$.JTickerObjArray = new Array();
$.fn.jticker = function(passedOptions) {
   var options = {
      TickerID: "#blurbs",
      delay: 15000,
      newwindow: false,
      url: "resources/article-blurbs.xml",
      transition: "fade",
      speed: "slow",
      contentcounter: -1,
      ArrayIndex: -1,
      dataXML: {
      },
      timerid: -1,
      setRSS: function(ArrayIndex) {
         $("#" + options.TickerID).hide();
         // Load Data
         $.get(options.url, function(data){
            options.dataXML = data;
            options.contentcounter = -1;
            options.FillSlide();
         });
      },
      FillSlide: function() {
         var Item, TickerHTML, Title, URL, Desc;
         $("#" + options.TickerID).empty();
         options.contentcounter++;
         if (options.contentcounter == $("item", options.dataXML).length) {
            options.contentcounter = 0;
         }
         Item = $("item", options.dataXML).get(options.contentcounter);
         Text = $("blurb", Item).text();
         $("#" + options.TickerID).append(Text);
         options.EnterSlide();
      },
       ExitSlide: function() {
         if (options.contentcounter > -1) {
            clearTimeout(options.timerid);
            switch (options.transition.toLowerCase()) {
               case "slide":
                  $("#" + options.TickerID).slideUp(
                     options.speed,
                     options.ExitSlideStep2()
                  );
                  break;
               default:
                  $("#" + options.TickerID).fadeOut(
                     options.speed,
                     options.ExitSlideStep2()
                  );
                  break;
            }
         } else {
            options.ExitSlideStep2(ArrayIndex);
         }
       },
       ExitSlideStep2: function() {
         var tempid;
         
         tempid = setTimeout("$.JTickerObjArray[" + options.ArrayIndex + "].FillSlide();", 500);
      },
       EnterSlide: function() {
         var ArrayIndex = options.ArrayIndex;
         switch (options.transition.toLowerCase()) {
            case "slide":
               $("#" + options.TickerID).slideDown(
                  options.speed,
                  options.EnterSlideStep2()
               );
               break;
            default:
               $("#" + options.TickerID).fadeIn(
                  options.speed,
                  options.EnterSlideStep2()
               );
               break;
         }
       },
       EnterSlideStep2: function() {
         options.timerid = setTimeout("$.JTickerObjArray[" + options.ArrayIndex + "].ExitSlide();", options.delay);
      }
   };
   if (passedOptions) {
      $.extend(options, passedOptions);
   }
   
   return this.each(function(){
      options.TickerID = this.id;
      $.JTickerObjArray.push(options);
      options.ArrayIndex = $.JTickerObjArray.length - 1;
      $("#" + options.TickerID).hover(function() {
         clearTimeout(options.timerid);
      }, function() {
         options.timerid = setTimeout("$.JTickerObjArray[" + options.ArrayIndex + "].ExitSlide();", options.delay);
      });
      $.JTickerObjArray[options.ArrayIndex].setRSS(options.ArrayIndex);
   });
};

$(document).ready(function() {
   $("#blurbs").jticker({});
});