var persistclose=0 //set to 0 or 1. 1 means once the bar is manually closed, it will remain closed for browser session
    var startX = 0 //set x offset of bar in pixels
    var startY = 100 //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)/100;
    		}
    		else{
    		var pY = ns ? pageYOffset + innerHeight - barheight: iecompattest().scrollTop + iecompattest().clientHeight - barheight;
    		ftlObj.y += (pY - startY - ftlObj.y)/100;
    		}
    		ftlObj.sP(ftlObj.x, ftlObj.y);
    		setTimeout("stayTopLeft()", 5);
    	}
    	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