var tickerSpeed        = 30 ; // speed control for ticker
var tickerNextMsgDelay = 3000 ;

var max                =  0 ;

var pauseTicker         = true  ;
var newContentAvailable = false ;
var content ;

var x   = 0 ;
var pos = 0 ;
var l   = 0 ;
var tl  = new textlist ( " Please send us feedback on the ticker!]]]http://www.blogstudio.com]]]Blog Studio",
                         " Welcome to the Blog Studio Ticker!]]]http://www.blogstudio.com]]]Blog Studio"
                       ) ;

function displayBlog ( )
{
  this.location.href = tl [ x ].substring ( tl [ x ].indexOf ( "]]]" ) + 3 ) ;
}

function pauseTheTicker ( pause )
{
  pauseTicker = pause ;
}

function startUsingNewContent ( )
{
  if ( newContentAvailable == true ) {

    indexOfDelimiter = content.indexOf ( "|||" ) ;

    i = 0 ;

    while ( indexOfDelimiter > -1 ) {

      tl [ i ] = ' ' + content.substring ( 0, indexOfDelimiter ) ;

      title     = tl [ i ].substring ( 0                             , tl [ i ].indexOf     ( "]]]" ) ) ;
      url       = tl [ i ].substring ( tl [ i ].indexOf ( "]]]" ) + 3, tl [ i ].lastIndexOf ( "]]]" ) ) ;
      blogtitle = tl [ i ].substring ( tl [ i ].lastIndexOf ( "]]]" ) + 3 ) ;

      if ( blogtitle.length > 1 ) {

        tl [ i ]  = title + " --- " + blogtitle + "]]]" + url ;
      }
      else {

        tl [ i ]  = title + "]]]" + url ;
      }
      // tl [ i ]  = title + " --- " + blogtitle + "]]]" + url ;


      content = content.substring ( indexOfDelimiter + 3 ) ;

      indexOfDelimiter = content.indexOf ( "|||" ) ;

      i++ ;
    }

    tl [ i ] = ' ' + content ;

    title     = tl [ i ].substring ( 0                             , tl [ i ].indexOf     ( "]]]" ) ) ;
    url       = tl [ i ].substring ( tl [ i ].indexOf ( "]]]" ) + 3, tl [ i ].lastIndexOf ( "]]]" ) ) ;
    blogtitle = tl [ i ].substring ( tl [ i ].lastIndexOf ( "]]]" ) + 3 ) ;

    if ( blogtitle.length > 1 ) {

      tl [ i ]  = title + " --- " + blogtitle + "]]]" + url ;
    }
    else {

      tl [ i ]  = title + "]]]" + url ;
    }
    // tl [ i ]  = title + " --- " + blogtitle + "]]]" + url ;


    max = i ;
    x   = 0 ;
    pos = 0 ;

    l   = tl [ 0 ].length ;

    newContentAvailable = false ;
  }
}

function textlist ( )
{
  max = textlist.arguments.length ;

  for ( i = 0 ; i < max ; i++ )

    this [ i ] = textlist.arguments [ i ] ;
}

function textticker ( )
{
  if ( pauseTicker == true ) {

    document.tickform.tickfield.value = tl[x].substring(0, pos) + "_" ;

    if ( pos++ == l ) {

      pos = 0 ;
      setTimeout ( "textticker ( )", tickerNextMsgDelay ) ;
      x++ ;

      if ( x == max ) {

        x = 0 ;

        // Start using new content if available
        //
        startUsingNewContent ( ) ;
      }

      l = tl [ x ].indexOf ( "]]]" ) ;
      // l = tl[x].length ;
    }
    else

      setTimeout ( "textticker ( )", tickerSpeed ) ;
  }
  else 

    setTimeout ( "textticker ( )", tickerSpeed ) ;
}


var  serviceName   = "" ;
var  methodName    = "" ;

function serverGet ( result )
{
  if ( result.indexOf ( ']]]' ) > -1 ) {

    content = result ;

    if ( methodName == "SVC_getTickerContent" ) {

      newContentAvailable = true ;
    }
    else {

      tl [ 0 ] = " Welcome to the Blog Studio Ticker!]]]http://www.blogstudio.com]]]Blog Studio"
    }
  }

  return true ;
}


<!--//
// this function creates a new browser object
//
function BrowserCheck() {

  this.ie  = (document.all)? true : false;
  this.ns4 = (document.layers)? true : false;
  this.ns6 = (document.getElementById) ? true : false;
}

