var imageWidth = 861;
var imageHeight = 530;
var imageTimeout = 2000;
var nextImage = 1;

function pageLoad() {

  var el = document.getElementById('fading_image_container');
  while (el.firstChild) { el.removeChild(el.firstChild); }
  el.style.zIndex="-1";
  el.style.width = imageWidth + 'px';
  el.style.height = imageHeight + 'px';

  for(var i=0; i<images.length; i++) {

    var t = document.createElement('IMG');
    t.setAttribute('src',images[i]);
    t.setAttribute('width',imageWidth);
    t.setAttribute('height',imageHeight);
    t.style.position = 'absolute';
    t.style.visibility = 'hidden';
	t.style.zIndex="-1";
    el.appendChild(t);

  }

  el.firstChild.style.visibility = 'visible';

  sFaderId=window.setTimeout(startFading, imageTimeout);
}

function startFading() {

  var el = document.getElementById('fading_image_container').childNodes[nextImage];

  el.style.visibility = 'visible';
  el.style.zIndex = -1;
  setOpacity(el, 0);
  fadeImage(el,0);

  nextImage = (nextImage < images.length-1) ? nextImage + 1 : 0;

}

function fadeImage(el, currentOpacity) {

  currentOpacity += 2;

  if (currentOpacity > 100) {
    setOpacity(el, 100);
    var prevEl = el.previousSibling ? el.previousSibling : el.parentNode.lastChild;
    prevEl.style.visibility = 'hidden';
    el.style.zIndex = -2;
    sFaderId=window.setTimeout(startFading, imageTimeout);
  }
  else {
    setOpacity(el, currentOpacity);
   sFaderId= window.setTimeout(function() { fadeImage(el, currentOpacity); }, 50);
  }

}

function setOpacity(el, opacity) {

	opacity /= 100;

	el.style.opacity = opacity;
	el.style.MozOpacity = opacity;
	el.style.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + (opacity*100) + ")";

}

function StopFade(nId,sSrc) {
	clearTimeout(sFaderId);
	
	for(i=0; i<images.length; i++) {
		el = document.getElementById('fading_image_container').childNodes[i];
		el.style.visibility = 'hidden';
	}
	el = document.getElementById('fading_image_container').childNodes[nId];
	el.style.visibility = 'visible';
  	el.style.zIndex = -1;
	setOpacity(el, 100);
	el.src=sSrc;
  
}

var images = new Array(
  sRootURL+'images/banner_home1.jpg',
  sRootURL+'images/banner_home2.jpg',
  sRootURL+'images/banner_home3.jpg');
  
setTimeout('pageLoad()',0);