Circling Text Trail Cursor Effect

Simply add the code below the < head > tag of the layout's code:

<style type="text/css"> /* Circle Text Styles */ #outerCircleText { /* Optional - DO NOT SET FONT-SIZE HERE, SET IT IN THE SCRIPT */ font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; font-family: 'comic sans ms', verdana, arial; color: #000; /* End Optional */ /* Start Required - Do Not Edit */ position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;z-index: 3000;cursor: default;} #outerCircleText div {position: relative;} #outerCircleText div div {position: absolute;top: 0;left: 0;text-align: center;} /* End Required */ /* End Circle Text Styles */ </style> <script type="text/javascript"> /* Circling text trail- Tim Tilton Website: http://www.tempermedia.com/ Visit: http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for Original Source and tons of scripts Modified Here for more flexibility and modern browser support Modifications as first seen in http://www.dynamicdrive.com/forums/ username:jscheuer1 - This notice must remain for legal use */ ;(function(){ // Your message here (QUOTED STRING) var msg = "Dynamic Drive! Scripts & More!"; /* THE REST OF THE EDITABLE VALUES BELOW ARE ALL UNQUOTED NUMBERS */ // Set font's style size for calculating dimensions // Set to number of desired pixels font size (decimal and negative numbers not allowed) var size = 24; // Set both to 1 for plain circle, set one of them to 2 for oval // Other numbers & decimals can have interesting effects, keep these low (0 to 3) var circleY = 0.75; var circleX = 2; // The larger this divisor, the smaller the spaces between letters // (decimals allowed, not negative numbers) var letter_spacing = 5; // The larger this multiplier, the bigger the circle/oval // (decimals allowed, not negative numbers, some rounding is applied) var diameter = 10; // Rotation speed, set it negative if you want it to spin clockwise (decimals allowed) var rotation = 0.4; // This is not the rotation speed, its the reaction speed, keep low! // Set this to 1 or a decimal less than one (decimals allowed, not negative numbers) var speed = 0.3; ////////////////////// Stop Editing ////////////////////// if (!window.addEventListener && !window.attachEvent || !document.createElement) return; msg = msg.split(''); var n = msg.length - 1, a = Math.round(size * diameter * 0.208333), currStep = 20, ymouse = a * circleY + 20, xmouse = a * circleX + 20, y = [], x = [], Y = [], X = [], o = document.createElement('div'), oi = document.createElement('div'), b = document.compatMode && document.compatMode != "BackCompat"? document.documentElement : document.body, mouse = function(e){ e = e || window.event; ymouse = !isNaN(e.pageY)? e.pageY : e.clientY; // y-position xmouse = !isNaN(e.pageX)? e.pageX : e.clientX; // x-position }, makecircle = function(){ // rotation/positioning if(init.nopy){ o.style.top = (b || document.body).scrollTop + 'px'; o.style.left = (b || document.body).scrollLeft + 'px'; }; currStep -= rotation; for (var d, i = n; i > -1; --i){ // makes the circle d = document.getElementById('iemsg' + i).style; d.top = Math.round(y[i] + a * Math.sin((currStep + i) / letter_spacing) * circleY - 15) + 'px'; d.left = Math.round(x[i] + a * Math.cos((currStep + i) / letter_spacing) * circleX) + 'px'; }; }, drag = function(){ // makes the resistance y[0] = Y[0] += (ymouse - Y[0]) * speed; x[0] = X[0] += (xmouse - 20 - X[0]) * speed; for (var i = n; i > 0; --i){ y[i] = Y[i] += (y[i-1] - Y[i]) * speed; x[i] = X[i] += (x[i-1] - X[i]) * speed; }; makecircle(); }, init = function(){ // appends message divs, & sets initial values for positioning arrays if(!isNaN(window.pageYOffset)){ ymouse += window.pageYOffset; xmouse += window.pageXOffset; } else init.nopy = true; for (var d, i = n; i > -1; --i){ d = document.createElement('div'); d.id = 'iemsg' + i; d.style.height = d.style.width = a + 'px'; d.appendChild(document.createTextNode(msg[i])); oi.appendChild(d); y[i] = x[i] = Y[i] = X[i] = 0; }; o.appendChild(oi); document.body.appendChild(o); setInterval(drag, 25); }, ascroll = function(){ ymouse += window.pageYOffset; xmouse += window.pageXOffset; window.removeEventListener('scroll', ascroll, false); }; o.id = 'outerCircleText'; o.style.fontSize = size + 'px'; if (window.addEventListener){ window.addEventListener('load', init, false); document.addEventListener('mouseover', mouse, false); document.addEventListener('mousemove', mouse, false); if (/Apple/.test(navigator.vendor)) window.addEventListener('scroll', ascroll, false); } else if (window.attachEvent){ window.attachEvent('onload', init); document.attachEvent('onmousemove', mouse); }; })(); </script>