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<!--//



//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='Dynamic Drive!';



var font='Verdana,Arial';

var size=3; // up to seven

var color='#000000';



// 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;



// -->

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