var tWidth = '688px'; // width (in pixels)
var tHeight = '20px'; // height (in pixels)
var tcolour = '#ebecec'; // background colour:
var moStop = true; // pause on mouseover (true or false)
var fontfamily = 'arial,sans-serif'; // font for content
var tSpeed = 2; // scroll speed (1 = slow, 5 = fast)
var tickercontent = '';
// enter your ticker content here (use \/ and \' in place of / and '
// respectively)
//var content = '{$sConfig.sSnippets.sNewsticker}';

// Simple Marquee / Ticker Script
// copyright 3rd January 2006, Stephen Chapman
// permission to use this Javascript on your web page is granted
// provided that all of the below code in this script (including this
// comment) is used without any alteration
var cps = tSpeed;
var aw, mq;
var fsz = parseInt(tHeight) - 4;
function startticker() {
    if (document.getElementById) {
        var tick = '<div style="position:relative;width:' + tWidth + ';height:'
                + tHeight + ';overflow:hidden;background-color:' + tcolour
                + '"';
        if (moStop)
            tick += ' onmouseover="cps=0" onmouseout="cps=tSpeed"';
        tick += '><div id="mq" style="position:absolute;left:0px;top:0px;font-family:'
                + fontfamily
                + ';font-size:'
                + fsz
                + 'px;white-space:nowrap;"><\/div><\/div>';
        document.getElementById('ticker').innerHTML = tick;
        mq = document.getElementById("mq");
        mq.style.left = (parseInt(tWidth) + 10) + "px";
        mq.innerHTML = '<span id="tx">' + tickercontent + '<\/span>';
        aw = document.getElementById("tx").offsetWidth;
        lefttime = setInterval("scrollticker()", 50);
    }
}
function scrollticker() {
    mq.style.left = (parseInt(mq.style.left) > (-10 - aw)) ? parseInt(mq.style.left)
            - cps + "px"
            : parseInt(tWidth) + 10 + "px";
}
$(function() {
    tickercontent = $('#ticker').html();
    startticker();
});