var howOften = 8; //number often in seconds to rotate
var current = 0; //start the counter at 0
var ns6 = document.getElementById&&!document.all; //detect netscape 6

/*  place your images, text, etc in the array elements here
var items = new Array();
    items[0]="<img src='monkey.gif' border='0'>"; //an image
    items[1]="<a href='#'><img src='monkey.gif' border='0'></a>"; //a linked image
    items[2]="Text without a link";
    items[3]="<a href='#'>Text with a link</a>";
    items[4]="<a href='#'><img src='monkey.gif' border='0'> Text and image with a link</a>";
*/

function rotater() {
    if(document.layers  && items[current] && items[current]!='undefined') {
        document.placeholderlayer.document.write(items[current]);
        document.placeholderlayer.document.close();
    }
    if(ns6)document.getElementById("placeholderdiv").innerHTML=items[current]
        if(document.all && items[current] && items[current]!='undefined')
            placeholderdiv.innerHTML=items[current];

    current = (current==items.length-1) ? 0 : current + 1; //increment or reset
    setTimeout("rotater()",howOften*1000);
}