// create browser object
//
is = new BrowserCheck();

// tell the server above the current page; it will call the serverGet() function when it's done
//
function serverPut ( service, method ) {

  serviceName = service ;
  methodName  = method  ;

  // the URL of the script on the server to run
  var sURL         = "http://www.blogstudio.com/dhtmlgw.php" ;

  // if you need to pass any variables to the script, then populate the following string with a
  // valid query string
  //
  var sQueryString = "Action=" + serviceName + "&Method=" + methodName ;
  var sQSDelim     = "?" ;

  // If restricted to a blog, use the blog id
  //
  sQueryString = sQueryString + '&BlogId=1039539071187000111673308558&ShowDate=Y&DatePattern=MMM/dd/yy HH:mm' ;

  // if the query string variable isn't blank, then append it to the URL
  //
  if ( sQueryString.length > 0 ) {

        sURL = sURL + "?" + sQueryString;
        sQSDelim = "&";
  }
  // this will append a random number to the URL string that will ensure the document isn't cached
  //
  sURL = sURL + sQSDelim + Math.random();

  // if IE then change the location of the IFRAME
  //
  if ( document.all ) {

        // this loads the URL stored in the sURL variable into the hidden frame
        //
        document.idServer.location = sURL;

  // otherwise, change Netscape v6's IFRAME source file
  //
  } else if ( document.getElementById ) {

        // this loads the URL stored in the sURL variable into the hidden frame
        //
    // document.getElementById("idServer").src = sURL;
        document.getElementById("idServer").contentDocument.location = sURL;

  // otherwise, change Netscape v4's ILAYER source file
  //
  } else if ( document.layers ) {

        // this loads the URL stored in the sURL variable into the hidden frame
        //
        document.idServer.src = sURL;
  }

  return true;
}
//-->



function windowLoad ( )
{
  // Set default colors to green on black text
  //
  document.tickform.tickfield.style.color='#E0E0E0' ;
  document.tickform.tickfield.style.background='#006587' ;
  document.tickform.tickfield.style.fontFamily='Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif' ;
  document.tickform.tickfield.style.fontSize='10pt' ;

  // Get the most recent ticker content every 10 seconds
  //
  setInterval ( "serverPut('HT_BL_Utils','SVC_getTickerContent')", 60000 ) ;

  serverPut ( 'HT_BL_Utils', 'SVC_getTickerContent' ) ;

  textticker ( ) ;
}


// document.write ( '<style><!--p,td,th,div,li,blockquote,.Normal { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt}h3 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: thin solid #a3a3a3; color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;}input,option { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;}.Header { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000; font-size: 16pt; font-weight: bold; border-bottom: thin solid #a3a3a3; border-top: thin solid #a3a3a3;}.TopBottom { text-align: center; border-bottom: thin solid #a3a3a3; border-top: thin solid #a3a3a3;}.Notes { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; font-weight: normal; padding-right: 25px; padding-left: 25px; }.BGColor1 { background-color: #eeeeee; }.BGColor2 { background-color: #ffffff; }.Version { font-weight: bold; }--></style>' ) ;


document.write ( '<!--// hide the iframe used for the communication gateway //--><style type="text/css">#idServer { position:relative; width: 1px; height: 1px; clip:rect(0px 1px 1px 0px); visibility: hidden; }</style>' ) ;

document.write ( '<!--// create a form object for the ticker //--><form name="tickform"><input type="text" name="tickfield" size="75" onMouseOver="pauseTheTicker(false)" onMouseOut="pauseTheTicker(true)" onClick="displayBlog()" /></form>' ) ;

document.write ( '<!--// create a form object so that button will show up in Netscape //--><!--<form action="" onSubmit="return false;"><input type="button" value="Test" onClick="serverPut()" /></form>-->' ) ;

document.write ( '<iframe name="idServer" id="idServer" width="1" height="1" marginWidth="0" marginHeight="0" frameBorder="0" frameSpacing="0"><ilayer name="idServer" width="1" height="1" visibility="hide" ID="idServer"></ilayer></iframe>' ) ;


windowLoad () ;