var newscontainer = "newscontainer";	// ID des DIV aussen
	var newsticker = "newsticker";			// ID des DIV innnen
	
	var height = 300; 						// pixel (Höhe des Rahmens)
	var left = 8;							// pixel (Abstand von Links)
	var step = 1; 							// pixel (Bewegung pro Zeitintervall)
	var framerate = 40;						// ms	 (Zeitintervall)
function newsticker_start (){
	if ( document.getElementById(newscontainer) && document.getElementById(newsticker) ) {
		document.getElementById(newscontainer).style.height = height + "px";
		document.getElementById(newscontainer).style.position = "relative";		
		document.getElementById(newscontainer).style.overflow = "hidden";			
		
		document.getElementById(newscontainer).onmouseover = newsticker_stop;
		document.getElementById(newscontainer).onmouseout = newsticker_start;	
		
		document.getElementById(newsticker).style.position = "absolute";
		if ( !document.getElementById(newsticker).style.top ) { document.getElementById(newsticker).style.top = document.getElementById(newscontainer).style.height;  }
		document.getElementById(newsticker).style.left = left + "px";
		
		maxframe = document.getElementById(newsticker).offsetHeight - ( document.getElementById(newsticker).offsetHeight  * 2 );
		timeID = setTimeout("newsticker_move(step, framerate, maxframe, newscontainer, newsticker)", framerate);
	}
}

function newsticker_move(step, framerate, maxframe, newscontainer, newsticker) {
		
	temp = "";
	temp = document.getElementById(newsticker).style.top.split("p");
	temp = temp[0];
	temp = temp - step;
		
	document.getElementById(newsticker).style.top = temp + "px";
	
	if ( temp > maxframe ) { 
		timeID = setTimeout("newsticker_move(step, framerate, maxframe, newscontainer, newsticker)", framerate);
		}
	else {
		document.getElementById(newsticker).style.top = document.getElementById(newscontainer).style.height;
		newsticker_start();
	}
	
}


function newsticker_stop() {
	window.clearTimeout(timeID);
}


document.onLoad = newsticker_start();