Circling Message Distributed by Dynamic Drive
Put this script into the <head> of your page.
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript1.2"> <!--// //Circling text trail- Tim Tilton //Website: http://www.tempermedia.com/ //Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com for this script and more // your message here var msg='Jumpy Jumpy Jumpy!'; var font='Verdana,Arial'; var size=3; // up to seven var color='#EBDFCB'; // This is not the rotation speed, its the reaction speed, keep low! // Set this to 1 for just plain rotation w/out drag var speed=.3; // This is the rotation speed, set it negative if you want // it to spin clockwise var rotation=.2; // Alter no variables past here!, unless you are good //--------------------------------------------------- var ns=(document.layers); var ie=(document.all); var msg=msg.split(''); var n=msg.length; var a=size*15; var currStep=0; var ymouse=0; var xmouse=0; var scrll=0; var props="<font face="+font+" size="+size+" color="+color+">"; if (ie) window.pageYOffset=0 // writes the message if (ns){ for (i=0; i < n; i++) document.write('<layer name="nsmsg'+i+'" top=0 left=0 height='+a+' width='+a+'><center>'+props+msg[i]+'</font></center></layer>'); } if (ie){ document.write('<div id="outer" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:0px"><div style="position:relative">'); for (i=0; i < n; i++) document.write('<div id="iemsg" style="position:absolute;top:0px;left:0;height:'+a+';width:'+a+';text-align:center;font-weight:regular;cursor:default">'+props+msg[i]+'</font></div>'); document.write('</div></div>'); } (ns)?window.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEMOVE):0; function Mouse(evnt){ ymouse = (ns)?evnt.pageY+20-(window.pageYOffset):event.y; // y-position xmouse = (ns)?evnt.pageX+20:event.x-20; // x-position } if (ns||ie) (ns)?window.onMouseMove=Mouse:document.onmousemove=Mouse; y=new Array(); x=new Array(); Y=new Array(); X=new Array(); for (i=0; i < n; i++){ y[i]=0; x[i]=0; Y[i]=0; X[i]=0; } function makecircle(){ // rotation properties if (ie) outer.style.top=document.body.scrollTop; currStep-=rotation; for (i=0; i < n; i++){ // makes the circle var d=(ns)?document.layers['nsmsg'+i]:iemsg[i].style; d.top=y[i]+a*Math.sin((currStep+i*1)/3.8)+window.pageYOffset-15; d.left=x[i]+a*Math.cos((currStep+i*1)/3.8)*2; // remove *2 for just a plain circle, not oval } } function drag(){ // makes the resistance scrll=(ns)?window.pageYOffset:0; y[0]=Math.round(Y[0]+=((ymouse)-Y[0])*speed); x[0]=Math.round(X[0]+=((xmouse)-X[0])*speed); for (var i=1; i < n; i++){ y[i]=Math.round(Y[i]+=(y[i-1]-Y[i])*speed); x[i]=Math.round(X[i]+=(x[i-1]-X[i])*speed); } makecircle(); // not rotation speed, leave at zero setTimeout('drag()',10); } if (ns||ie)window.onload=drag; // --> </SCRIPT>
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