var debugMode = false;
var quoteContainer = ""
var xmlFile = "/javascript/quotes.xml";
var xmlDoc;
var current_color=0
var quoteDelay = 20000
var pause_time=9000
function display() {
window.onerror=null;
var moz = (typeof document.implementation != 'undefined') && (typeof document.implementation.createDocument != 'undefined');
var ie = (typeof window.ActiveXObject != 'undefined');
if (moz) {
xmlDoc = document.implementation.createDocument("", "", null)
xmlDoc.load(xmlFile);
xmlDoc.onload = xmlLoadContinue;
return;
} else if (ie) {
xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
xmlDoc.async = false;
while(xmlDoc.readyState != 4) {};
xmlDoc.load(xmlFile);
}
//debugging code
var err = xmlDoc.parseError;
if (err.errorCode != 0)
{
if(debugMode){
alert("errorCode: " + xmlDoc.parseError.errorCode + "\n" +
"filepos: " + xmlDoc.parseError.filepos + "\n" +
"line: " + xmlDoc.parseError.line + "\n" +
"linepos: " + xmlDoc.parseError.linepos + "\n" +
"reason: " + xmlDoc.parseError.reason + "\n" +
"srcText: " + xmlDoc.parseError.srcText + "\n" +
"url: " + xmlDoc.parseError.url);
}
}
if(debugMode){alert(xmlDoc.documentElement.xml);}
xmlLoadContinue();
}
function xmlLoadContinue(){
window.onerror=null;
if(debugMode){alert(xmlDoc.documentElement.xml);}
quoteContainer = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("quote");
nextQuote();
}
function nextQuote() {
currentQuote = Math.floor(Math.random()* quoteContainer.length)
//currentQuote = 0
quote = quoteContainer[currentQuote].firstChild.nodeValue;
author = quoteContainer[currentQuote].getAttribute("author");
quoteURL = quoteContainer[currentQuote].getAttribute('url');
if(quoteURL){textToWrite = "" + quote +"
- "+ author + "";}
else{textToWrite = "" + quote +"
- "+ author + "";}
if(document.all) {
if(debugMode){alert("thisbrowser=IE");}
quotewindow.innerHTML = textToWrite;
}
if(document.layers) {
if(debugMode){alert("thisbrowser=NN4");}
document.quotewindow.document.write(textToWrite);
document.close();
}
if(!document.all && document.getElementById){
if(debugMode){alert("thisbrowser=NN6");}
quotewindowlayer = document.getElementById("quotewindow");
quotewindowlayer.innerHTML = textToWrite;
}
setTimeout("nextQuote()",quoteDelay);
}
//code for fade:
var fadecolor= new Array(19);
function fadeColor( fromcol, tocol, fadePortion ) {
//in the format fadeColour( 'ff0098', 'fe0934', 0.23 )
var oF = [], oT = [], oP = [];
var oH = ['0','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9','a','b','c','d','e','f'];
//get the red, green and blue substrings ...
for( var x = 0; x < 3; x++ ) {
//... and convert them from hex into decimal ...
oF[x] = eval( '0x' + fromcol.substring( 2 * x, ( 2 * x ) + 2 ) );
oT[x] = eval( '0x' + tocol.substring( 2 * x, ( 2 * x ) + 2 ) );
//... add on the required portion of difference between the two ...
oP[x] = Math.round( oF[x] + ( ( oT[x] - oF[x] ) * fadePortion ) );
//... and convert it back into hex ...
oP[x] = oH[ ( oP[x] - ( oP[x] % 16 ) ) / 16 ] + oH[ oP[x] % 16 ];
}
//... and put them back together again as a colour string
return '#' + oP.join('');
}
for( var y = 0; y < 20; y++ ) {
//in 10 steps, fade the colour - also see the section on writing with script
// fadecolor[y]=fadeColor( 'ffffff', '000099', y / 19 );
fadecolor[y]=fadeColor( '000000', '000000', y / 19 );
//alert(color[y]);
}
function fadein() {
if (current_color <= fadecolor.length-1) {
if(document.all) {
if(debugMode){alert("thisbrowser=IE");}
quotewindow.innerHTML = textToWrite;
}
if(document.layers) {
if(debugMode){alert("thisbrowser=NN4");}
document.quotewindow.document.write(textToWrite);
document.close();
}
if(!document.all && document.getElementById){
if(debugMode){alert("thisbrowser=NN6");}
quotewindowlayer = document.getElementById("quotewindow");
quotewindowlayer.innerHTML = textToWrite;
}
current_color++
var timer=setTimeout("fadein()",50)
}
else {
current_color--
clearTimeout(timer)
var intermezzo=setTimeout("fadeout()",pause_time)
}
}
function fadeout() {
if (current_color >= 0) {
if(document.all) {
//thisbrowser="IE";
quotewindow.innerHTML = textToWrite;
}
if(document.layers) {
//thisbrowser="NN4";
document.quotewindow.document.write(textToWrite);
document.close();
}
if(!document.all && document.getElementById){
//thisbrowser="NN6";
quotewindowlayer = document.getElementById("quotewindow");
quotewindowlayer.innerHTML = textToWrite;
}
current_color--
var timer=setTimeout("fadeout()",50)
}
else {
last_quote = currentQuote
while(currentQuote == last_quote)
//* Use these 2 lines to step through quotes randomly
currentQuote = Math.ceil(Math.random() * quote.length-1);
author = currentQuote
//* Use these 4 lines to step through quotes sequentially
//currentQuote++
//if (currentQuote >= quote.length) {currentQuote=0}
//author++
//if (author >= author.length) {author=0}
current_color++
clearTimeout(timer)
var intermezzo=setTimeout("fadein()",1000)
}
}