var delay = 4000; //set delay between message change (in miliseconds)
var maxsteps=15; // 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(255,255,255); // start color (red, green, blue)
var endcolor=new Array(0,51,102); // end color (red, green, blue)

var fcontent=new Array();
begintag='<div id="slogan">'; //set opening tag, such as font declarations
fcontent[0]="Commercial context<br /> for informed business decisions";
fcontent[1]="Pragmatic elucidation<br /> from business professionals";
fcontent[2]="Delivering business answers <br /> not technical research wizardry";
closetag='</div>';

var fwidth='365px'; //set scroller width
var fheight='50px'; //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=-1;

/*Rafael Raposo edited function*/
//function to change content
function changecontent(){
       var tIndex;
       do {
               tIndex=Math.floor(Math.random()*fcontent.length);
       } while (tIndex==index);
       index=tIndex;
 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;
}

// 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" "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