startColor = "#990000";		// initial link color
endColor = "#0000CC";		// final link color

stepIn = 20;					// delay when fading in
stepOut = 40;					// delay when fading out

var fadeId = new Array();

document.onmouseover = domouseover;
document.onmouseout = domouseout;

function makearray(n)
{
   var i = 0;

   this.length = n;
   for(i = 1; i <= n; i++)
   {
        this[i] = 0;
   }
   return this;
}

// Initialize array
hexa = new makearray(16);
for(var i = 0; i < 10; i++)
{
   hexa[i] = i;
}
hexa[10]="a";
hexa[11]="b";
hexa[12]="c";
hexa[13]="d";
hexa[14]="e";
hexa[15]="f";

function hex(i)
{
   if (i < 0)
   {
      return "00";
   }
   else if (i > 255)
   {
      return "ff";
   }
   else
   {
      return "" + hexa[Math.floor(i/16)] + hexa[i%16];
   }
}

function setColor(r, g, b, element)
{
   var hr = hex(r);
   var hg = hex(g);
   var hb = hex(b);

   element.style.color = "#"+hr+hg+hb;
}

function fade(s, e, element, step)
{
   var i = 0;
   var sr = s[0];
   var sg = s[1];
   var sb = s[2];
   var er = e[0];
   var eg = e[1];
   var eb = e[2];

   if (fadeId[0] != null && fade[0] != element)
   {
      setColor(sr, sg, sb, eval(fadeId[0]));
      i = 1;
      while(i < fadeId.length)
      {
         clearTimeout(fadeId[i]);
         i++;
      }
   }

   for(i = 0; i <= step; i++)
   {
      fadeId[i+1] = setTimeout("setColor(Math.floor(" +sr+ " *(( " +step+ " - " +i+ " )/ " +step+ " ) + " +er+ " * (" +i+ "/" +
			step+ ")),Math.floor(" +sg+ " * (( " +step+ " - " +i+ " )/ " +step+ " ) + " +eg+ " * (" +i+ "/" +step+
			")),Math.floor(" +sb+ " * ((" +step+ "-" +i+ ")/" +step+ ") + " +eb+ " * (" +i+ "/" +step+ ")),"+element+");",i*step);
   }
   fadeId[0] = element;
}

function dehexize(Color)
{
   var i = 0;
   var j = 0;
   var colorArr = new makearray(3);

   for(i = 1; i < 7; i++)
   {
      for(j = 0; j < 16; j++)
      {
         if (Color.charAt(i) == hexa[j])
         {
            if (i%2 != 0)
            {
               colorArr[Math.floor((i-1)/2)]=eval(j)*16;
            }
            else
            {
               colorArr[Math.floor((i-1)/2)]+=eval(j);
            }
         }
      }
   }
   return colorArr;
}

startColor = dehexize(startColor.toLowerCase());
endColor = dehexize(endColor.toLowerCase());

function domouseover()
{
   if (document.all)
   {
      srcElement = event.srcElement;
		if (srcElement.className.indexOf("news") != -1)
		{
	      window.status="Newsflash";
		}
		else if (srcElement.className.indexOf("email") != -1)
		{
		   window.status="Smok-ey-mail";
		}
		else if (srcElement.className.indexOf("dubious") != -1)
		{
		   window.status="Goto Dubious Room";
		}
		else if (srcElement.className.indexOf("friends") != -1)
		{
		   window.status="Tribute to my contributors";
		}

      if (srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") != -1)
      {
         fade(startColor, endColor, srcElement.uniqueID, stepIn);
      }
   }
   return true;
}

function domouseout()
{
   status="Smokeyroom's Harmony House Silekshan";
   if (document.all)
   {
      srcElement = event.srcElement;
      if (srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") != -1)
      {
         fade(endColor, startColor, srcElement.uniqueID, stepOut);
      }
   }
   return true;
}