startColor = "#8297B5";
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 ((srcElement.tagName == "A" && autoFade) || srcElement.className == "fade" || (sloppyClass && srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") != -1))
        fade(startColor,endColor,srcElement.uniqueID,stepIn);      
   }
}

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

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;
}


function ie(){ 
is_ie=navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE")>-1;
return is_ie;
}


function nm(){ 
is_nm=navigator.appName.indexOf("Netscape")>-1;
return is_nm;
}

if (nm()==true)
{
//element.sourceIndex
HTMLElement.prototype.__defineGetter__("sourceIndex", function () {
allElements = document.getElementsByTagName("*");
for (var i = 0; i < allElements.length; i++) {
if (this == allElements[i]) return i;}
return null;});
}

nereidFadeObjects = new Object();
nereidFadeTimers = new Object();
function nereidFade(object, destOp, rate, delta){

if (nm()==false)
{
	if (!document.all)
	return;
}

if (ie()==true)
{
	if (object != "[object]"){  //do this so I can take a string too
	        setTimeout("nereidFade("+object+","+destOp+","+rate+","+delta+")",0);
	        return;}
}
	    clearTimeout(nereidFadeTimers[object.sourceIndex]);


opacity=0;

if (nm()==true)
{
if (typeof(object.style.MozOpacity)!="undefined") opacity=Math.ceil(parseFloat(object.style.MozOpacity)*100); 
}else
{
if (typeof(object.style.KhtmlOpacity)!="undefined") opacity=Math.ceil(parseFloat(object.style.KhtmlOpacity)*100); 
if (ie()==true) if (typeof(object.filters)!="undefined") opacity=object.filters.Alpha.opacity; 
if (typeof(object.style.opacity)!="undefined") opacity=Math.ceil(parseFloat(object.style.opacity)*100); 
}

	diff = destOp-opacity;

	    direction = 1;
	    if (opacity >= destOp){
	    direction = -1; }

	delta=Math.min(direction*diff,delta);
	d=direction*delta;


newopacity=opacity+d;
//alert(opacity);

if (ie()==true) object.filters.alpha.opacity=newopacity;
object.style.KHTMLOpacity+='0.'+newopacity;
object.style.MozOpacity+='0.'+newopacity;
object.style.opacity='0.'+newopacity;

if (nm()==true)
{
if (typeof(object.style.MozOpacity)!="undefined") opacity=Math.ceil(parseFloat(object.style.MozOpacity)*100); 
}else
{
if (typeof(object.style.KhtmlOpacity)!="undefined") opacity=Math.ceil(parseFloat(object.style.KhtmlOpacity)*100); 
if (ie()==true) if (typeof(object.filters)!="undefined") opacity=object.filters.Alpha.opacity; 
if (typeof(object.style.opacity)!="undefined") opacity=Math.ceil(parseFloat(object.style.opacity)*100); 
}

	    if (opacity != destOp){
		
	    nereidFadeObjects[object.sourceIndex]=object;

	    nereidFadeTimers[object.sourceIndex]=setTimeout("nereidFade(nereidFadeObjects["+object.sourceIndex+"],"+destOp+","+rate+","+delta+")",rate);}


}