This script is from the Bolt site. Again, I can't read most of this stuff :-(
but if you're even less of a programmer than I am, I've made a few comments for you.
And if you can read all this junk then don't blame me for commenting on stuff that's
absolutely wrong. Like I told you, I can't read this script too well


<!-- ********** CAN'T SEE IF THIS MATTERS OR NOT, IF
IT DOES ANYTHING AT ALL, IT PROBABLY SETS THE COLORS OF THE
TICKER LINKS ********** -->


<STYLE TYPE="text/javascript">

with    (tags.A)        {
        color = "#FFFFFF"
}

</style>


<!-- ********** THIS IS PRETTY OBVIOUSLY THE MEAT OF THE TICKER SCRIPT
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ADD OR DELETE THE NUMBER OF MESSAGES ON THE
TICKER OR NOT ********** -->

<script language="JavaScript 1.2">

//configure the below three variables to change the style of the scroller
var scrollerwidth=280;
var scrollerheight=25;
var scrollerbgcolor='#FF6600';

//configure the below variable to change the contents of the scroller
var messages=new Array();
messages[0]="<font face='Arial' size='-1'><a href='URL'>MESSAGE</a></font>";
messages[1]="<font face='Arial' size='-1'><a href='URL'>MESSAGE</a></font>";
messages[2]="<font face='Arial' size='-1'><a href='URL'>MESSAGE</a></font>";
messages[3]="<font face='Arial' size='-1'><a href='URL'>MESSAGE</a></font>";
messages[4]="<font face='Arial' size='-1'><a href='URL'>MESSAGE</a></font>";
messages[5]="<font face='Arial' size='-1'><a href='URL'>MESSAGE</a></font>";
messages[6]="<font face='Arial' size='-1'><a href='URL'>MESSAGE</a></font>";
messages[7]="<font face='Arial' size='-1'><a href='URL'>MESSAGE</a></font>";
messages[8]="<font face='Arial' size='-1'><a href='URL'>MESSAGE</a></font>";
messages[9]="<font face='Arial' size='-1'><a href='URL'>MESSAGE</a></font>";
messages[10]="<font face='Arial' size='-1'><a href='URL'>MESSAGE</a></font>";
messages[11]="<font face='Arial' size='-1'><a href='URL'>MESSAGE</a></font>";
messages[12]="<font face='Arial' size='-1'><a href='URL'>MESSAGE</a></font>";
messages[13]="<font face='Arial' size='-1'><a href='URL'>MESSAGE</a></font>";
messages[14]="<font face='Arial' size='-1'><a href='URL'>MESSAGE</a></font>";
messages[15]="<font face='Arial' size='-1'><a href='URL'>MESSAGE</a></font>";
messages[16]="<font face='Arial' size='-1'><a href='URL'>MESSAGE</a></font>";
messages[17]="<font face='Arial' size='-1'><a href='URL'>MESSAGE</a></font>";

///////Do not edit pass this line///////////////////////

if (messages.length>1)
        i=2;
else
        i=0;

function move1(whichlayer){
        tlayer=eval(whichlayer);
        if (tlayer.top>0&&tlayer.top<=1){
                tlayer.top=0;
                setTimeout("move1(tlayer)",2000);
                setTimeout("move2(document.main.document.second)",2000);
                return;
        }
        if (tlayer.top>=tlayer.document.height*-1){
                tlayer.top-=1;
                setTimeout("move1(tlayer)",60);
        } else{
                tlayer.top=scrollerheight;
                tlayer.document.write(messages[i]);
                tlayer.document.close();
                if (i==messages.length-1)
                        i=0;
                else
                        i++;
        }
}

