↳ ❝ [news ticker text] ¡! ❞

<style>
#news {
 text-shadow: -1px 0 #000, 0 1px #000, 1px 0 #000, 0 -1px #000, 0 0;
 font-size:200%;
 font-weight:bold;
 color: #fff;
 }
</style>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
// <![CDATA[
var news=Array("This is the NEWS-TICKER TEXT EFFECT", "Brought to you by the good people at www.mf2fm.com/rv", "Did you note how the web-address was turned into a hyperlink?", "Another free effect "+String.fromCharCode(169)+"2004 onwards RV's free DHTML effects", "Check back from time to time to get the latest scripts...");
var cursor="_"; // set cursor
var delay=12; // seconds between each news item

/***************************\
* News Ticker Text Effect   *
*(c)2004-14 mf2fm web-design*
*  http://www.mf2fm.com/rv  *
* DON'T EDIT BELOW THIS BOX *
\***************************/
var newsp, cursp, flash, item=0;

if (typeof('addRVLoadEvent')!='function') function addRVLoadEvent(funky) {
  var oldonload=window.onload;
  if (typeof(oldonload)!='function') window.onload=funky;
  else window.onload=function() {
    if (oldonload) oldonload();
    funky();
  }
}

addRVLoadEvent(teleprint);

function teleprint () { if (document.getElementById) {
  var span=document.getElementById("news");
  while (span.childNodes.length) span.removeChild(span.childNodes[0]);
  delay*=1000;
  newsp=document.createElement("span");
  cursp=document.createElement("span");
  cursp.appendChild(document.createTextNode(String.fromCharCode(160)+cursor));
  span.appendChild(newsp);
  span.appendChild(cursp);
  ticker();
}}

function ticker() {
  var i;
  while (newsp.childNodes.length) newsp.removeChild(newsp.childNodes[0]);
  newsp.appendChild(document.createTextNode(news[item].substring(0,1)));
  for (i=1; i<news[item].length; i++) setTimeout('newsp.firstChild.nodeValue="'+news[item].substring(0, i+1)+'"', 100*i);
  if (news[item].indexOf("www")!=-1) setTimeout('linkit('+item+')', 100*i);
  setTimeout('flash=setInterval("cursp.style.visibility=(cursp.style.visibility==\'visible\')?\'hidden\':\'visible\'", 234)', 100*i)
  setTimeout('clearInterval(flash)', delay);
  setTimeout('cursp.style.visibility="visible"', delay);
  setTimeout('ticker()', delay);
  item=++item%news.length;
}

function linkit(q) {
  var a,p,e,l;
  p=news[q].indexOf("www");
  e=news[q].indexOf(" ", p);
  if (e==-1) e=news[q].length;
  l=news[q].substring(p, e);
  while (newsp.childNodes.length) newsp.removeChild(newsp.childNodes[0]);
  newsp.appendChild(document.createTextNode(news[q].substring(0, p)));
  a=document.createElement("a");
  a.href="http://"+l;
  a.appendChild(document.createTextNode(l));
  newsp.appendChild(a);
  newsp.appendChild(document.createTextNode(news[q].substring(e)));
}
// ]]>
</script>
</head>
<span id="news">NEWS-TICKER</span>