// <config>

startColor = "#666666";        // initial link color
endColor = "#000000";                // final link color

stepIn = 30;                             // delay when fading in
stepOut = 40;                             // delay when fading out

autoFade = true;                     //set to true or false; true will cause all links to fade automatically
 
// </config>

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";

linki=document.getElementsByTagName("a");
oldonmouseover = new makearray(linki.length);
oldonmouseout = new makearray(linki.length);
function init() {
if (!document.getElementsByTagName || !autoFade) return;
for (var i=0; i <linki.length; i++) {
       oldonmouseover[i]=linki[i].onmouseover;
       oldonmouseout[i]=linki[i].onmouseout;
       linki[i].onmouseover=domouseover(i);
       linki[i].onmouseout=domouseout(i);
       if (!linki[i].id) linki[i].id="fade_id"+(i+1);
       }
}
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(i) {
       var i;
       if (oldonmouseover[i]) {return new Function ("oldonmouseover["+i+"](); fade(startColor,endColor,this.id,stepIn);");}
       else {return new Function ("fade(startColor,endColor,this.id,stepIn);");}
       }

function domouseout(i) {
       var i;
       if (oldonmouseout[i]) {return new Function ("oldonmouseout["+i+"](); fade(endColor,startColor,this.id,stepIn);");}
       else {return new Function ("fade(endColor,startColor,this.id,stepIn);");}
       }

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("document.getElementById(\""+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+ ")),document.getElementById(\""+element+"\"));",i*step);
       }
       fadeId[0] = element;
}
window.onload=init;