//default speed is 5 seconds, Change that as desired
var speed=5000
//expand or shorten this list of messages as desired
var fadescheme=1 //set 0 to fade bgcolor from (white to black), 1 for (black to white)
var hex=(fadescheme==0)? 255 : 0
var startcolor=(fadescheme==0)? "rgb(255,255,255)" : "rgb(0,0,0)"
var endcolor=(fadescheme==0)? "rgb(0,0,0)" : "rgb(255,255,255)"
var frame=20;
var ie=document.all
var ns6=document.getElementById
var ns4=document.layers
f=0
tickerobject=ie? subtickertape: ns6? document.getElementById("subtickertape") : document.tickertape.document
function regenerate(){
window.location.reload()
}
function regenerate2(){
if (document.layers)
setTimeout("window.onresize=regenerate",450)
}
function bgcolorfade() { 
// 20 frames fading process
if(frame>0) { 
hex=(fadescheme==0)? hex-12 : hex+12 // increase or decrease color value depd on fadescheme
tickerobject.style.backgroundColor="rgb("+hex+","+hex+","+hex+")"; // Set color value.
frame--;
setTimeout("bgcolorfade()",20); 
}
else{
tickerobject.style.backgroundColor=endcolor;
frame=20;
hex=(fadescheme==0)? 255 : 0
} 
}
function updatecontent(){
if (ie||ns6)
bgcolorfade()
if (ns4){
tickerobject.subtickertape.document.write('<span class="subtickertapefont">'+news[f]+'</span>')
tickerobject.subtickertape.document.close()
}
else 
tickerobject.innerHTML=news[f]
if (f<news.length-1)
f++
else
f=0
setTimeout("updatecontent()",speed)
}