DHTML JavaScript Scroller with Smooth Fade Effect Code

DHTML JavaScript Scroller with Smooth Fade Effect Code
Surprise your visitors with this unique DHTML JavaScript Scroller with Smooth Fade Effect. Configure text, text size, text color, background color, scroller size, border color, links and fade effects in less than 5 minutes. Cross-browser: IE 5x, NS 6x, Opera 7x and NS 4x (no fade effect).

Configuration:

Step 1: Open your web page. Paste the following code anywhere into the body-section of your web page:

<SCRIPT>
// CREDITS:
// Right-To-Left Scroller with smooth fade-effect
// By Urs Dudli and Peter Gehrig
// Copyright (c) 2003 Peter Gehrig and Urs Dudli. All rights reserved.
// Permission given to use the script provided that this notice remains as is.
// Additional scripts can be found at http://www.24fun.com & http://www.designerwiz.com
// info@24fun.com
// 9/16/2003

// IMPORTANT:
// If you add this script to a script-library or script-archive
// you have to add a highly visible link to
// http://www.24fun.com on the webpage
// where this script will be featured

// CONFIGURATION:
// Go to http://www.24fun.com
// and create your own text animation
// with our new Text Factory.

// Your messages. Add as many as you like
var text=new Array()
text[0]="Hello webdesigner, try our new Text Animator!"
text[1]="Or create smashing online-slideshows with our Slideshow Factory."
text[2]="They are the best tools to generate eyecatching special effects without any programming skills."

// Add a link for each message
var textlink=new Array()
textlink[1]="http://www.designerwiz.com"
textlink[2]="http://www.snapbuilder.com"
textlink[3]="http://www.designerwiz.com"

// Add a target for each link
// Possible values are "_blank", "_self", "_top", "_parent"
var texttarget=new Array()
texttarget[0]="_blank"
texttarget[1]="_blank"
texttarget[2]="_blank"

// font
var textfont="Arial"

// fontcolors
var textfontcoloraa="#FFFFFF"
var textfontcolorbb="#FFFF00"

// fontcolors on mouseover (rollover)
var textfontcolorrollover="#ff0000"

// fontsize
var textfontsize=11

// backgroundcolor
var textbgcolor="#000000"

// Type "bold" for bold text and "normal" for normal text
var textweight="bold"

// Type "italic" for italic text and ""normal" for normal text
var textitalic="normal"

// width and height of the scroller-box
var textwidth=300
var textheight=30

// color of the scroller-box border
var textbordercolor="#888888"

// width of the border
var textborder=1

// width of the transparent zones
var translayerszone=120

// Do not edit the values below this line
var textpause=0
var textitalicA=""
var textitalicB=""
var textweightA="<b>"
var textweightB="</b>"
var textdecoration="none"
var textalignonly="center"
var textfontsizeHTML=3
var i_text=0
var textcontent=""
var thisspan=""
var content=""
var contentbg=""
var toggle=1
var timer
var scrollready=true
var tablewidth
var tableheight
var textfontcolortoggle=new Array()
var toggle=1            
var step=2;          
var content
var padding=3
var textcontentheight
var textcontentwidth
var translayerswidth=4
var translayersmax=Math.floor(translayerszone/translayerswidth)
var translayersleftpos=0
var translayersopacity=100
var translayersfactor=100/translayersmax
var translayerswidthall=translayersmax*translayerswidth
var ie=document.all?1:0 
var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all?1:0
var ns4=document.layers?1:0
var browserinfos=navigator.userAgent 
var opera=browserinfos.match(/Opera/)

getcontent()
function getcontent() {
	if (ie || ns6) {	
		tablewidth=textwidth-2*textborder
		tableheight=textheight-2*textborder
		content="<table width="+tablewidth+" height="+tableheight+" cellpadding=3 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr valign=middle><td><nobr>"
		for (i=0;i<text.length;i++) {
			if (toggle==1) {textfontcolortoggle[i]=textfontcoloraa}
			else if (toggle==-1) {textfontcolortoggle[i]=textfontcolorbb}
			toggle*=-1
			content+="<a href=\""+textlink[i]+"\" target=\""+texttarget[i]+"\" style=\"position:relative;font-family:\'"+textfont+"\';font-size:"+textfontsize+"pt;font-weight:"+textweight+";text-decoration:"+textdecoration+";color:"+textfontcolortoggle[i]+";font-style:"+textitalic+";\" onMouseOver=\"this.style.color=\'"+textfontcolorrollover+"\'\" onMouseOut=\"this.style.color=\'"+textfontcolortoggle[i]+"\'\">"
			content+=text[i]
			content+="</a><font color="+textbgcolor+">----------</font>"

