var currentLink = -1;
 var linksDiv = "";
 var is_ie = (window.navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().indexOf("msie") != -1) && !window.opera;
 var step = 0;
 
 function initFader() {
  linksDiv = document.getElementById(faderdiv);
  nextLink();
 }

 function setOpacity(percent) {
    if (is_ie) {
       linksDiv.style.filter = "progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.Alpha(opacity=" + percent + ")";
       return;
    }
    if (percent == 100) {
       percent = 99; // to avoid a small visual glitch
    }
    linksDiv.style.opacity = percent / 100;
 }

 function nextLinkFadeout() {
    step -= 10;
    setOpacity(step);
    if (step <= 0) {
       nextLink();
    } else {
       setTimeout("nextLinkFadeout()", fadespeed);
    }
 }

 function nextLinkFadein() {
    step += 10;
    setOpacity(step);
    if (step >= 100) {
       setTimeout("nextLinkFadeout()", fadedelay);
    } else {
       setTimeout("nextLinkFadein()", fadespeed);
    }
 }

 function nextLink() {
    currentLink++;
    currentLink %= rotatingLinks.length;
    if (linksDiv.childNodes[0]) {
       linksDiv.removeChild(linksDiv.childNodes[0]);
    }
    var curLink = rotatingLinks[currentLink];
    //var theLink = document.createElement("A");
    //theLink.href = curLink.link;
    //theLink.target = "_blank";
    var theContents;
    if (curLink.image) {
       theContents = document.createElement("IMG");
       theContents.src = curLink.image;
    } else {
       //theContents = document.createTextNode(curLink.text);
       theContents = curLink.text;
    }
    //theLink.appendChild(theContents);
    //linksDiv.appendChild(theLink);
    linksDiv.innerHTML = theContents;

    setTimeout("nextLinkFadein()", fadespeed);
 }