// startColor = "#8297b5";
startColor = "#0066cc";
endColor = "#ffffff";

stepIn = 17;
stepOut = 25;
autoFade = false;  
sloppyClass = false; 

hexa = new makeArray(16);

for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
	hexa[i] = i;
}

hexa[10]="a";
hexa[11]="b";
hexa[12]="c";
hexa[13]="d";
hexa[14]="e";
hexa[15]="f";

document.onmouseover = domouseover;
document.onmouseout = domouseout;

startColor = dehexize(startColor.toLowerCase());
endColor = dehexize(endColor.toLowerCase());

var fadeId = new Array();

function dehexize(Color){
	var colorArr = new makeArray(3);
	
	for (i=1; i<7; i++){
		for (j=0; j<16; j++){
			if (Color.charAt(i) == hexa[j]) {
				if (i%2 !=0) {
					colorArr[Math.floor((i-1)/2)] = eval(j) * 16;
				} else {
					colorArr[Math.floor((i-1)/2)] += eval(j);
				}
			}
		}
	}
	
	return colorArr;
}

function domouseover() {
	if (document.all) {
		var srcElement = event.srcElement;
  	
		if (autoFade || srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") != -1 || (sloppyClass && srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") != -1)) {
			if (srcElement.tagName == "A") {
				fade(startColor, endColor, srcElement.uniqueID, stepIn);
			} else if (srcElement.tagName == "IMG") {
				nereidFade(srcElement, 100, 30, 10);
			}
		}
	}
}

function domouseout() {
	if (document.all) {
		var srcElement = event.srcElement;
		if (autoFade || srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") != -1 || (sloppyClass && srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") != -1)) {
			if (srcElement.tagName == "A") {
				fade(endColor, startColor, srcElement.uniqueID, stepOut);
			} else if (srcElement.tagName == "IMG") {
				nereidFade(srcElement, 30, 50, 5);
			}
		}
	}
}

function makeArray(n) {
	this.length = n;
	
	for(var i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
		this[i] = 0;
	}
	
	return this;
}

function hex(i) {
	if (i < 0) {
		return "00";
	} else if (i > 255) {
		return "ff";
	} else {
		return "" + hexa[Math.floor(i/16)] + hexa[i%16];
	}
}

function setColor(r, g, b, element) {
	  var hr = hex(r); 
	  var hg = hex(g); 
	  var hb = hex(b);
	  
	  element.style.color = "#"+ hr + hg+ hb;
}

function fade(s, e, element, step){
	var sr = s[0]; 
	var sg = s[1]; 
	var sb = s[2];
	var er = e[0]; 
	var eg = e[1]; 
	var eb = e[2];
	
	if (fadeId[0] != null && fade[0] != element) {
		setColor(sr,sg,sb,eval(fadeId[0]));
		var i = 1;
		
		while (i < fadeId.length) {
			clearTimeout(fadeId[i]);
			i++;
		}
	}
		
	for (var i = 0; i <= step; i++) {
		fadeId[i+1] = setTimeout("setColor(Math.floor(" + sr + " *(( " + step + " - " + i + " )/ " + step + " ) + " + er + " * (" + i + "/" +
			step+ ")),Math.floor(" +sg+ " * (( " +step+ " - " +i+ " )/ " +step+ " ) + " +eg+ " * (" +i+ "/" +step+
			")),Math.floor(" +sb+ " * ((" +step+ "-" +i+ ")/" +step+ ") + " +eb+ " * (" +i+ "/" +step+ ")),"+element+");",i*step);
	}
	
	fadeId[0] = element;
}

nereidFadeObjects = new Object();
nereidFadeTimers = new Object();

function nereidFade(object, destOp, rate, delta) {
	if (!document.all) {
		return;
	}
	
	if (object != "[object]") { //do this so I can take a string too
		setTimeout("nereidFade(" + Object + "," + destOp + "," + rate + "," + delta + ")", 0);
		return;
	}

	clearTimeout(nereidFadeTimers[object.sourceIndex]);
	
	diff = destOp - object.filters.alpha.opacity;
	
	direction = 1;
	
	if (object.filters.alpha.opacity > destOp) {
		direction = -1;
	}

	delta=Math.min(direction * diff, delta);
	object.filters.alpha.opacity += direction*delta;
	
	if (object.filters.alpha.opacity != destOp) {
		nereidFadeObjects[object.sourceIndex] = object;
		nereidFadeTimers[object.sourceIndex] = setTimeout("nereidFade(nereidFadeObjects[" + object.sourceIndex+"]," + destOp + "," + rate + "," + delta + ")", rate);
	}
}