function LetterCount(text, long, label) {
    var maxlength = new Number(long); // Change number to your max length.
    if (text.value.length > maxlength) {
        text.value = text.value.substring(0, maxlength);
    } else {
        var lettersLeft = maxlength - text.value.length;
        var domLabel = document.getElementById(label).innerHTML = lettersLeft + " letters remaining";
    }
}

function popitup(url) {
    newwindow = window.open(url, 'name', 'height=352,width=454,status=no,titlebar=no,dependent=yes');
    if (window.focus) {
        //window.opener.location.reload(true);
        newwindow.focus()
    }
    return false;
}

var elemText, elemOrigText;
var count = 3;
var obj;

function animateUploadText() {
    obj = document.getElementById('uploadtext');
    obj.style.visibility = "visible";
    elemOrigText = obj.innerHTML;
    setInterval(animateElipsis, 500);
}

function animateElipsis() {
    elemText = elemOrigText.substr(0, elemOrigText.length - count);
    count--;
    if (count < 0) {
        count = 3;
    }
    obj.innerHTML = elemText;
}

//for scroller

var headline_count;
var headline_interval;
var old_headline = 0;
var current_headline = 0;

$(document).ready(function() {
   
    headline_count = $("div.headline").size();
    $("div.headline:eq(" + current_headline + ")").css('top', '5px');

    headline_interval = setInterval(headline_rotate, 10000); //time in milliseconds
    $('#scrollup').hover(function() {
        clearInterval(headline_interval);
    }, function() {
        headline_interval = setInterval(headline_rotate, 10000); //time in milliseconds
        headline_rotate();
    });
});

function headline_rotate() {
   
    current_headline = (old_headline + 1) % headline_count;
    $("div.headline:eq(" + old_headline + ")").animate({ top: -205 }, "slow", function() {
        $(this).css('top', '210px');
    });
    $("div.headline:eq(" + current_headline + ")").show().animate({ top: 5 }, "slow");
    old_headline = current_headline;
}