}
		)
		richhtmlticker.setupticker(config)
	})
},

cleanup:function(config){
	this.setCookie(config.id, config.currentmsg)
}

} //end richhtmlticker object