// ----------- SETTINGS ----------- //

// Speed Settings //
var pausetime = 5000;		// Pause Length (milliseconds).
var msginc = 20;		// The number of increments for each transition (lower = faster). 
var interval = 20;		// Interval between movment steps (milliseconds - less is faster & smoother).
var ppat = new Array();		// Pause pattern. List pause lengths for each message in milliseconds, eg (2500,0,1000).
var ipat = new Array();		// Increment pattern. List the number of steps for the transition of each message, eg (20,1,40).
var wraptime = false;		// Prevent resetting speed patterns.

// Direction Settings //
var direction = 'pattern';		// Direction: 'up', 'down', 'left', 'right', and combos such as 'downleftright', 'rand', 'prand', 'xrand', 'pattern', 'dpattern', 'wpattern' (see below).
var dpat = new Array('left','up','right','down');		// For direction setting 'pattern', 'prand' and 'xrand' only.

// Transition Settings //
var transition = 'coverwipe';	// Transition method: 'contig', 'cover', 'uncover', 'wipe', 'unwipe', 'coverwipe', 'uncoverwipe', 'rand', 'prand', 'xrand', 'pattern', 'dpattern', 'wpattern' (see below).
var tpat = new Array();		// For transition setting 'pattern', 'dpattern', 'wpattern', 'prand' and 'xrand' only.

// Colour Settings //
var bgcolor = 'pattern';	// Background colour of the marquee and messages eg '#0099FF', 'white' or 'images/myimage.jpg'.
//var cpat = new Array('#eee','white');	// Background colour pattern: List the background colour for each maessage.
//var cpat = new Array('site/principal/images/mrqbg/astro1.gif','site/principal/images/mrqbg/meteo1.gif','site/principal/images/mrqbg/geo1.gif',
//					 'site/principal/images/mrqbg/astro2.gif','site/principal/images/mrqbg/meteo2.gif','site/principal/images/mrqbg/geo2.gif',
//					 'site/principal/images/mrqbg/astro3.gif','site/principal/images/mrqbg/meteo3.gif','site/principal/images/mrqbg/geo3.gif',
//					 'site/principal/images/mrqbg/astro4.gif','site/principal/images/mrqbg/meteo4.gif','site/principal/images/mrqbg/geo4.gif',
//					 'site/principal/images/mrqbg/astro5.gif','site/principal/images/mrqbg/meteo5.gif','site/principal/images/mrqbg/geo5.gif');
var cpat = new Array('transparent','transparent');

MM_preloadImages(cpat);

// Advanced //
var mhalign = 'center';		// Horizontal alignment setting for TD container.
var mvalign = 'middle';		// Vertical alignment setting for TD container.
var csspat = new Array();	// List CSS Classes for each message TD container - default 'mrqtd' (TD.mrqtd).

// Opera Position Adjustment - set these two variables to match CSS margins (if used - otherwise 5 is normal). //
var dispv = 5;			// Top margin in pixels.
var disph = 5;			// Left margin in pixels.

// Bottom-Right Netscape Saftey //
var nsafe = true;		// Evade direction/transition combos that cause scrollbar pop-up in NS.

// Message Dump //
mdump = true;
dumptest = false;