DHTML JavaScript Snowing Headline Fader with Snow Effect Code

DHTML JavaScript Headline Fader with Snow Effect Code
Add this snowing headline fader to your site and bring Christmas into the hearts of your visitors. Add as many messages and snow-flakes as you like. Easy configuration of size, colors, borders, font-attributes and snow-effect. No images required. Full effect for IE5x/6x, NS6x/7x. Standard effect for Opera7x and NS4x. Brought to you by www.24fun.com

Configuration:

Step 1: Open your web page. Add the below where you wish the Headline Fader to appear:

// 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

// Type the messages into the text-Array. Add as many as you like.
var text=new Array("Hello, thank you for visiting 24fun.com.", "We love to show you some dirty tricks.", "Merry x-mas and happy holidays.", "Come back soon.")

// Type a link for each message. If you don't want to add a link add a "#" instead
var textlink=new Array("http://www.24fun.com","http://www.24fun.com","http://www.24fun.com","http://www.24fun.com")

// Type the target-window for each link. Acceepted values are "_blank", "_top", 
// "_parent" or the name of any frame
var texttarget=new Array("_top","_top","_top","_top")

// Set the font for the headline-fader
var textfont="Arial"

// Set the font-color for the headline-fader (hexadecimal triplet values recommended)
var textfontcolor="#AAAAFF"

// Set the rollover-color for the headline-fader (hexadecimal triplet values recommended)
var textfontcolorrollover="#ffff00"

// Set the font-size for the headline-fader (points)
var textfontsize=11

// Set the background-color for the headline-fader (hexadecimal triplet values recommended)
var textbgcolor="#000000"

// Set the width of the headline-fader (pixels)
var textwidth=180

// Set the height of the headline-fader (pixels)
var textheight=120

// Set the pause between the messages (seconds)
var textpause=2

// Set the borderwidth (pixels)
var textborder=3

// Set the border-color (hexadecimal triplet values recommended)
var textbordercolor="#AAAAFF"

// Set the horizontal text-position. Allowed values are "center" or "left" or "right"
var textalign="center"

// Set the vertical text-position. Allowed values are "middle" or "top" or "bottom"
var textvalign="middle"

// Set the number of snowflakes (more than 20 - 30 not recommended)
var snowmax=20

// Set the colors for the snow. Add as many colors as you like
var snowcolor=new Array("#aaaacc","#ddddFF","#ccccDD")

// Set the fonts, that create the snowflakes. Add as many fonts as you like
var snowtype=new Array("Arial Black","Arial Narrow","Times","Comic Sans MS")

// Set the letter that creates your snowflake (recommended:*)
var snowletter="*"

// Set the speed of sinking (recommended values range from 0.3 to 2)
var sinkspeed=0.6

// Set the maximal-size of your snowflaxes (points)
var snowmaxsize=16

// Set the minimal-size of your snowflaxes (points)
var snowminsize=8

// Set font-style. Acceptable values are "normal" or "italic"
var textitalic="normal"

// Set font-weight. Acceptable values are "normal" or "bold"
var textweight="bold"

// do not edit below this line
var textdecoration="none"
var transparency=100
var transparencystep=5
var x_pos=0
var y_pos=0
var i_text=0
if (textitalic=="italic") {var textitalicA="<i>"; var textitalicB="</i>"}
else {var textitalicA="<i>"; var textitalicB="</i>"}
if (textweight=="bold") {var textweightA="<b>"; var textweightB="</b>"}
else {var textweightA=""; var textweightB=""}
var textweightA="<b>"
var textweightB="</b>"
var tickercontent
var pausefade=40
var oneloopfinished=false
var snow=new Array()
var marginbottom
var marginright
var timer
var i_snow=0
var x_mv=new Array();
var crds=new Array();
var lftrght=new Array();
var textfontsizeHTML=Math.floor(textfontsize/4)
textpause*=1000

if (textfontsizeHTML<1) {textfontsizeHTML=1}
if (textfontsizeHTML>=7) {textfontsizeHTML=7}

var browserinfos=navigator.userAgent 
var ns4=document.layers
var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all&&!browserinfos.match(/Opera/)
var ie=document.all&&!browserinfos.match(/Opera/)
var ie5=document.all&&document.getElementById&&!browserinfos.match(/Opera/)
var opera=browserinfos.match(/Opera/)

function changecontent() {
	getcontent()
	i_text++
	if (i_text>=text.length) {i_text=0}	
	if (ie) {
		ticker.innerHTML=content
		fadein()
	}
	if (ns6) {
		document.getElementById('ticker').innerHTML=content
		fadein()
	}
	if (opera) {
		document.getElementById('ticker').innerHTML=content
		var texttimer=setTimeout("changecontent()",textpause*1.5)
	}
	if (ns4) {
		document.roof.document.ticker.document.write(content)
		document.roof.document.ticker.document.close()
		var texttimer=setTimeout("changecontent()",textpause)
	}	
}

function fadein() {
	if (transparency<100){
		transparency+=transparencystep
		if (ie) {
			document.all.ticker.filters.alpha.opacity=transparency
		}
		if (ns6) {
			document.getElementById('ticker').style.MozOpacity=transparency/100
		}
		var fadetimer=setTimeout("fadein()",pausefade)
	}
	else {
		clearTimeout(fadetimer)
		setTimeout("fadeout()",textpause)
	}
}

