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JavaScript Comic Style Fun Ticker

Fun Ticker applies a unique comics-style-look in order to display your messages.

Add as many messages as you like. Each message can be linked. Easy configuration of messages, font-attributes, shapes, shadow, transparency, size, speed and much more.

IE5x/6x/7x/8x (full effect), FF2x/3x/4x (reduced effect), Opera 7x/8x/9x/10x (reduced effect), Chrome 3x/4x (reduced effect).

Configuration

Step 1: Open your webpage. Paste the following code into the head-section of your webpage (between <head>-tag and </head>-tag):

Step 2: Paste the following code where you wish to display your Fun Ticker:

<table width=200 height=200 border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0>
<tr><td>
<SCRIPT>
// CREDITS:
// Fun Ticker
// By Peter Gehrig
// Copyright (c) 2010 Peter Gehrig. All rights reserved.
// Permission given to use the script provided that this notice remains as is.
// Additional scripts can be found at http://www.fabulant.com

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

var text=new Array()
var textlink=new Array()
var texttarget=new Array()

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// EDITZONE STARTS HERE
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

// Add your messages. They should be rather short. 
// They should have the same length more or less.
text[0]="HIIIIIII"
text[1]="DO YOU"
text[2]="LOVE"
text[3]="COOL"
text[4]="SCRIPTS?"
text[5]="GREAT!"
text[6]="YEAAAAH!"
text[7]="THAT"
text[8]="MAKES ME"
text[9]="HAPPY!"

// Add a link for each message
// If you don't want to link a message enter "#" instead (see sample below)
textlink[0]="http://www.fabulant.com"
textlink[1]="http://www.fabulant.com/downloadcenter/benchjs.benchjs.html"
textlink[2]="#"
textlink[3]="http://www.fabulant.com/downloadcenter/textanimatordemo/index.html"
textlink[4]="http://www.fabulant.com"
textlink[5]="http://www.fabulant.com/downloadcenter/benchjs.benchjs.html"
textlink[6]="http://www.fabulant.com/downloadcenter/textanimatordemo/index.html"
textlink[7]="http://www.fabulant.com/downloadcenter/slideshowdemo/index.html"
textlink[8]="http://www.fabulant.com/downloadcenter/slideshowdemo/index.html"
textlink[9]="http://www.fabulant.com/downloadcenter/benchjs.benchjs.html"

// Add a target-window for each link
// Possible values: "_blank","_top", "_self", "_parent" or the name of a frame
texttarget[0]="_blank"
texttarget[1]="_top"
texttarget[2]="_parent"
texttarget[3]="_self"
texttarget[4]="_blank"
texttarget[5]="_top"
texttarget[6]="_parent"
texttarget[7]="_self"
texttarget[8]="_self"
texttarget[9]="_self"

// Set the font
var textfont="Arial Black"

// Add as many font-colors as you like
var textfontcolor=new Array("#FF0000","#0000FF","#00FF00","#660000")

// Add as many font-outline-colors as you like
var outlinecolor=new Array("#000000","#000000","#FDCF15")

// Add as many font-shadow-colors as you like
var shadowcolor=new Array("#FFFF00","#00FFFF","#FDCF15")

// Set the font-rollovercolor (required for Netscape and Opera only)
var textfontcolorrollover="#ff0000"

// Set the font-size (required for Netscape and Opera only)
var textfontsize=20

// Set the background-color
var textbgcolor="#000000"

// Set "bold" or "normal" (required for Netscape and Opera only)
var textweight="normal"

// Set "italic" or "normal" (required for Netscape and Opera only)rsiv sein soll
var textitalic="normal"

// Set width and height of your Fun Ticker (pixels)
// IMPORTANT: width and height must also be set in the table (see top of code)
var textwidth=200
var textheight=200

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

// Set the width of the funticker's border (pixels)
var funtickerborder=3

// Set the color of the funticker's border
var funtickerbordercolor="#FDCF15"

// Set the width of the font-outline (pixels)
var widthfontoutline=1

// Set the strength of the font's opacity (transparency of letters)
var fontopacity="50%"

// Set the strength of the shadow's opacity (transparency of shadow)
var shadowopacity="50%"

// Set true if your font should display a gradient effect
// Set false if your font should display NO gradient effect
var applygradient=true

// Enter a value between 0 and 3 to set the shape for your messages
// If you enter 4 all shapes will be applied
var i_shape=4

/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// EDITZONE ENDS HERE
///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

var path=new Array()
path[0]="m20 0c300 140,300 50,580, 0m20 300c400 100,300 250,580 300e"
path[1]="m20 100c300 -50,300 50,580, 100m20 200c300 400,300 300,580 200e"
path[2]="m20 120c300 100,300 50,580, 0m20 180c300 180,300 300,580 300e"
path[3]="m20 0c300 140,300 50,580, 0m150 300c400 100,300 250,450 300e"

var i_path=0
var speed=60
var textdecoration="none"

var innerwidth=Math.floor(0.90*textwidth)
var innerheight=Math.floor(0.90*textheight)

var posleft=Math.floor((textwidth-innerwidth)/2-funtickerborder)
var postop=Math.floor((textheight-innerheight)/2)

var i_message=0
var i_messagelength=0
var i_outlinecolor=0
var i_textfontcolor=0
var i_shadowcolor=0

var textalign="center"
var textvalign="middle"
var textitalicA=""
var textitalicB=""
var textweightA=""
var textweightB=""
var textfontsizeHTML=1
var i_mes=0

var i_substring=0
var i_presubstring=0
var i_text=0
var textcontent=""
var notag=true
var textpresubstring=""
var textaftersubstring=""
textpause*=1000

