/***********************************************
* Fading Scroller- © Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
***********************************************/

var delay = 3000; //set delay between message change (in miliseconds)
var maxsteps=35; // number of steps to take to change from start color to endcolor
var stepdelay=140; // time in miliseconds of a single step
//**Note: maxsteps*stepdelay will be total time in miliseconds of fading effect
var startcolor= new Array(255,255,255); // start color (red, green, blue)
var endcolor=new Array(0,0,0); // end color (red, green, blue)

var fcontent=new Array();
begintag='<div class="quotetext">'; //set opening tag, such as font declarations
fcontent[0]="&#8220;[Design is] a plan for arranging elements in such a way as to best accomplish a particular purpose.&#8221;<br />CHARLES EAMES ";
fcontent[1]="&#8220;Design is about making things good (and then better) and right (and fantastic) for the people who use and encounter them.&#8221;<br />MATT BEALE ";
fcontent[2]="&#8220;A design isn't finished until somebody is using it.&#8221;<br />BRENDA LAUREL ";
fcontent[3]="&#8220;Design is intelligence made visible.&#8221;<br />DON NEWGREN ";
fcontent[4]="&#8220;The design process, at its best, integrates the aspirations of art, science, and culture.&#8221;<br />JEFF SMITH";
fcontent[5]="&#8220;Home is no longer a location, home is a concept. I want the feelings of home wherever I am.&#8221;<br />WATTS WACKER ";
closetag='</div>';

var fwidth='400px'; //set scroller width
var fheight='45px'; //set scroller height

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

///No need to edit below this line/////////////////


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


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

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

function linkcolorchange(step){
  var obj=document.getElementById("fscroller").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("fscroller").style.color=getstepcolor(step);
	if (fadelinks)
	  linkcolorchange(step);
	step++;
	fadecounter=setTimeout("colorfade("+step+")",stepdelay);
  }else{
	clearTimeout(fadecounter);
	document.getElementById("fscroller").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="fscroller" style="border:0px solid black;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