startColor = "#BF7A57"; // initial link color

endColor = "#ffffff";  // final link color



stepIn = 25; // delay when fading in

stepOut = 25; // delay when fading out

autoFade = false;  



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";

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 == "fade" || (sloppyClass && srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") != -1))

        fade(startColor,endColor,srcElement.uniqueID,stepIn);      

   }

}

function domouseout() {

  if (document.all){

  	var srcElement = event.srcElement;

    if ((srcElement.tagName == "A" && autoFade) || srcElement.className == "fade" || (sloppyClass && srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") != -1))

        fade(endColor,startColor,srcElement.uniqueID,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){

		setColor(sr,sg,sb,eval(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+ ")),"+element+");",i*step);

		}

	fadeId[0] = element;

}