var docBody = document.body;
		var marker = docBody.firstChild;
		var banner = document.createElement("div");
		
		banner.setAttribute("id","movingBannerBox");
		banner.style.cssText = "position: absolute; width: 400px; left: 40px; top: 175px; padding: 10px; background: #FFF; font-weight: bold; z-index: 10; overflow: hidden; border: solid 1px #000; ";
		banner.innerHTML+= "<p>Welcome to the NEW and IMPROVED Sea Cadet Ships Store.</p>";
		banner.innerHTML+= "<p>If you have not already done so, please enter yourself as a NEW CUSTOMER when completing your checkout in the shopping cart. This site will not recognize you if you purchased from our previous website.</p>";
		banner.innerHTML+= "<p>If you are a Gear Store registered shopper please note that the Gear Locker login and password is completely separate from the shopping cart login and password.  You will need to create a new shopping cart ID on your first visit.</p>";
		banner.innerHTML+= "<p>Our USSC Gearlocker site has been optimized to be viewed at 800 x 600 or higher resolution with either Microsoft Internet Explorer 7x, 8x, Firefox 3.x and Safari 4.x (or newer versions).</p>";
		banner.innerHTML+= "<p>Thank you for your business.</p>";
		banner.innerHTML+= "<p style='text-align: right; padding-bottom: 0; margin-bottom: 0;'><a href='#' onclick='closeBanner(); return false;'>Close</a></p>";
		
		docBody.insertBefore(banner,marker);
		
		function closeBanner(){
			var banner = document.getElementById("movingBannerBox");
			banner.style.zIndex="-10";
			banner.style.height="0";
			banner.style.display="none";
			banner.style.borderWidth="0px";
		}
		
		setTimeout("closeBanner()",10000);