var scrollerheight = 160; 
var scrollerspeed = 1;
var copyspeed = 1;
var pausespeed =  0;
var actualheight = '';
var scrollercontent;
var cross_scroller;
var counter = 0;

function init_scroller()
{ 
    pauseBeforeStart = window.setTimeout("start_scroller()", 2000);
}

function start_scroller() 
{
    scrollercontent = document.getElementById("whats-new").innerHTML;
	cross_scroller = document.getElementById("whats-new");
	
	cross_scroller.style.top = "0px";
	actualheight = cross_scroller.offsetHeight;

	// Only scroll if the content is higher than the scroll content area	
    if(actualheight > 160) {
	    lefttime = setInterval("scrollscroller()", 60);
	}
} 

function scrollscroller() 
{ 	
    if ((-1)*parseInt(cross_scroller.style.top) > actualheight - 210) {
        counter++;
        cross_scroller.innerHTML += scrollercontent;
        actualheight = cross_scroller.offsetHeight;
    }
    
	if (parseInt(cross_scroller.style.top) > (actualheight*(-1)+8)) { 
		cross_scroller.style.top = parseInt(cross_scroller.style.top) - copyspeed + "px";
	} else {
		cross_scroller.style.top = "0px";
	}
}

window.onload = init_scroller;