/***********************************************
	* 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 = 4000; //set delay between message change (in miliseconds)
	var maxsteps=30; // number of steps to take to change from start color to endcolor
	var stepdelay=40; // time in miliseconds of a single step
	
	//**Note: maxsteps*stepdelay will be total time in miliseconds of fading effect
	
	var startcolor= new Array(197,27,27); // start color (red, green, blue)
	var endcolor=new Array(255,255,255); // end color (red, green, blue)
	
	var fcontent=new Array();
	
	begintag="";
	fcontent[0]="<a href='/newsitem.php?id=233'>&raquo;&nbsp;Cheshire takeaway fined \xA324k for fire safety breaches</a>";
fcontent[1]="<a href='/newsitem.php?id=232'>&raquo;&nbsp;HMO landlord pays \xA320,000 for fire safety breaches</a>";
fcontent[2]="<a href='/newsitem.php?id=231'>&raquo;&nbsp;Furniture warehouse convicted after \x27critical\x27 fire safety breaches</a>";

	closetag="";
	
	var fwidth='700px'; //set scroller width
	var fheight='20px'; //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;
	
	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++
	}
	
	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);
			}
	}
	
	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);
		
			}   
	}
	
	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" class="fltlft" style="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