//enter the message you wish to be shown, including html tags



var message='<b><font color=000000 size=4>Spring 2010, click <a href="distance-edu.html">here</a>!</font></b>'







//enter a color name or hex to be used as the background color of the message



var backgroundcolor="#980000"







//enter 1 for always display, 2 for ONCE per browser session



var displaymode=1







//Set duration message should appear on screen, in seconds (10000=10 sec, 0=perpetual)



var displayduration=0







//enter 0 for non-flashing message, 1 for flashing



var flashmode=1



//if above is set to flashing, enter the flash-to color below



var flashtocolor="yellow"











///////////////do not edit below this line////////////////////////////////////////



var ie=document.all



var ieNOTopera=document.all&&navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")==-1







function regenerate(){



window.location.reload()



}







function regenerate2(){



if (document.layers)



setTimeout("window.onresize=regenerate",400)



}







var which=0







function flash(){



if (which==0){



if (document.layers)



topmsg_obj.bgColor=flashtocolor



else



topmsg_obj.style.backgroundColor=flashtocolor



which=1



}



else{



if (document.layers)



topmsg_obj.bgColor=backgroundcolor



else



topmsg_obj.style.backgroundColor=backgroundcolor



which=0



}



}







if (ie||document.getElementById)



document.write('<div id="topmsg" style="position:absolute;visibility:hidden">'+message+'</div>')







var topmsg_obj=ie? document.all.topmsg : document.getElementById? document.getElementById("topmsg") : document.topmsg







function positionit(){



var dsocleft=ie? document.body.scrollLeft : pageXOffset



var dsoctop=ie? document.body.scrollTop : pageYOffset



var window_width=ieNOTopera? document.body.clientWidth : window.innerWidth-20



var window_height=ieNOTopera? document.body.clientHeight : window.innerHeight







if (ie||document.getElementById){



topmsg_obj.style.left=parseInt(dsocleft)+window_width/2-topmsg_obj.offsetWidth/2



topmsg_obj.style.top=parseInt(dsoctop)+parseInt(window_height)-topmsg_obj.offsetHeight-4



}



else if (document.layers){



topmsg_obj.left=dsocleft+window_width/2-topmsg_obj.document.width/2



topmsg_obj.top=dsoctop+window_height-topmsg_obj.document.height-5



}



}







function setmessage(){



if (displaymode==2&&(!display_msg_or_not()))



return



if (document.layers){



topmsg_obj=new Layer(window.innerWidth)



topmsg_obj.bgColor=backgroundcolor



regenerate2()



topmsg_obj.document.write(message)



topmsg_obj.document.close()



positionit()



topmsg_obj.visibility="show"



if (displayduration!=0)



setTimeout("topmsg_obj.visibility='hide'",displayduration)



}



else{



positionit()



topmsg_obj.style.backgroundColor=backgroundcolor



topmsg_obj.style.visibility="visible"



if (displayduration!=0)



setTimeout("topmsg_obj.style.visibility='hidden'",displayduration)



}



setInterval("positionit()",100)



if (flashmode==1)



setInterval("flash()",1000)



}







function get_cookie(Name) {



var search = Name + "="



var returnvalue = ""



if (document.cookie.length > 0) {



offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search)



if (offset != -1) {



offset += search.length



end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset)



if (end == -1)



end = document.cookie.length;



returnvalue=unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, end))



}



}



return returnvalue;



}







function display_msg_or_not(){



if (get_cookie("displaymsg")==""){



document.cookie="displaymsg=yes"



return true



}



else



return false



}







if (document.layers||ie||document.getElementById)



window.onload=setmessage