//functions for fading in any item in a webpage.
//used to mimic a flash type gallery
//just give an ID=photoholder 
//then <body onload= "initImage(photoholder), what ever else needs to be called>"
//and that item will fade in

function initImage(imageId) {
	image = document.getElementById(imageId);
	setOpacity(image, 0);
	image.style.visibility = "visible";
	fadeIn(imageId,0);
}
function fadeIn(objId,opacity) {
	if (document.getElementById) {
		obj = document.getElementById(objId);
		if (opacity <= 100) {
			setOpacity(obj, opacity);
			opacity +=20;
			window.setTimeout("fadeIn('"+objId+"',"+opacity+")", 50);
		}
	}
}
function setOpacity(obj, opacity) {
	opacity = (opacity == 100)?99.999:opacity;
	// IE/Win
	obj.style.filter = "alpha(opacity:"+opacity+")";
	// Safari<1.2, Konqueror
	obj.style.KHTMLOpacity = opacity/100;
	// Older Mozilla and Firefox
	obj.style.MozOpacity = opacity/100;
	// Safari 1.2, newer Firefox and Mozilla, CSS3
	obj.style.opacity = opacity/100;
}

//end of fadein code