/****************************************************
* XPERIENCE.lu CREATIVE WEBDESIGN MADE IN LUXEMBOU?G
****************************************************/
var featured = 7;
var delay = 5000; //set delay between message change (in miliseconds)
var maxsteps=10; // number of steps to take to change from start color to endcolor
var stepdelay=100; // time in miliseconds of a single step
//**Note: maxsteps*stepdelay will be total time in miliseconds of fading effect
var startcolor= new Array(230,230,230); // start color (red, green, blue)
var endcolor=new Array(119,119,119); // end color (red, green, blue)

var fwidth='450px'; //set scroller width
var fheight='60px'; //set scroller height

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


var ie4=document.all&&!document.getElementById;
var DOM2=document.getElementById;
var faderdelay=0;
var index=1;

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

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

function linkcolorchange(step){
  var obj=document.getElementById("scrolling").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("scrolling").style.color=getstepcolor(step);
    if (fadelinks)
      linkcolorchange(step);
    step++;
    fadecounter=setTimeout("colorfade("+step+")",stepdelay);
  }else{
    clearTimeout(fadecounter);
    document.getElementById("scrolling").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="scrolling" style="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