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v_fontWeight='normal';
v_fontColor='#333333';
v_textDecoration='none';
v_fontColorHover='#ff0000';//		| won't work
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v_bgColor='transparent';
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// set [='url(image_source)'] for image
v_top=0;//	|
v_left=0;//	| defining
v_width=200;//  | the box
v_height=110;// |
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v_paddingLeft=2;
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// === 2 === THE CONTENT - ['href','text','target']
// Use '' for href to have no link item
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['','<strong class=\'content-3\'><font color=\'#761E0D\'>Eat up!</font></strong><br/><br/>Each American eats an average of 51 pounds of chocolate per year. ','_blank'],['','<strong class=\'content-3\'><font color=\'#761E0D\'>The First...</font></strong><br/><br/>The first "chocolate box" was introduced by Richard Cadbury in 1868, when he decorated a candy box with a painting of his young daughter holding a kitten in her arms. Cadbury also invented the first Valentine\'s Day candy box.','_blank'],['','<strong class=\'content-3\'><font color=\'#761E0D\'>Milk or Dark?</font></strong><br/><br/>Sixty-five percent of American chocolate eaters prefer milk chocolate.','_blank']];

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