//Gradual Elements Fader- By Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com
//Last updated: Nov 8th, 07'
var gradualFader={}
gradualFader.baseopacity=0.6 //set base opacity when mouse isn't over element (decimal below 1)
gradualFader.increment=0.1 //amount of opacity to increase after each iteration (suggestion: 0.1 or 0.2)
document.write('')
gradualFader.setopacity=function(obj, value){ //Sets the opacity of targetobject based on the passed in value setting (0 to 1 and in between)
var targetobject=obj
if (targetobject && targetobject.filters && targetobject.filters[0]){ //IE syntax
if (typeof targetobject.filters[0].opacity=="number") //IE6
targetobject.filters[0].opacity=value*100
else //IE 5.5
targetobject.style.filter="alpha(opacity="+value*100+")"
}
else if (targetobject && typeof targetobject.style.MozOpacity!="undefined") //Old Mozilla syntax
targetobject.style.MozOpacity=value
else if (targetobject && typeof targetobject.style.opacity!="undefined") //Standard opacity syntax
targetobject.style.opacity=value
targetobject.currentopacity=value
}
gradualFader.fadeupdown=function(obj, direction){
var targetobject=obj
var fadeamount=(direction=="fadeup")? this.increment : -this.increment
if (targetobject && (direction=="fadeup" && targetobject.currentopacity<1 || direction=="fadedown" && targetobject.currentopacity>this.baseopacity)){
this.setopacity(obj, targetobject.currentopacity+fadeamount)
window["opacityfader"+obj._fadeorder]=setTimeout(function(){gradualFader.fadeupdown(obj, direction)}, 50)
}
}
gradualFader.clearTimer=function(obj){
if (typeof window["opacityfader"+obj._fadeorder]!="undefined")
clearTimeout(window["opacityfader"+obj._fadeorder])
}
gradualFader.isContained=function(m, e){
var e=window.event || e
var c=e.relatedTarget || ((e.type=="mouseover")? e.fromElement : e.toElement)
while (c && c!=m)try {c=c.parentNode} catch(e){c=m}
if (c==m)
return true
else
return false
}
gradualFader.fadeinterface=function(obj, e, direction){
if (!this.isContained(obj, e)){
gradualFader.clearTimer(obj)
gradualFader.fadeupdown(obj, direction)
}
}
gradualFader.collectElementbyClass=function(classname){ //Returns an array containing DIVs with specified classname
var classnameRE=new RegExp("(^|\\s+)"+classname+"($|\\s+)", "i") //regular expression to screen for classname within element
var pieces=[]
var alltags=document.all? document.all : document.getElementsByTagName("*")
for (var i=0; i