var delay = 1000; //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(255,255,255); // start color (red, green, blue)
                   var endcolor=new Array(0,0,0); // end color (red, green, blue)

                   var fwidth='100%'; //set scroller width
                   var fheight='100%'; //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;
                  
                  
                  /*Rafael Raposo edited function*/
                  //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=begintag+fcontent[index]+closetag
                      if (fadelinks)
                        linkcolorchange(1);
                      colorfade(1, 15);
                    }
                    else if (ie4)
                      document.all.fscroller.innerHTML=begintag+fcontent[index]+closetag;
                    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="border:1px solid black;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