}
		content+="</nobr></td></tr></table>"
	}
	else {	
		tablewidth=textwidth-2*textborder
		tableheight=textheight-2*textborder
		contentbg="<table width="+tablewidth+"  height="+tableheight+"><tr><td><font color="+textbgcolor+">hi</font></td></tr></table>"
		content="<table height="+textheight+" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr valign=middle><td><nobr>"
		for (i=0;i<text.length;i++) {
			if (toggle==1) {textfontcolortoggle[i]=textfontcoloraa}
			else if (toggle==-1) {textfontcolortoggle[i]=textfontcolorbb}
			toggle*=-1
			content+="<a href=\""+textlink[i]+"\" target=\""+texttarget[i]+"\" style=\"position:relative;font-family:\'"+textfont+"\';font-size:"+textfontsize+"pt;font-weight:"+textweight+";text-decoration:"+textdecoration+";color:"+textfontcolortoggle[i]+";font-style:"+textitalic+";\" >"
			content+=text[i]
			content+="</a><font color="+textbgcolor+">----------</font>"
		}
		content+="</nobr></td></tr></table>"
	}
}

if (ns4) {
toggle=1
	document.write('<table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height='+textheight+' width='+textwidth+'><tr><td>');
	document.write('<ilayer name="marker" bgcolor="'+textbordercolor+'" width='+textwidth+' height='+textheight+'></ilayer>');
	document.write('</td></tr></table>')
		document.write('<layer name="tickerbg" left='+textborder+' top='+textborder+' width='+(textwidth-4*textborder)+' height='+(textheight-2*textborder)+' bgcolor='+textbgcolor+' visibility=hide>'+contentbg+'</layer>')
		document.write('<layer left=-50000 name="ticker"  onMouseOver="setscrollready(0)" onMouseOut="setscrollready(1)">loading</layer>');

}

if (ie || ns6) {
	document.write('<table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height='+textheight+' width='+textwidth+'><tr><td>');
	document.write('<div id="marker" style="position:relative; width:'+textwidth+'; height:'+textheight+'" ></div>');
	document.write('</td></tr></table>')
	if (ns6) {
		var tablewidth=textwidth-2*textborder
		var tableheight=textheight-2*textborder
	}
	else {
		var tablewidth=textwidth
		var tableheight=textheight
	}
	document.write('<div ID="roof" style="position:absolute;width:'+tablewidth+'px;height:'+tableheight+'px;border-style:solid;border-width:'+textborder+'px;border-color:'+textbordercolor+';background-color:'+textbgcolor+';visibility:hidden;overflow:hidden" onMouseOver="setscrollready(0)" onMouseOut="setscrollready(1)">')
	document.write('<span ID="ticker" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:0px;visibility:hidden">'+content+'</span>')
	
	if (ie && !opera) {
		for (i=0;i<=translayersmax;i++) {
		document.write('<span ID="trans'+i+'" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:'+translayersleftpos+'px;width:'+translayerswidth+'px;height:'+tableheight+'px;background-color:'+textbgcolor+';filter:alpha(opacity='+translayersopacity+');overflow:hidden"> </span>')
		translayersleftpos+=translayerswidth
		translayersopacity-=translayersfactor
		}
		translayersleftpos=tablewidth-translayersleftpos
		for (ii=0;ii<=translayersmax;ii++) {
		document.write('<span ID="trans'+ii+'" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:'+translayersleftpos+'px;width:'+translayerswidth+'px;height:'+tableheight+'px;background-color:'+textbgcolor+';filter:alpha(opacity='+translayersopacity+');overflow:hidden"> </span>')
		translayersleftpos+=translayerswidth
		translayersopacity+=translayersfactor
		}
	}
	
	if (ns6 && !opera) {
		for (i=0;i<=translayersmax-1;i++) {
		document.write('<span ID="transleft'+i+'" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:'+translayersleftpos+'px;width:'+translayerswidth+'px;height:'+tableheight+'px;background-color:'+textbgcolor+';-moz-opacity:'+translayersopacity/100+';overflow:hidden"> </span>')
		translayersleftpos+=translayerswidth
		translayersopacity-=translayersfactor
		if (translayersopacity<0) {translayersopacity=0.001}
		}
		translayersleftpos=tablewidth-translayersleftpos
		translayersopacity=0.001
		for (i=0;i<=translayersmax-1;i++) {
		document.write('<span ID="transright'+i+'" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:'+translayersleftpos+'px;width:'+translayerswidth+'px;height:'+tableheight+'px;background-color:'+textbgcolor+';-moz-opacity:'+translayersopacity/100+';"> </span>')
		translayersleftpos+=translayerswidth
		translayersopacity+=translayersfactor
		}
	}
	
	
	document.write('</div>')
	if (ns6) {
		document.write('<span ID="tickersize" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:-5000px;visibility:hidden">'+content+'</span>')
	}
}

function DL_GetElementLeft(eElement) {
    var nLeftPos = eElement.offsetLeft;          
    var eParElement = eElement.offsetParent;     
    while (eParElement != null) {                                            
        nLeftPos += eParElement.offsetLeft;      
        eParElement = eParElement.offsetParent;  
    }
    return nLeftPos;                            
}

function DL_GetElementTop(eElement) {
    var nTopPos = eElement.offsetTop;            
    var eParElement = eElement.offsetParent;     
    while (eParElement != null) {                                            
        nTopPos += eParElement.offsetTop;        
        eParElement = eParElement.offsetParent;  
    }
    return nTopPos;                              
}

function setscrollready(whatanswer) {
	if (whatanswer==1) {
		scrollready=true
		checkscroll()
	}
	else {
		scrollready=false
	}
}

function checkscroll() {
	clearTimeout(timer)
	if (scrollready) {
		doscroll()
	}
}
function reopenpage() {
	history.go(0)
}
window.onresize=reopenpage
window.onload=initscroller
</script>

Step 2: Go to the top of the script and configure text, text size, text color, background color, scroller size, border color, links and fade effects.

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