var TitleTicker = new Class({
	initialize: function(container,options) {
		this.container = container;
		this.options = options;
		var automated;
  var direction;
  var hideshow_flag;
  this.hideshow_flag=true;
		if(this.options) this.direction = this.options.direction;
		else this.direction = "forward";
		if (this.direction!="pause")

 {
		if(this.options.auto == "loop" || this.options.auto == "once") {
	 	  this.automated = this.slider.periodical(this.options.time,this,$(this.container));
 } else {
 	this.slider($(this.container))
 }
 }
	},
  next: function(type) {
  if(this.options.auto == "loop" || this.options.auto == "once") {
  this.pause();
 };
  this.options.type=type;
  this.direction="forward";
  this.slider($(this.container));
 	},
  prev: function(type) {
  if(this.options.auto == "loop" || this.options.auto == "once") {
  this.pause();
 };
  this.options.type=type;
  this.direction="back";
  this.slider($(this.container));
 	},
  pause: function() {
  this.direction="pause";
  this.slider($(this.container));
 	},
	run: function() {
  this.direction="forward";
	 	  this.automated = this.slider.periodical(this.options.time,this,$(this.container));
 },
	slider: function(container) {
		if ((this.options.auto == "once" || this.options.auto == "loop") && this.direction == "pause")
 {
 $clear(this.automated);
 }else{
		var child;
		var children = container.getChildren().getChildren()[0];
		children.each(function(e) {
 	if(e.id == "currentChild") {
 	child = e;
 }
 });
 	if(!child) {
 	if(this.direction == "forward") {
 	child = children[0].getNext();
 }
 	else if(this.direction == "back") {
 	child = container.getChildren()[0].getLast();
 }
 } else {
 	if(this.direction == "forward") {
 	var lastElement = container.getChildren()[0].getLast();
 	if(lastElement == child.getNext() && this.options.auto == "once") $clear(this.automated);
 	if(lastElement == child) child = children[0];
 	else child = child.getNext();
 }
 	else if(this.direction == "back") {
 	var firstElement = container.getChildren()[0].getFirst();
 	if(firstElement == child.getPrevious() && this.options.auto == "once") $clear(this.automated);
 	if(firstElement == child) child = container.getChildren()[0].getLast();
 	else child = child.getPrevious();}};
		if(child && this.direction != "pause") {
 	if(this.options.type == "scroll") this.scroll(container,children,child);
 	else if(this.options.type == "fade") this.fade(container,children,child);
 	else if(this.options.type == "scrollfade") this.scrollfade(container,children,child);
 }
 }
	},
  init_vertical: function() {
 $(this.container).setStyle('position','relative');
  var children = $(this.container).getChildren().getChildren()[0];
  var i;
  var s_h;
  var s_w;
  var b_w;
  b_w=$(this.container).getStyle('border-width').toInt();
  s_h=$(this.container).getSize().size.y-2*b_w;
  s_w=$(this.container).getSize().size.x-2*b_w;
  i=0;
  children.each(function(e) {
  if (i!=0)
 {
  e.id = "currentChild";
 $('currentChild').setStyle('position','relative');
 $('currentChild').setStyle('left',0-s_w*i);
 $('currentChild').setStyle('top',0+s_h*i);
  e.id = "";
 }
  i++;
 });
  children.each(function(e) {
 	e.id = "";
 });
 	},
  init_horizontal: function() {
 $(this.container).setStyle('position','relative');
  var children = $(this.container).getChildren().getChildren()[0];
  var i;
  var s_h;
  var s_w;
  var b_w;
  b_w=$(this.container).getStyle('border-width').toInt();
  s_h=$(this.container).getSize().size.y-2*b_w;
  s_w=$(this.container).getSize().size.x-2*b_w;
  i=0;
  children.each(function(e) {
  if (i!=0)
 {
  e.id = "currentChild";
 $('currentChild').setStyle('position','relative');
 $('currentChild').setStyle('left',0);
 $('currentChild').setStyle('top',0);
  e.id = "";
 }
  i++;
 });
 	},
	scroll: function(container,children,child) {
 	  var scroll = new Fx.Scroll(container,{duration: this.options.duration, onComplete: function() {
 	children.each(function(e) {
 	e.id = "";
 });
 	child.id = "currentChild";
 }}).toElement(child);
	},
	fade: function(container,children,child) {
		var fade = new Fx.Style(container,'opacity',{duration: this.options.duration, onComplete: function() {
 	new Fx.Scroll(container,{duration: 1,onComplete: function() {
 	children.each(function(e) {
 	e.id = "";
 });
 	child.id = "currentChild";
 	new Fx.Style(container,'opacity').start(0.01,1);
 }}).toElement(child);
 }})
		fade.start(1,0.01);
	},
	scrollfade: function(container,children,child) {
	var durationInt = this.options.duration.toInt();
		var fade = new Fx.Style(container,'opacity',{duration: (durationInt/2)})
		fade.start(1,0.01).chain(function() {
 	fade.start(0.01,1);
 });
		new Fx.Scroll(container,{duration: durationInt, onComplete: function() {
 	children.each(function(e) {
 	e.id = "";
 });
 	child.id = "currentChild";
 }}).toElement(child);
	},
	hide_and_show_fade:function()
	{
	  var fade = new Fx.Style($(this.container),'opacity',{duration: this.options.duration});
  if (this.hideshow_flag)
 {
  fade.start(1,0.01);
 }else
 {
  fade.start(0.01,1);
 }
  this.hideshow_flag=!this.hideshow_flag;
	}
});