var delay = 8000; //set delay between message change (in miliseconds)
var maxsteps=30; // number of steps to take to change from start color to endcolor
var stepdelay=40; // time in miliseconds of a single step
//**Note: maxsteps*stepdelay will be total time in miliseconds of fading effect
var startcolor= new Array(255,255,255); // start color (red, green, blue)
var endcolor=new Array(0,0,0); // end color (red, green, blue)
 
var fcontent=new Array();
begintag='<div style="font: normal 14px Arial; padding: 5px;">'; //set opening tag, such as font declarations
fcontent[0]="Great inspireing designs. Emma has shown that she can design in a variety of styles which are both aesthetically pleasing as well as unique. overall i have been extreamly satisfied with Emmas designs. - <b>Deborah Ratchada Olga Bunzl</b>";
fcontent[1]="I absolutely loved the design. I was delighted with it; it was just what I wanted. - <b>Nicola Ward</b>";
fcontent[2]="I totally love my design you are so talented it is the best piece of artwork I have ever seen! WOW was all I could say and I couldn't stop looking at it for days! I even have it as my wallpaper on my desktop! - <b>Carys</b>";
fcontent[3]="Your designs are wonderful! Really imaginative and colourful! She designs exactly what you want and how you want it! - <b>Phillipa Crowson</b>";
fcontent[4]="You took my requests for colours, images and wording and turned it into a lovely design, better than I could have imagined and caught my personality and taste perfectly. She's a star!!!! - <b>Cairi Ross</b>";
fcontent[5]="Your work is brilliant. You are obviously very talented in design work. The design you made for me was exactly what i was hoping for and more. Colours and set out are perfect. Thank you! - <b>Chris</b>";
fcontent[6]="Very very pleased with the design done. It makes my website look very very professional and I couldnt have been happier with it! - <b>Hilary Williams</b>";
fcontent[7]="Emma designed the front and back logos for t shirts that I wanted. I was really pleased with the results and she was more than willing to amend anything to get them spot on. - <b>Emily Reece</b>";
closetag='</div>';
 
var fwidth='236px'; //set scroller width
var fheight='160px'; //set scroller height
 
var fadelinks=1;  //should links inside scroller content also fade like text? 0 for no, 1 for yes.
 
///No need to edit below this line/////////////////
 

var ie4=document.all&&!document.getElementById;
var DOM2=document.getElementById;
var faderdelay=0;
var index=0;
 

/*Rafael Raposo edited function*/
//function to change content
function changecontent(){
  if (index>=fcontent.length)
    index=0
  if (DOM2){
    document.getElementById("fscroller").style.color="rgb("+startcolor[0]+", "+startcolor[1]+", "+startcolor[2]+")"
    document.getElementById("fscroller").innerHTML=begintag+fcontent[index]+closetag
    if (fadelinks)
      linkcolorchange(1);
    colorfade(1, 15);
  }
  else if (ie4)
    document.all.fscroller.innerHTML=begintag+fcontent[index]+closetag;
  index++
}
 
// colorfade() partially by Marcio Galli for Netscape Communications.  ////////////
// Modified by Dynamicdrive.com
 
function linkcolorchange(step){
  var obj=document.getElementById("fscroller").getElementsByTagName("A");
  if (obj.length>0){
    for (i=0;i<obj.length;i++)
      obj[i].style.color=getstepcolor(step);
  }
}
 
/*Rafael Raposo edited function*/
var fadecounter;
function colorfade(step) {
  if(step<=maxsteps) { 
    document.getElementById("fscroller").style.color=getstepcolor(step);
    if (fadelinks)
      linkcolorchange(step);
    step++;
    fadecounter=setTimeout("colorfade("+step+")",stepdelay);
  }else{
    clearTimeout(fadecounter);
    document.getElementById("fscroller").style.color="rgb("+endcolor[0]+", "+endcolor[1]+", "+endcolor[2]+")";
    setTimeout("changecontent()", delay);
 
  }  
}
 
/*Rafael Raposo's new function*/
function getstepcolor(step) {
  var diff
  var newcolor=new Array(3);
  for(var i=0;i<3;i++) {
    diff = (startcolor[i]-endcolor[i]);
    if(diff > 0) {
      newcolor[i] = startcolor[i]-(Math.round((diff/maxsteps))*step);
    } else {
      newcolor[i] = startcolor[i]+(Math.round((Math.abs(diff)/maxsteps))*step);
    }
  }
  return ("rgb(" + newcolor[0] + ", " + newcolor[1] + ", " + newcolor[2] + ")");
}
 
if (ie4||DOM2)
  document.write('<div id="fscroller" style="border:1px solid black;width:'+fwidth+';height:'+fheight+'"></div>');
 
if (window.addEventListener)
window.addEventListener("load", changecontent, false)
else if (window.attachEvent)
window.attachEvent("onload", changecontent)
else if (document.getElementById)
window.onload=changecontent