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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<script type="text/javascript">
/*
* OO Neon Lights Text
* By JavaScript Kit (http://javascriptkit.com)
* This credit must remain for legal use
* For this script, TOS, and 100s more DHTML scripts,
* Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com
* Modified for multiple use by jscheuer1 in
* http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums
*/
//// No need to edit ////
function neo(id, nc, fs){
if (!document.all&&!document.getElementById)
return;
this.message=document.getElementById? document.getElementById(id).innerHTML : document.all[id].innerHTML;
this.neontextcolor=nc;
this.flashspeed=fs;
this.id=id;
this.n=0;
this.spans='';
for (var m=0;m<this.message.length;m++)
this.spans+='<span id="'+id+m+'">'+this.message.charAt(m)+'<\/span>';
with (document.getElementById? document.getElementById(id) : document.all[id])
innerHTML=this.spans;
this.beginneon();
}
neo.prototype.crossref=function(number){
return document.getElementById? document.getElementById(this.id+number) : document.all[this.id+number];
}
neo.prototype.neon=function(){
//Change all letters to base color
if (this.n==0){
for (var m=0;m<this.message.length;m++)
this.crossref(m).style.color='';
}
//cycle through and change individual letters to neon color
this.crossref(this.n).style.color=this.neontextcolor;
if (this.n<this.message.length-1)
this.n++
else{
this.n=0;
clearInterval(this.flashing);
var cacheobj=this;
setTimeout(function(){cacheobj.beginneon();},1500);
return;
}
}
neo.prototype.beginneon=function(){
var cacheobj=this;
this.flashing=setInterval(function(){cacheobj.neon();},this.flashspeed)
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<h2>
<!-- Set span's style color property for base color -->
<span id="neon1" style="color:gray;">Welcome to Dynamic Drive!</span>
<script type="text/javascript">
//usage : new neo('span_id', 'neon_color', flash_speed);
new neo('neon1', 'yellow', 100);
</script>
</h2>
<h2>
<span id="neon2" style="color:black;">Here's another one - redder and faster!</span>
<script type="text/javascript">
new neo('neon2', 'red', 50);
</script>
</h2>
</body>
</html>
Notes: The main script goes in the head as shown and needs no editing. Short scripts in the body initialize each span by their id - that is where you set characteristic for each 'neo' instance as shown. The first one is commented to show how to do it.
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