(function($)
{
	function runTicker(settings)
	{
		if(settings.firstRun == 1)
		{
			currentLength	 = settings.currentLength;
			currentItem	   = settings.currentItem;
			settings.firstRun = 0;
		}

		if(currentItem == settings.newsItemCounter + 1)
		{
			currentItem = 0;
		}

		if(currentLength == 0)
		{
			if(settings.newsLinks[currentItem].length > 0)
			{
			    $(settings.newsList).empty().append('<li><span class="lnews">Latest News: </span><a class="newsanchor" href="' + settings.newsLinks[currentItem] + '"></a></li>');
			}
			else
			{
				$(settings.newsList).empty().append('<li></li>');
			}
		}

		if( currentLength % 2 == 0)
		{
			placeHolder = settings.placeHolder1;
		}
		else
		{
			placeHolder = settings.placeHolder2;
		}

		if(currentLength <= settings.newsItems[currentItem].length + 1)
		{
			var tickerText = settings.newsItems[currentItem].substring(0,currentLength);

			if(settings.newsLinks[currentItem].length > 0)
			{
				$(settings.newsList + ' li a').text(tickerText);
			}
			else
			{
				$(settings.newsList + ' li').text(tickerText);
			}

			currentLength ++;

			setTimeout(
				function()
				{
					runTicker(settings);
					settings = null;
				},settings.tickerRate
			);
		}
		else
		{
			if(settings.newsLinks[currentItem].length > 0)
			{
				$(settings.newsList + ' li a').text(settings.newsItems[currentItem]);
			}
			else
			{
				$(settings.newsList + ' li').text(settings.newsItems[currentItem]);
			}

			currentLength = 0;
			currentItem ++;
			setTimeout(
				function()
				{
					runTicker(settings);
					settings = null;
				},
				settings.loopDelay
			);
		}
	}

	$.fn.extend({
		newsTicker: function(settings)
		{
			settings = jQuery.extend(
			{
				newsList: ".news",
				tickerRate: 40,
				startDelay: 100,
				loopDelay: 3000,
				placeHolder1: " |",
				placeHolder2: "_"
			}, settings);

			var newsItems = new Array();
			var newsLinks = new Array();
			var newsItemCounter = 0;

			$(settings.newsList + ' li').hide();

			$(settings.newsList + ' li').each
			(
				function()
				{
					if($(this).children('a').length)
					{
						newsItems[newsItemCounter] = $(this).children('a').text();
						newsLinks[newsItemCounter] = $(this).children('a').attr('href');
					}
					else
					{
						newsItems[newsItemCounter] = $(this).text();
						newsLinks[newsItemCounter] = '';
					}
					newsItemCounter ++;
				}
			);

			settings = jQuery.extend(settings,{
				newsItems: newsItems,
				newsLinks: newsLinks,
				newsItemCounter: newsItemCounter - 1,
				currentItem: 0,
				currentLength: 0,
				firstRun:1
			});

			setTimeout(
				function()
				{
					runTicker(settings);
					settings = null;
				},
				settings.startDelay
			);
		}

	});
})(jQuery);

$(document).ready(function() {
	var options = {
		newsList: "#news",
		startDelay: 10,
		placeHolder1: " []"
	}
	$().newsTicker(options);
});