var fcontent = new Array();
fcontent[0] = '<b>Holy Qurbana</b><br/>Holy Qurbana is held on every second saturday and fourth sunday';

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
var fwidth='250px'; //set scroller width
var fheight='85px'; //set scroller height

var fadelinks=1;  //should links inside scroller content also fade like text? 0 for no, 1 for yes.
//**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 ie4=document.all&&!document.getElementById;
var DOM2=document.getElementById;
var faderdelay=0;
var index=0;


//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 = '<div>'+fcontent[index]+'</div>'
	if (fadelinks)
	  linkcolorchange(1);
	colorfade(1, 15);
  }
  else if (ie4)
	document.all.fscroller.innerHTML = '<div>'+fcontent[index]+'</div>';
  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="text-align:justify;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) {
	var sTemp = "";
	if(window.onload != null) {
		sTemp = window.onload.toString();
		iStart = sTemp.indexOf("{") + 2;
		sTemp = sTemp.substr(iStart,sTemp.length-iStart-2);
	}
	window.onload = new Function(sTemp + "changecontent();");
}