Need some suggestions - i have a bit of javascript code that will do vertical scrolling news. Its a great bit of code, you dont need to worry about putting anything in the HEAD, just plop it in the content and away it goes. However, i dont want to have to manually edit the code when someone whats to cycle the news items so im trying to work out an asset listing to help me out. only issue, when i create the asset listing matrix wraps each one in a div tag (which then breaks the script).
is there a better approach? as i mentioned, once we launch i want a non-techie to be able to easily select which stories to include.
here’s the code (without the div tags from the asset listing around each news item) - you can preview our demo page with it working at the following url - note its a demo site! not finished 
- its the v_content section i have tried to place in an asset listing to no avail.
CIT Demo - scroll is bottom left
News and Events
/* USE WORDWRAP AND MAXIMIZE THE WINDOW TO SEE THIS FILE
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V-NewsTicker v2.2
License : Freeware (Enjoy it!)
(c)2003 VASIL DINKOV- PLOVDIV, BULGARIA
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For IE4+, NS4+, Opera5+, Konqueror3.1+
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Get the NewsTicker script at:
http://www.smartmenus.org/
LEAVE THESE NOTES PLEASE - delete the comments if you want */
// BUG in Opera:
// If you want to be able to control the body margins
// put the script right after the BODY tag, not in the HEAD!!!
// === 1 === FONT, COLORS, EXTRAS...
v_font='arial,sans-serif,helvetica';
v_fontSize='11px';
v_fontSizeNS4='11px';
v_fontWeight='normal';
v_fontColor='#000000';
v_textDecoration='none';
v_fontColorHover='';// | won't work
v_textDecorationHover='none';// | in Netscape4
v_bgColor='';
// set [='transparent'] for transparent
// set [='url(image_source)'] for image
v_top=0;// |
v_left=0;// | defining
v_width=248;// | the box
v_height=110;// |
v_paddingTop=10;
v_paddingLeft=10;
v_position='relative';// absolute/relative
v_timeout=2500;//1000 = 1 second
v_slideSpeed=30;
v_slideDirection=0;//0=down-up;1=up-down
v_pauseOnMouseOver=true;
// v2.2+ new below
v_slideStep=1;//pixels
v_textAlign='center';// left/center/right
v_textVAlign='middle';// top/middle/bottom - won't work in Netscape4
// === 2 === THE CONTENT - ['href','text','target']
// Use '' for href to have no link item
v_content=[
['http://www.smartmenus.org/','Health Science Student Clinics
Need a boost in health and vitality?Contact 6205 4727 for bookings.
Student Clinics are located at Bruce Campus.',''],
['','Industry Newsletter LaunchedCIT has launched Industry Connection; the bi-monthly newsletter for industry, business and Friends of CIT. Sign-up Now!',''],
['http://www.smartmenus.org/','Term 4 2008 CIT CoursesThe following is a list of courses that are available for application for Term 4 2008.','']
];
// ===