function move2(whichlayer){
        tlayer2=eval(whichlayer);
        if (tlayer2.top>0&&tlayer2.top<=1){
                tlayer2.top=0;
                setTimeout("move2(tlayer2)",2000);
                setTimeout("move1(document.main.document.first)",2000);
                return;
        }
        if (tlayer2.top>=tlayer2.document.height*-1){
                tlayer2.top-=1;
                setTimeout("move2(tlayer2)",60);
        }  else {
                tlayer2.top=scrollerheight;
                tlayer2.document.write(messages[i]);
                tlayer2.document.close();
                if (i==messages.length-1)
                        i=0;
                else
                        i++;
        }
}

function move3(whichdiv) {
        tdiv=eval(whichdiv);
        if (tdiv.style.pixelTop>0&&tdiv.style.pixelTop<=1){
                tdiv.style.pixelTop=0;
                setTimeout("move3(tdiv)",2000);
                setTimeout("move4(second2)",2000);
                return;
        }
        if (tdiv.style.pixelTop>=tdiv.offsetHeight*-1) {
                tdiv.style.pixelTop-=1;
                setTimeout("move3(tdiv)",60);
        }  else {
                tdiv.style.pixelTop=scrollerheight;
                tdiv.innerHTML=messages[i];
                if (i==messages.length-1)
                        i=0;
                else
                        i++;
        }
}

function move4(whichdiv){
        tdiv2=eval(whichdiv);
        if (tdiv2.style.pixelTop>0&&tdiv2.style.pixelTop<=1){
                tdiv2.style.pixelTop=0;
                setTimeout("move4(tdiv2)",2000);
                setTimeout("move3(first2)",2000);
                return;
        }
        if (tdiv2.style.pixelTop>=tdiv2.offsetHeight*-1){
                tdiv2.style.pixelTop-=1;
                setTimeout("move4(second2)",60);
        }  else  {
                tdiv2.style.pixelTop=scrollerheight;
                tdiv2.innerHTML=messages[i];
        if (i==messages.length-1)
                i=0;
        else
                i++;
        }
}

function startscroll(){
        if (document.all){
                move3(first2);
                second2.style.top=scrollerheight;
        }  else if (document.layers){
                move1(document.main.document.first);
                document.main.document.second.top=scrollerheight+5;
                document.main.document.second.visibility='show';
        }
}

window.onload=startscroll


</script>

<!-- ****** WHAT THE @#!% IS AN ILAYER? HEHE, NO DHTML EXPERIENCE HERE ******* -->

<ilayer id="main" width=&{scrollerwidth}; height=&{scrollerheight}; bgColor=&{scrollerbgcolor};>


<layer id="first" left=0 top=1 width=&{scrollerwidth};>
<script language="JavaScript 1.2">

if (document.layers)
        document.write(messages[0]);

</script>
</layer>
<layer id="second" left=0 top=0 width=&{scrollerwidth}; visibility=hide>

<script language="JavaScript 1.2">

if (document.layers)
        document.write(messages[1]);

</script>
</layer>
</ilayer>

<!-- ******* MORE COMPLEX CODE I DON'T GET, THIS IS PROBABLY RELEVANT TO THE SCRIPT
BECAUSE I SEE THE MESSAGE ARRAY IN HERE ********* -->

<script language="JavaScript 1.2">

if (document.all){
        document.writeln('<span id="main2" style="position:relative;width:'+scrollerwidth+';height:'+scrollerheight+';overflow:hiden;background-color:'+scrollerbgcolor+'">');
        document.writeln('<div style="position:absolute;width:'+scrollerwidth+';height:'+scrollerheight+';clip:rect(0 '+scrollerwidth+' '+scrollerheight+' 0);left:0;top:0">');
        document.writeln('<div id="first2" style="position:absolute;width:'+scrollerwidth+';left:0;top:1;">');
        document.write(messages[0]);
        document.writeln('</div>');
        document.writeln('<div id="second2" style="position:absolute;width:'+scrollerwidth+';left:0;top:0">');
        document.write(messages[1]);
        document.writeln('</div>');
        document.writeln('</div>');
        document.writeln('</span>');
}

</script>