var browserinfos=navigator.userAgent 
var ie4=!document.getElementById&&document.all&&!browserinfos.match(/Opera/)
var ie5=document.getElementById&&document.all&&!browserinfos.match(/Opera/)
var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all&&!browserinfos.match(/Opera/)
var opera=browserinfos.match(/Opera/)

function showticker() {
	if (i_substring<=text[i_text].length) {
			i_substring++
			i_presubstring=i_substring-1
			if (i_presubstring<0) {i_presubstring=0}
			gettextcontent()
			document.getElementById("ticker").innerHTML=textcontent
			var timer=setTimeout("showticker()", speed)
	}
	else {
		clearTimeout(timer)
		var timer=setTimeout("changetext()", textpause)
	}
}

function changetext() {
	i_substring=0
	i_presubstring=0
	i_text++
	i_textfontcolor++
	i_path++
	if (i_text>text.length-1) {i_text=0}
	if (i_textfontcolor>textfontcolor.length-1) {i_textfontcolor=0}
	showticker()
}

function changeform() {
	if (i_outlinecolor >= outlinecolor.length) {i_outlinecolor=0}
	if (i_textfontcolor >= textfontcolor.length) {i_textfontcolor=0}
	if (i_shadowcolor >= shadowcolor.length) {i_shadowcolor=0}
	if (i_path>path.length-1) {i_path=0}
	document.getElementById('strokeid').color=outlinecolor[i_outlinecolor]
	document.getElementById('fillid').color=textfontcolor[i_textfontcolor]
	document.getElementById('shadowid').color=shadowcolor[i_shadowcolor]
	if (i_shape==path.length) {
		document.getElementById('shapeid').path=path[i_path]
	}
	if (i_message < text.length) {
		tick()
	}
	else {i_message=0;tick()}
}

function tick() {
	if (i_messagelength <= text[i_message].length) {
	
		var messagestringend=""
		var messagestring=text[i_message].substring(0, i_messagelength)+messagestringend
		document.getElementById('textpathid').string=messagestring
		var timer=setTimeout("tick()",speed)
		i_messagelength++
	}
	else {
		clearTimeout(timer)	
		var timer=setTimeout("prechangeform()",textpause)
	}
}

function prechangeform() {
	i_messagelength=0
	i_message++
	i_outlinecolor++	
	i_textfontcolor++	
	i_shadowcolor++	
	i_path++	
	changeform()
}

function openlink() {
	if (texttarget[i_message]=="_blank") {
		codepopup=window.open(textlink[i_message], "code", "status=yes,location=yes,toolbar=yes,menubar=yes,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,width=770,height=460,top=10,left=10");
	} 
	else if (texttarget[i_message]=="_top") {
		top.location.href=textlink[i_text]
	} 
	else if (texttarget[i_message]=="_parent") {
		parent.location.href=textlink[i_text]
	} 
	else if (texttarget[i_message]=="_self") {
		document.location.href=textlink[i_text]
	} 
	else {
		var jumpto=eval("parent."+texttarget[i_text])
		jumpto.location.href=textlink[i_text]
	}
}

if (ie5) {
	document.write('<div ID="roof" style="position:relative;width:'+textwidth+'px;height:'+textheight+'px;border-style:solid;border-width:'+funtickerborder+'px;border-color:'+funtickerbordercolor+';background-color:'+textbgcolor+';cursor:hand" onClick="openlink()">')
	document.write('<v:shapetype id="shapeid" coordsize="600,320" path="'+path[i_shape]+'">')
	document.write('<v:path textpathok="t"/>')
	document.write('<v:textpath on="t" fitshape="t" xscale="t"/>')
	document.write('</v:shapetype>')
	document.write('<v:shape type="#shapeid" style="position:absolute; top:3px; left:'+posleft+'px; width:'+innerwidth+'px;height:'+innerheight+'px;" strokeweight="1pt">')
	if (applygradient) {
		document.write('<v:fill id="fillid" method="linear sigma" type="gradient" color="'+textfontcolor[i_textfontcolor]+'" opacity="'+fontopacity+'"/>')
	}
	else {
		document.write('<v:fill id="fillid" color="'+textfontcolor[i_textfontcolor]+'" opacity="'+fontopacity+'"/>')
	}
	document.write('<v:stroke id="strokeid" weight="'+widthfontoutline+'pt" color="'+outlinecolor[i_outlinecolor]+'"/>')

document.write('<v:shadow on="t" id="shadowid" opacity="'+shadowopacity+'" color="'+shadowcolor[i_shadowcolor]+'"/>')
	document.write('<v:textpath id="textpathid" style="font-family:\''+textfont+'\';v-text-kern:t" trim="t" fitpath="t" xscale="f" string="Hello World"/>')

document.write('</v:shape>')
	document.write('</div>')
}

if (ns6 || opera) {
	if (ns6) {
		textwidth-=2*funtickerborder
		textheight-=2*funtickerborder
	}
	document.write('<div ID="roof" style="position:relative;width:'+textwidth+'px;height:'+textheight+'px;border-style:solid;border-width:'+funtickerborder+'px;border-color:'+funtickerbordercolor+';background-color:'+textbgcolor+'">')
	document.write('<span ID="ticker" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:0px;width:'+innerwidth+'px;height:'+innerheight+'px;"></span>')
	document.write('</div>')
}

if (ie5) {window.onload=changeform}
if (opera) {window.onload=showticker}
if (ns6) {window.onload=showticker}
</script>
</td></tr></table>

Step 3: Configure messages, links, font-attributes, size, shapes and more inside the EDITZONE of the code. IMPORTANT: width and height of the Fun Ticker must also be set in the table right on top of the code!