function fadeout() {
	if (transparency>0){
		transparency-=transparencystep
		if (ie) {
			document.all.ticker.filters.alpha.opacity=transparency
		}
		if (ns6) {
			document.getElementById('ticker').style.MozOpacity=transparency/100
		}
		var fadetimer=setTimeout("fadeout()",pausefade)
	}
	else {
		clearTimeout(fadetimer)
		setTimeout("changecontent()",1000)
	}
}

getcontent()
function getcontent() {
	if (ie) {
		var tablewidth=textwidth-2*textborder
		var tableheight=textheight-2*textborder
	}
	else {
		var tablewidth=textwidth
		var tableheight=textheight
	}
	if (ie || ns6 || opera) {	
		var padding=parseInt(textborder)+3
		content="<table width="+tablewidth+" height="+tableheight+" cellpadding="+padding+" cellspacing=0 border=0><tr valign="+textvalign+"><td align="+textalign+">"
		content+="<a href=\""+textlink[i_text]+"\" target=\""+texttarget[i_text]+"\" style=\"position:relative;font-family:\'"+textfont+"\';font-size:"+textfontsize+"pt;font-weight:"+textweight+";text-decoration:"+textdecoration+";color:"+textfontcolor+";font-style:"+textitalic+";\" onMouseOver=\"this.style.color=\'"+textfontcolorrollover+"\'\" onMouseOut=\"this.style.color=\'"+textfontcolor+"\'\">"
		content+=text[i_text]
		content+="</a></td></tr></table>"
	}
	else {	
		content="<table width="+tablewidth+" height="+tableheight+" cellpadding="+textborder+" cellspacing=0><tr valign="+textvalign+"><td align="+textalign+">"
		content+="<a href=\""+textlink[i_text]+"\" target=\""+texttarget[i_text]+"\" style=\"position:relative;font-family:\'"+textfont+"\';font-size:"+textfontsize+"pt;font-weight:"+textweight+";text-decoration:"+textdecoration+";color:"+textfontcolor+";font-style:"+textitalic+";\">"
		content+=text[i_text]
		content+="</a></td></tr></table>"

framecontent="<table width="+tablewidth+" height="+tableheight+" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border="+textborder+"><tr><td>"
		framecontent+="<font color=\""+textbgcolor+"\">"
		framecontent+="."
		framecontent+="</font>"
		framecontent+="</td></tr></table>"
	}
}

function randommaker(range) {		
	rand=Math.floor(range*Math.random())
    return rand
}

function initsnow() {
	marginbottom = textheight
	marginright = textwidth
	var snowsizerange=snowmaxsize-snowminsize
	for (i=0;i<=snowmax;i++) {
		crds[i] = 0;                      
    	lftrght[i] = Math.random()*15;         
    	x_mv[i] = 0.03 + Math.random()/10;
		snow[i]=document.getElementById("s"+i)
		snow[i].style.fontFamily=snowtype[randommaker(snowtype.length)]
		snow[i].size=randommaker(snowsizerange)+snowminsize
		snow[i].style.fontSize=snow[i].size
		snow[i].style.color=snowcolor[randommaker(snowcolor.length)]
		snow[i].sink=sinkspeed*snow[i].size/5
		snow[i].posx=randommaker(marginright-snow[i].size)
		snow[i].posy=randommaker(2*marginbottom-marginbottom-2*snow[i].size)
		snow[i].style.left=snow[i].posx
		snow[i].style.top=snow[i].posy
	}
	movesnow();changecontent()
}

if (ie || ns6 || opera) {
	if (ns6) {
		textwidth-=2*textborder
		textheight-=2*textborder
	}
	document.write("<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td width="+textwidth+" height="+textheight+" valign=top>")
	document.write("<div id=\"roof\" style=\"position:relative;width:"+textwidth+"px;height:"+textheight+"px;font-family:\'"+textfont+"\';border-style:solid;border-color:"+textbordercolor+";border-width:"+textborder+"px;background-color:"+textbgcolor+";overflow:hidden\">")
	
	document.write("<div id=\"ticker\" style=\"position:absolute;top:"+-textborder+"px;left:"+-textborder+"px;width:"+textwidth+"px;height:"+textheight+"px;font-family:\'"+textfont+"\';font-size:"+textfontsize+"pt;font-weight:"+textweight+";font-style:"+textitalic+";border-style:solid;border-color:"+textbordercolor+";border-width:"+textborder+"px;background-color:"+textbgcolor+";overflow:hidden\;filter:alpha(opacity=100)\">")
	document.write("</div>")
	for (i=0;i<=snowmax;i++) {
	document.write("<div id='s"+i+"' style='position:absolute;top:-"+snowmaxsize+"'>"+snowletter+"</div>")
	}
	document.write("</div>")
	document.write("</td></tr></table>")
	window.onload=initsnow
}

else if (ns4) {
		document.write("<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr><td width="+textwidth+" height="+textheight+" valign=top>")
	document.write("<ilayer name=\"roof\" width="+textwidth+" height="+textheight+">")
		document.write("<layer name=\"tickerframe\" width="+textwidth+" height="+textheight+" top=0 left=0 bgcolor="+textbgcolor+">")
		document.write(framecontent)
		document.write("</layer>")
		document.write("<layer name=\"ticker\" width="+textwidth+" height="+textheight+" top=0 left=0>")
		document.write()
		document.write("</layer>")
		document.write("</ilayer>")
		document.write("</td></tr></table>")
	window.onload=changecontent
}
</script>

Step 2: Configure font-attributes, size, colors, and snow-effect. Please refer to documentation inside the script.