//HOMEPAGE SLIDESHOW
//------------------

var homediv;
function getElements() {

	if (document.getElementById("bannerlink")) {
		homediv = document.getElementById("bannerlink");
		
		var preLoad = new Array();
		for (var j=0; j<imgsArray.length; j++) {
			preLoad[j] = new Image(559,399)
			preLoad[j].src = bannerdir + imgsArray[j];
		};
		setTimeout("homefade();", 100);
	};

}


var newimg;
var imgsArray = new Array();
imgsArray[0] = "banner_01.png";
imgsArray[1] = "banner_02.png";
imgsArray[2] = "banner_03.png";
imgsArray[3] = "banner_04.png";
var newimgInc = Math.floor(Math.random() * imgsArray.length);
var timer = 0;
function homefade() {

	newimg = document.createElement("img");
	newimg.src = bannerdir + imgsArray[newimgInc];
	newimg.style.opacity = "0";
	newimg.style.filter = "alpha(opacity=0)";
	homediv.appendChild(newimg);
	if (newimgInc == (imgsArray.length-1)) {
		newimgInc = 0;
	} else {
		newimgInc++;
	};
	
	timer = setInterval("homefadeTrans();", 10);	

}

var trans = 0;
function homefadeTrans() {

	if (trans == 100) {
		clearTimeout(timer);
		timer = 0;
		trans = 0;
		
		homediv.removeChild(homediv.getElementsByTagName("img")[0]);		
		setTimeout("homefade();", 15000);
		return false;
	};

	newimg.style.opacity = trans/100;
	newimg.style.filter = "alpha(opacity="+trans+")";
	trans = trans+1;

}