startColor = "#006699"; // MouseOut link color
endColor = "#C37F01"; // MouseOver link color
stepIn = 17; // delay when fading in
stepOut = 25; // delay when fading out
autoFade = true;
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";

var version = parseInt(navigator.appVersion)
var appName = navigator.appName
var ns4 = version>=4 && appName=="Netscape"
var uagent=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();

if (uagent.indexOf("mozilla/5") != -1 || uagent.indexOf("safari") != -1 || uagent.indexOf("opera") != -1)
{
	ns4 = true;
}

if (ns4) { //Netscape 4+
        document.onmouseover = doN4mouseover;
        document.onmouseout = doN4mouseout;
} else { //other
        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 != "cattitle") || srcElement.className == "fade" || (sloppyClass && srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") != -1 && srcElement.className.indexOf("cattitle") == -1))
                        fade(startColor,endColor,srcElement.uniqueID,stepIn);
        }
}

function domouseout() {
        if (document.all){
                var srcElement = event.srcElement;
                if ((srcElement.tagName == "A" && autoFade && srcElement.className != "cattitle") || srcElement.className == "fade" || (sloppyClass && srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") != -1 && srcElement.className.indexOf("cattitle") == -1))
                        fade(endColor,startColor,srcElement.uniqueID,stepOut);
        }
}
function doN4mouseover(event) {
        var srcElement=event.target;
        if ((srcElement.tagName == "A" && autoFade && srcElement.className != "cattitle") || srcElement.className == "fade" || (sloppyClass && srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") != -1 && srcElement.className.indexOf("cattitle") == -1))
                nfade(startColor,endColor,srcElement,stepIn);
}

function doN4mouseout(event) {
                var srcElement = event.target;
        if ((srcElement.tagName == "A" && autoFade && srcElement.className != "cattitle") || srcElement.className == "fade" || (sloppyClass && srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") != -1 && srcElement.className.indexOf("cattitle") == -1))
                 nfade(endColor,startColor,srcElement,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){  //check have we already faded this?
                setColor(sr,sg,sb,eval(fadeId[0]));   // no, set the first color
                var i = 1;
                while(i < fadeId.length){             //get ready to fade
                        clearTimeout(fadeId[i]);
                        i++;
                }
        }
        //MSIE must setup timeouts using strings
        for(var i = 0; i <= step; i++) { //timeouts fall like dominos
                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; // oneshot
}
function nfade(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){  //check have we already faded this?
                setColor(sr,sg,sb,eval(fadeId[0]));   // no, set the first color
                var i = 1;
                while(i < fadeId.length){             //get ready to fade
                        clearTimeout(fadeId[i]);
                        i++;
                }
        }
        //Netscape can call SetTimeout using objects, making for more readable code
        for(var i = 0; i <= step; i++) {
                fadeId[i+1] = setTimeout(
                                        setColor,
                                        i*step,
                                        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
                                        );
        }
        fadeId[0] = element; //oneshot
}