fadeColor = "#FF0000";  // color to fade to


//fadeColor = "#0";


stepIn = 17; // delay when fading in


stepOut = 25; // delay when fading out





/* set to true or false; true will


** cause all links to fade automatically


** (you won't need to add class="fade")


***/


autoFade = true;  





/* set to true or false; true will cause all CSS


** classes with "fade" in them to fade onmouseover


***/


sloppyClass = true;





/* set to true or false; true will make the script


** work for Macs (IE 5+), but you will have to give


** a name (name="blah") to each link that you want


** to fade.


***/


macCompat = 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;





fadeColor = dehexize(fadeColor.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 ((srcElement.tagName == "A" && autoFade && srcElement.className != "nofade") || srcElement.className == "fade" || (sloppyClass && srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") != -1)) {


				if (!srcElement.startColor) {


					srcElement.startColor = (srcElement.style.color)? srcElement.style.color: srcElement.currentStyle.color;


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


				}


				var link = (macCompat? srcElement.name: srcElement.uniqueID);


				if (link) fade(srcElement.startColor,fadeColor,link,stepIn);				


				else if (macCompat) alert("Error: Mac Compatility mode enabled, but link has no name.");


		}


	}


}





function domouseout() {


	if (document.all){


		var srcElement = event.srcElement;


		if ((srcElement.tagName == "A" && autoFade && srcElement.className != "nofade") || srcElement.className == "fade" || (sloppyClass && srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") != -1)) {


			var link = (macCompat? srcElement.name: srcElement.uniqueID);


			if (link) fade(fadeColor,srcElement.startColor,link,stepIn);


		}


	}


}





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 && eval(fadeId[0])) {


		var orig = eval(fadeId[0]);


		setColor(orig.startColor[0],orig.startColor[1],orig.startColor[2],orig);


		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;


}