var persistclose=1 //set to 0 or 1. 1 means once the bar is manually closed, it will remain closed for browser session

var startX = screen.width/2-672 //set x offset of bar in pixels

var startY = screen.height/2-380 //set y offset of bar in pixels

var verticalpos="fromtop" //enter "fromtop" or "frombottom"



function iecompattest(){

return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body

}



function get_cookie(Name) {

var search = Name + "="

var returnvalue = "";

if (document.cookie.length > 0) {

offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search)

if (offset != -1) {

offset += search.length

end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset);

if (end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;

returnvalue=unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, end))

}

}

return returnvalue;

}



function closebar(){

if (persistclose)

document.cookie="remainclosed=1"

document.getElementById("topbar").style.visibility="hidden"

}



function staticbar(){

	barheight=document.getElementById("topbar").offsetHeight

	var ns = (navigator.appName.indexOf("Netscape") != -1) || window.opera;

	var d = document;

	function ml(id){

		var el=d.getElementById(id);

		if (!persistclose || persistclose && get_cookie("remainclosed")=="")

		el.style.visibility="visible"

		if(d.layers)el.style=el;

		el.sP=function(x,y){this.style.left=x+"px";this.style.top=y+"px";};

		el.x = startX;

		if (verticalpos=="fromtop")

		el.y = startY;

		else{

		el.y = ns ? pageYOffset + innerHeight : iecompattest().scrollTop + iecompattest().clientHeight;

		el.y -= startY;

		}

		return el;

	}

	window.stayTopLeft=function(){

		if (verticalpos=="fromtop"){

		var pY = ns ? pageYOffset : iecompattest().scrollTop;

		ftlObj.y += (pY + startY - ftlObj.y)/8;

		}

		else{

		var pY = ns ? pageYOffset + innerHeight - barheight: iecompattest().scrollTop + iecompattest().clientHeight - barheight;

		ftlObj.y += (pY - startY - ftlObj.y)/8;

		}

		ftlObj.sP(ftlObj.x, ftlObj.y);

		setTimeout("stayTopLeft()", 10);

	}

	ftlObj = ml("topbar");

	stayTopLeft();

}



if (window.addEventListener)

window.addEventListener("load", staticbar, false)

else if (window.attachEvent)

window.attachEvent("onload", staticbar)

else if (document.getElementById)

window.onload=staticbar