/***********************************************
            * Fading Scroller- © Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (www.dynamicdrive.com)
            * This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
            * Visit Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
            ***********************************************/
            var delay = 5000; //set delay between message change (in miliseconds)
            var maxsteps=30; // number of steps to take to change from start color to endcolor
            var stepdelay=40; // time in miliseconds of a single step
            //**Note: maxsteps*stepdelay will be total time in miliseconds of fading effect
            var startcolor= new Array(255,255,255); // start color (red, green, blue)
            var endcolor=new Array(255,255,255); // end color (red, green, blue)

            var fcontent=new Array();
            begintag='<div style="font: normal 12px Arial; font-weight:bold; color:#eeeeee; padding: 5px; background:#9a091a;">'; //set opening tag, such as font declarations
//            fcontent[0]="<b>Breaking News:</b><br>New scripts added to the Scroller category!<br><br>The MoreZone has been updated. <a href='../morezone/index.htm'>Click here to visit</a>";
//            fcontent[1]="Dynamic Drive has been featured on Jars as a top 5% resource, and About.com as a recommended DHTML destination.";
//            fcontent[2]="Ok, enough with these pointless messages. You get the idea behind this script.</a>";
            closetag='</div>';

            var fwidth='735px'; //set scroller width
            var fheight='25px'; //set scroller height

            var fadelinks=1;  //should links inside scroller content also fade like text? 0 for no, 1 for yes.

            ///No need to edit below this line/////////////////


            var ie4=document.all&&!document.getElementById;
            var DOM2=document.getElementById;
            var faderdelay=0;
            var index=0;


            /*Rafael Raposo edited function*/
            //function to change content
            function changecontent(){
              if (index>=fcontent.length)
                index=0
              if (DOM2){
                document.getElementById("fscroller").style.color="rgb("+startcolor[0]+", "+startcolor[1]+", "+startcolor[2]+")"
                document.getElementById("fscroller").innerHTML=begintag+fcontent[index]+closetag
                if (fadelinks)
                  linkcolorchange(1);
                colorfade(1, 15);
              }
              else if (ie4)
                document.all.fscroller.innerHTML=begintag+fcontent[index]+closetag;
              index++
            }

            // colorfade() partially by Marcio Galli for Netscape Communications.  ////////////
            // Modified by Dynamicdrive.com

            function linkcolorchange(step){
              var obj=document.getElementById("fscroller").getElementsByTagName("A");
              if (obj.length>0){
                for (i=0;i<obj.length;i++)
                  obj[i].style.color=getstepcolor(step);
              }
            }

            /*Rafael Raposo edited function*/
            var fadecounter;
            function colorfade(step) {
              if(step<=maxsteps) {	
                document.getElementById("fscroller").style.color=getstepcolor(step);
                if (fadelinks)
                  linkcolorchange(step);
                step++;
                fadecounter=setTimeout("colorfade("+step+")",stepdelay);
              }else{
                clearTimeout(fadecounter);
                document.getElementById("fscroller").style.color="rgb("+endcolor[0]+", "+endcolor[1]+", "+endcolor[2]+")";
                setTimeout("changecontent()", delay);
            	
              }   
            }

            /*Rafael Raposo's new function*/
            function getstepcolor(step) {
              var diff
              var newcolor=new Array(3);
              for(var i=0;i<3;i++) {
                diff = (startcolor[i]-endcolor[i]);
                if(diff > 0) {
                  newcolor[i] = startcolor[i]-(Math.round((diff/maxsteps))*step);
                } else {
                  newcolor[i] = startcolor[i]+(Math.round((Math.abs(diff)/maxsteps))*step);
                }
              }
              return ("rgb(" + newcolor[0] + ", " + newcolor[1] + ", " + newcolor[2] + ")");
            }

            if (ie4||DOM2)
              document.write('<div id="fscroller" style="border:0px; font: normal 12px Arial; font-weight:bold; color:#9a091a; padding: 5px; width:'+fwidth+';height:'+fheight+'"></div>');

            if (window.addEventListener)
            window.addEventListener("load", changecontent, false)
            else if (window.attachEvent)
            window.attachEvent("onload", changecontent)
            else if (document.getElementById)
            window.onload=changecontent