var delay = 0;
var delay2 = 5000;
var maxsteps=50;
var stepdelay=40;
var startcolor= new Array(204,51,51);
var endcolor=new Array(255,255,255);


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

function changecontent(){
var tempdelay = delay;
delay = delay2;
delay2 = tempdelay;
var tempcolor = startcolor;
startcolor = endcolor;
endcolor = tempcolor;
  
  if (index>=fcontent.length)
    index=0
  if (DOM2){
    document.getElementById("fade").style.color="rgb("+startcolor[0]+", "+startcolor[1]+", "+startcolor[2]+")"
    document.getElementById("fade").innerHTML=begintag+fcontent[index]+closetag
    colorfade(1, 15);
   }
  else if (ie4)
  document.all.fade.innerHTML=begintag+fcontent[index]+closetag;
  index++;
 }

var fadecounter;
function colorfade(step) {
  if(step<=maxsteps) {	
    document.getElementById("fade").style.color=getstepcolor(step);
    step++;
    fadecounter=setTimeout("colorfade("+step+")",stepdelay);
  }else{
    clearTimeout(fadecounter);
    document.getElementById("fade").style.color="rgb("+endcolor[0]+", "+endcolor[1]+", "+endcolor[2]+")";
    setTimeout("changecontent()", delay);
}
}

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)
if (window.addEventListener)
window.addEventListener("load", changecontent, false)
else if (window.attachEvent)
window.attachEvent("onload", changecontent)
else if (document.getElementById)
window.onload=changecontent