startColor = "#ffffff";
endColor = "#ff0000";
stepIn = 15;
stepOut = 32;
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;
}