var messagetext = "Welcome to Lions Valley Lodge"
var thetext = "";
var started = false;
var step = 0;
var times = 1;

function statusbarmessage() {
times--;
if (!times) {
if (!started) {
started = true;
window.status = messagetext;
setTimeout("anim()", 1);
}
thetext = messagetext;
}
}

function anim() {
step++;
if (step==7) step = 1;
if (step==1) window.status = '___[ ' + thetext + ' ]';
if (step==2) window.status = '___[ ' + thetext + ' ]';
if (step==3) window.status = '___[ ' + thetext + ' ]';
if (step==4) window.status = '___[ ' + thetext + ' ]';
if (step==5) window.status = '___[ ' + thetext + ' ]';
if (step==6) window.status = '__[ ' + thetext + ' ]' 
setTimeout("anim()", 1000); }