startColor = "#ffffff"; 
endColor = "#660000"; 
stepIn = 18; 
stepOut = 20; 
autoFade = true;  
sloppyClass = true; 

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; 
}