startColor = "#B46643"; 
//endColor =  "#ffcc66"; 
endColor =  "#000000"; 

stepIn = 20; // delay when fading in 
stepOut = 20; // delay when fading out 

autoFade = true; 
sloppyClass = true; 

hexa = new makearray(16); 
for(var p = 0; p < 10; p++) 
hexa[p] = p; 
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 v = 1; v <= n; v++) 
this[v] = 0; 
return this; 
} 

function hex(p) { 
if (p < 0) 
return "00"; 
else if (p > 255) 
return "ff"; 
else 
return "" + hexa[Math.floor(p/16)] + hexa[p%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 w = 1; 
while(w < fadeId.length){ 
clearTimeout(fadeId[w]); 
w++; 
} 
} 

for(var a = 0; a <= step; a++) { 
fadeId[a+1] = setTimeout("setColor(Math.floor(" +sr+ " *(( " +step+ " - " +a+ " )/ " +step+ " ) + " +er+ " * (" +a+ "/" + 
step+ ")),Math.floor(" +sg+ " * (( " +step+ " - " +a+ " )/ " +step+ " ) + " +eg+ " * (" +a+ "/" +step+ 
")),Math.floor(" +sb+ " * ((" +step+ "-" +a+ ")/" +step+ ") + " +eb+ " * (" +a+ "/" +step+ ")),"+element+");",a*step); 
} 
fadeId[0] = element; 
}