if (document.all || document.getElementById){ //if IE4 or NS6+
document.write('<style type="text/css">\n')
document.write('.newsitem {display: none;}\n')
document.write('</style>')
}

var intervalspeed=2400
var pausespeed=0
var interval = intervalspeed
var curcontentindex=0
var messages=new Array()
var inc=0

function getElementByClass(classname){

var alltags=document.all? document.all : document.getElementsByTagName("*")
for (i=0; i<alltags.length; i++){
if (alltags[i].className==classname)
messages[inc++]=alltags[i]
}
}

function rotatecontent(){
if(interval) {
//get current message index (to show it):
curcontentindex=(curcontentindex<messages.length-1)? curcontentindex+1 : 0
//get previous message index (to hide it):
prevcontentindex=(curcontentindex==0)? messages.length-1 : curcontentindex-1
messages[prevcontentindex].style.display="none" //hide previous message
messages[curcontentindex].style.display="block" //show current message
}
}

function itemscroller(){
getElementByClass("importantitem")
getElementByClass("newsitem")
messages[0].style.display="block" //display first message (so its not blank for interval setting)
setInterval("rotatecontent()", interval)
}

if (window.addEventListener)
window.addEventListener("load", itemscroller, false)
else if (window.attachEvent)
window.attachEvent("onload", itemscroller)
else if (document.getElementById)
window.onload=itemscroller