file://set message:
msg = "  M E L B O U R N E... the world's most liveable city! ";

timeID = 20;
stcnt = 8;
wmsg = new Array(33);
        wmsg[0]=msg;
        blnk = "                                                               ";
        for (i=1; i<32; i++)
        {
                b = blnk.substring(0,i);
                wmsg[i]="";
                for (j=0; j<msg.length; j++) wmsg[i]=wmsg[i]+msg.charAt(j)+b;
        }

function wiper()
{
        if (stcnt > -1) str = wmsg[stcnt]; else str = wmsg[0];
        if (stcnt-- < -40) stcnt=31;
        status = str;
        clearTimeout(timeID);
        timeID = setTimeout("wiper()",100);
}

wiper()

var win= null;
function NewWindow(mypage,myname,w,h,scroll){
  var winl = (screen.width-w)/2;
  var wint = (screen.height-h)/2;
  var settings  ='height='+h+',';
      settings +='width='+w+',';
      settings +='top='+wint+',';
      settings +='left='+winl+',';
      settings +='scrollbars='+scroll+',';
      settings +='resizable=yes';
  win=window.open(mypage,myname,settings);
  if(parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4){win.window.focus();}
}

		//DATE & TIME DISPLAY
		function createMonth(n)
		{ this.length = n; return this;}
	
		//******** function to write today's date ***************************************
		var monthNames = new createMonth(12)
		monthNames[0] = "January"
		monthNames[1] = "February"
		monthNames[2] = "March"
		monthNames[3] = "April"
		monthNames[4] = "May"
		monthNames[5] = "June"
		monthNames[6] = "July"
		monthNames[7] = "August"
		monthNames[8] = "September"
		monthNames[9] = "October"
		monthNames[10] = "November"
		monthNames[11] = "December"
	
		function createDay(n)
		{ this.length = n; return this;}
	
		var dayNames = new createDay(7)
		dayNames[0] = "Sunday"
		dayNames[1] = "Monday"
		dayNames[2] = "Tuesday"
		dayNames[3] = "Wednesday"
		dayNames[4] = "Thursday"
		dayNames[5] = "Friday"
		dayNames[6] = "Saturday"
	
		function customDateString(oneDate)
		{
			var theDay = dayNames[oneDate.getDay()]
			var theMonth = monthNames[oneDate.getMonth()]
			var theYear = oneDate.getYear() + ((oneDate.getYear()<= 1000) ? 1900 : 0);
			return theDay + ",&nbsp;" + theMonth + "&nbsp;" + oneDate.getDate() + ",&nbsp;" + theYear
		}

function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0
  window.open(theURL,winName,features);
}