fadeColor = "#000000";
stepIn = 25;
stepOut = 25;
autoFade = true;  
sloppyClass = false;
macCompat = 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";

document.onmouseover = domouseover;
document.onmouseout = domouseout;

fadeColor = dehexize(fadeColor.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;
  try {
    if ( (srcElement.tagName.toLowerCase() == "img") 
      && ( (srcElement.parentElement.tagName.toLowerCase() == "span")
        || (srcElement.parentElement.tagName.toLowerCase() == "a") ) )
      srcElement = srcElement.parentElement;
    if ((srcElement.tagName == "A" && autoFade && srcElement.className != "nofade") || srcElement.className == "fade" || (sloppyClass && srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") != -1))
    {
        if (!srcElement.startColor) {
          srcElement.startColor = (srcElement.style.color)? srcElement.style.color: srcElement.currentStyle.color;
          srcElement.startColor = dehexize(srcElement.startColor.toLowerCase());
        }
        var link = (macCompat? srcElement.name: srcElement.uniqueID);
        if (link) fade(srcElement.startColor,fadeColor,link,stepIn);        
        else if (macCompat) alert("Error: Mac Compatility mode enabled, but link has no name.");
    }
  } catch(e) {}
}
}

function domouseout() {
if (document.all)
{
  var srcElement = event.srcElement;
  try {
    if ( (srcElement.tagName.toLowerCase() == "img") 
      && ( (srcElement.parentElement.tagName.toLowerCase() == "span")
        || (srcElement.parentElement.tagName.toLowerCase() == "a") ) )
      srcElement = srcElement.parentElement;
    if ((srcElement.tagName == "A" && autoFade && srcElement.className != "nofade") || srcElement.className == "fade" || (sloppyClass && srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") != -1))
    {
      var link = (macCompat? srcElement.name: srcElement.uniqueID);
      if (link) fade(fadeColor,srcElement.startColor,link,stepIn);
    }
  } catch(e) {}
}
}

function dounfade(el) {
  if (document.all){
    var srcElement = el;
    if ((srcElement.tagName == "A" && autoFade && srcElement.className != "nofade") || srcElement.className == "fade" || (sloppyClass && srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") != -1)) {
      var link = (macCompat? srcElement.name: srcElement.uniqueID);
      if (link) fade(fadeColor,srcElement.startColor,link,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 && eval(fadeId[0])) {
    var orig = eval(fadeId[0]);
    setColor(orig.startColor[0],orig.startColor[1],orig.startColor[2],orig);
    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+ ")),"+element+");",i*step);
  }
  fadeId[0] = element;
}