/*

Background Fader

*/

/* general variables */

var background_faderId = 'background_fader'; /* change this to the ID of the background_fader list */
var	background_fader; /* this will be the object reference to the list later on */
var background_faderImages; /* array that will hold all child elements of the list */
var currentImage; /* keeps track of which image should currently be showing */
var previousImage;
var preInitTimer;
preInit();

/* functions */

function preInit() {
	/* an inspired kludge that - in most cases - manages to initially hide the image background_fader list
	   before even onload is triggered (at which point it's normally too late, and the whole list already
	   appeared to the user before being remolded) */
	if ((document.getElementById)&&(background_fader=document.getElementById(background_faderId))) {
		background_fader.style.visibility = "hidden";
		if (typeof preInitTimer != 'undefined') clearTimeout(preInitTimer); /* thanks to Steve Clay http://mrclay.org/ for this small Opera fix */
	} else {
		preInitTimer = setTimeout("preInit()",2);
		
	}
}

function fader(imageNumber,opacity) {
	/* helper function to deal specifically with images and the cross-browser differences in opacity handling */
	var obj=background_faderImages[imageNumber];
	if (obj.style) {
		if (obj.style.MozOpacity!=null) {  
			/* Mozilla's pre-CSS3 proprietary rule */
			obj.style.MozOpacity = (opacity/100) - .001;
		} else if (obj.style.opacity!=null) {
			/* CSS3 compatible */
			obj.style.opacity = (opacity/100) - .001;
		} else if (obj.style.filter!=null) {
			/* IE's proprietary filter */
			obj.style.filter = "alpha(opacity="+opacity+")";
		}
	}
}

function fadeInit() {
	if (document.getElementById) {
		preInit(); /* shouldn't be necessary, but IE can sometimes get ahead of itself and trigger fadeInit first */
		background_faderImages = new Array;
		var node = background_fader.firstChild;
		/* instead of using childNodes (which also gets empty nodes and messes up the script later)
		we do it the old-fashioned way and loop through the first child and its siblings */
		while (node) {
			if (node.nodeType==1) {
				background_faderImages.push(node);
			}
			node = node.nextSibling;
		}
		for(i=0;i<background_faderImages.length;i++) {
			/* loop through all these child nodes and set up their styles */
			background_faderImages[i].style.position='absolute';
			background_faderImages[i].style.top=0;
			background_faderImages[i].style.zIndex=0;
			/* set their opacity to transparent */
			fader(i,0);
		}
		/* make the list visible again */
		background_fader.style.visibility = 'visible';
		/* initialise a few parameters to get the cycle going */
		currentImage=0;
		previousImage=background_faderImages.length-1;
		opacity=100;
		fader(currentImage,100);
		/* start the whole crossfade process after a second's pause */
		window.setTimeout("crossfade(100)", 1000);
	}
}

function crossfade(opacity) {
		if (opacity < 105) {
			/* current image not faded up fully yet...so increase its opacity */
			fader(currentImage,opacity);
			/* fader(previousImage,100-opacity); */
			opacity += 5;
			window.setTimeout("crossfade("+opacity+")", 30);
		} else {
			/* make the previous image - which is now covered by the current one fully - transparent */
			fader(previousImage,0);
			/* current image is now previous image, as we advance in the list of images */
			previousImage=currentImage;
			currentImage+=1;
			if (currentImage>=background_faderImages.length) {
				/* start over from first image if we cycled through all images in the list */
				currentImage=0;
			}
			/* make sure the current image is on top of the previous one */
			background_faderImages[previousImage].style.zIndex = 0;
			background_faderImages[currentImage].style.zIndex = 100;
			/* and start the crossfade after a second's pause */
			opacity=0;
			window.setTimeout("crossfade("+opacity+")", 5000);
		}
		
}

/* initialise fader by hiding image object first */
addEvent(window,'load',fadeInit)



/* 3rd party helper functions */

/* addEvent handler for IE and other browsers */
function addEvent(elm, evType, fn, useCapture) 
// addEvent and removeEvent
// cross-browser event handling for IE5+,  NS6 and Mozilla
// By Scott Andrew
{
 if (elm.addEventListener){
   elm.addEventListener(evType, fn, useCapture);
   return true;
 } else if (elm.attachEvent){
   var r = elm.attachEvent("on"+evType, fn);
   return r;
 }
}