document.write('<div class="ticki"><a href="#" id="tickerLink"></a>&nbsp;</div>');
// Ticker startup

var maxHeadline = 65;

function initTicker()
{
	// Define run time values
	article = -1;
	articleLen = 0;
	// Locate base objects
	if (document.getElementById)
	{
		theTicker = document.getElementById("tickerLink");
		if (headlines.length > 0) renderTicker();
	}else{
		document.write("&nbsp;");
		return true;
	}
}
// Ticker main run loop
function renderTicker()
{
	var myTimeout;
	// Go for the next story data block
	if(articleLen == 0)
	{
		article++;
		article = article % theItemCount;
		headline = headlines[article].replace(/&quot;/g,'"');

		if (headline.length > maxHeadline)
		{
			//cut down to 50 chars
			headline = headline.substr(0,maxHeadline);
			//jump back to last SPACE;
			headline = headline.substr(0, headline.lastIndexOf(" "));
			headline += " ...";
		}


		destination = destinations[article];
		theTicker.href = destination;
		if (targets[article] == 1)
		{
			theTicker.target = "_blank";
		}else{
			theTicker.target = "_self";
		}
		thePrefix = "<span class=\"tickerIntro\">" + introString + "</span>";
	}

	// Stuff the current ticker text into the anchor
	theTicker.innerHTML = thePrefix + headline.substring(0,articleLen) + seperator();

	// Modify the length for the substring and define the timer
	if(articleLen != headline.length)
	{
		articleLen++;
		myTimeout = theCharacterTimeout;
	}else{
		articleLen = 0;
		myTimeout = theStoryTimeout;
	}

	// Call up the next cycle of the ticker
	setTimeout("renderTicker()", myTimeout);
}

// Widget generator
function seperator()
{
	if(articleLen == headline.length)
	{
		return seperator0;
	}

	if((articleLen % 2) == 1)
	{
		return seperator1;
	}else{
		return seperator2;
	}
}


var theCharacterTimeout = 50;
var theStoryTimeout = 5000;
var seperator0 = "";
var seperator1 = "<span class=tickerSeperator>_</span>";
var seperator2 = "<span class=tickerSeperator>&nbsp;</span>";
var introString = "LATEST:&nbsp;";

var headlines = new Array();
var destinations = new Array();
var targets = new Array();


headlines[0] = "LGBT Charter of Rights";
destinations[0] = "http://www.youthlink.co.uk/news/newsarticles/lgbtcharter";
targets[0] = 0;
headlines[1] = "Baking the Evaluation Cake events";
destinations[1] = "http://www.youthlink.co.uk/news/newsarticles/evaluationcakeevents";
targets[1] = 0;
headlines[2] = "Vacancy - Senior Policy Officer";
destinations[2] = "http://www.youthlink.co.uk/jobs";
targets[2] = 0;
headlines[3] = "YouthLink Scotland EGM - 15th May";
destinations[3] = "http://www.youthlink.co.uk/news/newsarticles/egm";
targets[3] = 0;
headlines[4] = "Click here to view YMCA Scotland's Youthwork and Schools publication";
destinations[4] = "http://www.ymcascotland.org/news.asp";
targets[4] = 1;


var theItemCount = headlines.length;

initTicker();