startColor = "#0000FF"; // initial link color
endColor = "FF0000"; // final link color

stepIn = 25; // delay when fading in
stepOut = 25; // delay when fading out

autoFade = true;

sloppyClass = false;

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";

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

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

var fadeId = new Array();

function dehexize(Color){
  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;
}

function domouseover() {
  if(document.all){
    var srcElement = event.srcElement;
    if ((srcElement.tagName == "A" && autoFade) || srcElement.className == "fade" || (sloppyClass && srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") != -1))
fade(startColor,endColor,srcElement.uniqueID,stepIn);
  }
}

function domouseout() {
  if (document.all){
    var srcElement = event.srcElement;
    if ((srcElement.tagName == "A" && autoFade) || srcElement.className == "fade" || (sloppyClass && srcElement.className.indexOf("fade") != -1))
fade(endColor,startColor,srcElement.uniqueID,stepOut);
  }
}

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

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 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]));
    var i = 1;
    while(i < fadeId.length){
      clearTimeout(fadeId[i]);
      i++;
    }
  }

  for(var 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;
}