v_ua=navigator.userAgent;v_nS4=document.layers?1:0;v_iE=document.all&&!window.innerWidth&&v_ua.indexOf("MSIE")!=-1?1:0;v_oP=v_ua.indexOf("Opera")!=-1&&document.clear?1:0;v_oP7=v_oP&&document.appendChild?1:0;v_oP4=v_ua.indexOf("Opera")!=-1&&!document.clear;v_kN=v_ua.indexOf("Konqueror")!=-1&&parseFloat(v_ua.substring(v_ua.indexOf("Konqueror/")+10))<3.1?1:0;v_count=v_content.length;v_cur=1;v_cl=0;v_d=v_slideDirection?-1:1;v_TIM=0;v_fontSize2=v_nS4&&navigator.platform.toLowerCase().indexOf("win")!=-1?v_fontSizeNS4:v_fontSize;v_canPause=0;function v_getOS(a){return v_iE?document.all[a].style:v_nS4?document.layers["v_container"].document.layers[a]:document.getElementById(a).style};function v_start(){var o,px;o=v_getOS("v_1");px=v_oP&&!v_oP7||v_nS4?0:"px";if(parseInt(o.top)==v_paddingTop){v_canPause=1;if(v_count>1)v_TIM=setTimeout("v_canPause=0;v_slide()",v_timeout);return}o.top=(parseInt(o.top)-v_slideStep*v_d)*v_d>v_paddingTop*v_d?parseInt(o.top)-v_slideStep*v_d+px:v_paddingTop+px;if(v_oP&&o.visibility.toLowerCase()!="visible")o.visibility="visible";setTimeout("v_start()",v_slideSpeed)};function v_slide(){var o,o2,px;o=v_getOS("v_"+v_cur);o2=v_getOS("v_"+(v_cur<v_count?v_cur+1:1));px=v_oP&&!v_oP7||v_nS4?0:"px";if(parseInt(o2.top)==v_paddingTop){if(v_oP)o.visibility="hidden";o.top=v_height*v_d+px;v_cur=v_curv_paddingTop*v_d){o.top=parseInt(o.top)-v_slideStep*v_d+px;o2.top=parseInt(o2.top)-v_slideStep*v_d+px}else{o.top=-v_height*v_d+px;o2.top=v_paddingTop+px}setTimeout("v_slide()",v_slideSpeed)};if(v_nS4||v_iE||v_oP||document.getElementById&&!v_kN&&!v_oP4){
document.write(".vnewsticker,a.vnewsticker{font-family:"+v_font+";font-size:"+v_fontSize2+";color:"+v_fontColor+";text-decoration:"+v_textDecoration+";font-weight:"+v_fontWeight+"}a.vnewsticker:hover{font-family:"+v_font+";font-size:"+v_fontSize2+";color:"+v_fontColorHover+";text-decoration:"+v_textDecorationHover+"}");v_temp=""+(v_iE?"":"");for(v_i=0;v_i<v_count;v_i++)
v_temp+="<div "+(v_nS4?"name":"id")+"=v_"+(v_i+1)+" style='position:absolute;top:"+(v_height*v_d)+"px;left:"+v_paddingLeft+"px;width:"+(v_width-v_paddingLeft*2)+"px;height:"+(v_height-v_paddingTop*2)+"px;clip:rect(0,"+(v_width-v_paddingLeft*2)+","+(v_height-v_paddingTop*2)+",0);overflow:hidden"+(v_oP?";visibility:hidden":"")+";text-align:"+v_textAlign+"' class=vnewsticker>"+(!v_nS4?"<table width="+(v_width-v_paddingLeft*2)+" height="+(v_height-v_paddingTop*2)+" cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td width="+(v_width-v_paddingLeft*2)+" height="+(v_height-v_paddingTop*2)+" align="+v_textAlign+" valign="+v_textVAlign+" class=vnewsticker>":"")+(v_content[v_i][0]!=""?"<a href='"+v_content[v_i][0]+"' target='"+v_content[v_i][2]+"' class=vnewsticker"+(v_pauseOnMouseOver?" onmouseover='if(v_canPause&&v_count>1){clearTimeout(v_TIM);v_cl=1}' onmouseout='if(v_canPause&&v_count>1&&v_cl)v_TIM=setTimeout(\"v_canPause=0;v_slide();v_cl=0\","+v_timeout+")'":"")+">":"<span"+(v_pauseOnMouseOver?" onmouseover='if(v_canPause&&v_count>1){clearTimeout(v_TIM);v_cl=1}' onmouseout='if(v_canPause&&v_count>1&&v_cl)v_TIM=setTimeout(\"v_canPause=0;v_slide();v_cl=0\","+v_timeout+")'":"")+">")+v_content[v_i][1]+(v_content[v_i][0]!=""?"</a>":"</span>")+(!v_nS4?"</td></tr></table>":"")+"</div>";v_temp+=(v_iE?"</div>":"")+"</div>";document.write(v_temp);setTimeout("v_start()",1000);if(v_nS4)onresize=function(){location.reload()}}
</script>
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