/*  Fading Images Without Flash: original script by coothead http://www.htmlforums.com/showthread.php?t=84342 */

/* note: BCD changed opacity #s from 100 to 101 to prevent unsightly flash in Netscape and older versions of Firefox (keep var topop=100;) 
and var speed=# from 75 to 90 to slow down image transitions */

  var preloads=[];

  var objt;
  var objb;
  var topop=100; 
  var botop=0;
  var speed=90;
  var topnum=0;
  var botnum=1;
  var test=0;

window.onload=function() {
  objt=document.getElementById('top');
  objb=document.getElementById('bot');
  fadeout();
}

function fadeout() {
if(test==0) {
   topop--;
   botop++;
 }
if(objt.filters) {
   objt.style.filter='alpha(opacity='+topop+')';
   objb.style.filter='alpha(opacity='+botop+')';
 }
else {
   objt.style.opacity=topop/101;
   objb.style.opacity=botop/101;
 }
if(topop==0){
   topnum+=2;
if(topnum>preloads.length-1){
   topnum=0; //if the number of images is odd change this value to 1;
 }
   objt.src=preloads[topnum].src;
   test=1;
 }
if(test==1){
   topop++;
   botop--;
 }
if(topop==101){
   botnum+=2;
if(botnum>preloads.length-1){
   botnum=1; //if the number of images is odd change this value to 0;
 }
   objb.src=preloads[botnum].src;
   test=0;
 }
fader=setTimeout('fadeout()',speed);
 }


function preload(){

for(i=0;i< arguments.length;i ++) {

   preloads[preloads.length]=new Image();

   preloads[preloads.length-1].src=arguments[i];

  }

 }
preload('images/group.jpg','images/dressup.jpg','images/skater.gif','images/skater1.gif','images/holding_hands.jpg','images/girlfriends.gif','images/girlfriends2.gif','images/pys_building.gif');