/*
 * Ticker 1.0
 *
 * Copyright (c) 2008 Tim Timmermans
 */
var images = 3;
var previousID = -1; 
var hold = false;

function initTicker(headlines) {
	for(var i = 1; i<=images; i++) {				
		$("#ti"+i).hide();
		$("#td"+i).hide();
	}
	
	images = headlines;
	
	tickNext(1);
}

function tickNext(id) {	
	var nextID = 1;
		
	if (!hold) {	
		if (id != images) 
			nextID = id + 1;				
			
		ticker(id);				
		setTimeout("tickNext("+nextID+")", 5000);
		return;
	} 
	setTimeout("tickNext("+id+")", 5000);
}

function ticker(id) {	
	$("#ticker_overlay").hide();
	$("#ti"+previousID).hide();	
	$("#ti"+id).fadeIn("normal");

	$("#ticker_overlay").html($("#td"+id).html()).show("normal");
	
	
	previousID = id;
}