var url = new Array(100);
  var datefield = new Array(100);
  var title = new Array(100);
  var onclick = new Array(100);
  var category = new Array(100);
  var caption = new Array(100);
  var num;

function reloadNews()
{
    document.getElementById("contentArea").innerHTML = "<img src='http://www.ecofinder.gr/wmt/files/orange_indicator.gif' border='0' />"; 
	var xmlHttp;
	try {
		// Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
			xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
		} catch (e) {
	// Internet Explorer
		try {
				xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
			} catch (e) {
			try {
					xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
				} catch (e) {
					//alert("Ο browser σας δεν υποστηρίζει AJAX!");
				return false;
				}
			}
		}
	
	xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function()
	{
		//0	The request is not initialized
		//1	The request has been set up
		//2	The request has been sent
		//3	The request is in process
		//4	The request is complete
		if(xmlHttp.readyState==4)
		{
			readNews(xmlHttp.responseText);
		}
	}

	var rand = Math.floor(Math.random()*11);
	xmlHttp.open("GET","http://www.ecofinder.gr/wmt/getNews.rss.php?rand="+rand, true);
	xmlHttp.send(null);
} //end function reloadNews

function readNews(text)
{	
	var xmlDoc;
	if (window.DOMParser)
	  {
		  parser=new DOMParser();
		  xmlDoc=parser.parseFromString(text,"text/xml");
	  }
	else // Internet Explorer
	  {
		  xmlDoc=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
		  xmlDoc.async="false";
		  xmlDoc.loadXML(text);
	  }

	  window.num = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("items")[0].getAttribute("num");
	  
	  for (i=1; i<=window.num; i++)
	  {
		 window.url[i] = 'http://www.ecofinder.gr/'+xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("l")[i-1].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
		 window.datefield[i] = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("d")[i-1].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
		 window.onclick[i] = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("oc")[i-1].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
         window.title[i] = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("t")[i-1].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
		 window.category[i] = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("cat")[i-1].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
		 window.caption[i] = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName("cap")[i-1].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
	  }
	startLoop();	 
} //end function readNews

function startLoop()
{
  iPointer = document.getElementById("contentPointer").value;  
  if (window.caption[iPointer]!=undefined)
	{
		document.getElementById("contentArea").innerHTML = "<span class='captionfield'>"+window.caption[iPointer]+"</span><br/><a class='titlefield' onclick=\""+window.onclick[iPointer]+"\" href='"+window.url[iPointer]+"'>"+window.title[iPointer]+"</a><br/><span class='categoryfield'>"+window.category[iPointer]+"</span> <span class='datefield'>"+window.datefield[iPointer]+"</span>";	
	} //end if 
	else 
	{
	   document.getElementById("contentArea").innerHTML = "<img src='http://www.ecofinder.gr/wmt/files/orange_indicator.gif' border='0' />"; 
	} //end else 

  var myFlag=1;
  myCounter = document.getElementById('timeoutcounter').value;
  if (iPointer==window.num) 
  {
  	iPointer=0;
	if (myCounter>20)
	{
		myCounter = 1;
		clearTimeout();
		setTimeout("reloadNews()", 4000);
		myFlag=0;
	} //end if 
	else 
	{
		myCounter++;
		myFlag=1;
	} //end else 
  } 
  document.getElementById('timeoutcounter').value = myCounter;
  if (myFlag==1)
  {
  	iPointer++;
	setTimeout("startLoop()", 4000);
  } //end else
  document.getElementById("contentPointer").value = iPointer;
} //end function startLoop