document.write('');
///////////////////////////////////
// News Ticker
///////////////////////////////////
var show_time = 5.0;
var fade_time = 1.0;
var fade_steps = 20;
var is_fading_out = 0;
var is_fading_in = 0;
function fadeout(){
if (is_fading_in) return;
is_fading_out = 1;
var text = document.getElementById("rotating_text");
var alpha = text.style.opacity*1.0;
if (alpha > 0) {
alpha -= 1/fade_steps;
if (alpha < 0) alpha = 0;
text.style.opacity = alpha;
document.getElementById("news").style.zIndex = 0;
setTimeout("fadeout()",fade_time/fade_steps*1000);
} else {
is_fading_out=0;
}
}
function fadein() {
if (is_fading_out) return;
is_fading_in = 1;
var text = document.getElementById("rotating_text");
var alpha = text.style.opacity*1.0;
if (alpha < 1) {
alpha += 1/fade_steps;
if (alpha > 1) alpha = 1;
text.style.opacity = alpha;
document.getElementById("news").style.zIndex = 0;
setTimeout("fadein()",fade_time/fade_steps*1000);
} else {
is_fading_in = 0;
}
}
// state - -1: init, 0:show, 1:fade-out, 2:fade-in
function rotate_text(text_array, state, current_index) {
//alert("rotate_text,"+state+","+current_index);
if (state == null) state = 0; // start with fade-out (of empty text)
if (current_index == null) current_index = -1;
state = (state+1) % 3;
var sleep_time = 0;
switch (state) {
case 0:
var text = document.getElementById("rotating_text");
text.innerHTML = text_array[current_index];
sleep_time = show_time;
break;
case 1:
fadeout();
sleep_time = fade_time+0.1;
break;
case 2:
current_index = (current_index + 1) % text_array.length;
var text = document.getElementById("rotating_text");
text.innerHTML = text_array[current_index];
fadein();
sleep_time = fade_time;
break;
default:
}
if (text_array.length <= 1 && state == 0) sleep_time = 10000000;
setTimeout( function() {rotate_text(text_array, state, current_index);}, sleep_time*1000);
}
document.write('');
function news_ticker() {
google.load("feeds", "1");
google.setOnLoadCallback(write_news);
document.write('\
\
\
Latest News
\
\
\
\
');
}
function write_news() {
var feed = new google.feeds.Feed("http://luminantsoftware.com/press/news.rss?"+new Date().getTime());
feed.load(function(result) {
if (!result.error) {
// var container = document.getElementById("feed");
var max_age = 60; // days
var max_valid = 1000000;
var valid = 0;
var html = "
";
var link_array = new Array();
// for (var i = result.feed.entries.length-1; i >= 0; i--) {
for (var i = 0; i< result.feed.entries.length; i++) {
var entry = result.feed.entries[i];
//var div = document.createElement("div");
//document.write(entry.title + "," + entry.publishedDate);
var date = new Date(entry.publishedDate);
var diff = new Date() - date;
//document.write("DIFF = "+diff+" ");
if (diff >= 0 && diff < 1000*60*60*24*max_age && valid < max_valid) {
html += "
'+
'