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* Fading Scroller- ｩ Dynamic Drive DHTML code library (www.dynamicdrive.com)
* This notice MUST stay intact for legal use
* Visit Dynamic Drive at http://www.dynamicdrive.com/ for full source code
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var delay = 5000; //set delay between message change (in miliseconds)
var maxsteps=50; // number of steps to take to change from start color to endcolor
var stepdelay=60; // time in miliseconds of a single step
//**Note: maxsteps*stepdelay will be total time in miliseconds of fading effect
var startcolor= new Array(198,226,244); // start color (red, green, blue)
var endcolor=new Array(0,0,0); // end color (red, green, blue)

var fcontent=new Array();

fcontent[0]="<p class=\"quote\">&quot;Perhaps the most interesting and innovative software to recently start trialing in schools.&quot;</p> <p class=\"quote_name\">Steve Boxer, The Guardian.</p>";

fcontent[1]="<p class=\"quote\">&quot;This is exactly what teachers needed.&quot;</p> <p class=\"quote_name\">Roger Brown, Ofsted Inspector (Cambridge Education). </p>";

fcontent[2]="<p class=\"quote\">&quot;...teachers will love the time they help to save in collecting evidence of each child's skill levels and ability.&quot;</p> <p class=\"quote_name\">Martine Horvath, Early Years Educator. </p>";

fcontent[3]="<p class=\"quote\">&quot;Smart Cat Profiling provides an additional form of assessment to support the completion of the FSP.&quot;</p><p class=\"quote_name\">Rebecca Kibblewhite, St Matthews CE Primary School.</p>";

fcontent[4]="<p class=\"quote\">&quot;We were really impressed with Smart Cat Games. The children could work independently and really enjoy the experience.&quot;</p> <p class=\"quote_name\">Helen Wilman, Abbots Ripton Primary, Cambs. </p>";

fcontent[5]="<p class=\"quote\">&quot;Smart Cat Games have proved to be a wonderful resource. They feed directly into the Early Learning Goals and provide evidence for judgements made on the profile.&quot; </p><p class=\"quote_name\">Eileen Marner, St Mary's Primary, Bath.</p>";

fcontent[6]="<p class=\"quote\">&quot;A novel and exciting development in assessment and children's learning.&quot;</p> <p class=\"quote_name\">Dr. Nigel Holt - Doctor of Psychology, Bath Spa University.</p>";

fcontent[7]="<p class=\"quote\">&quot;Try the free trial... it's excellent!&quot;</p> <p class=\"quote_name\">Martine Horvath, Early Years Educator.</p>";

fcontent[8]="<p class=\"quote\">Smart Cat Games - as featured in Scholastic's Child Education.</p><p class=\"quote_name\">Issue October 2006.</p>";
closetag='</div>';

var fwidth='520px'; //set scroller width
var fheight=''; //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=fcontent[index]+closetag
    if (fadelinks)
      linkcolorchange(1);
    colorfade(1, 15);
  }
  else if (ie4)
    document.all.fscroller.innerHTML=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] + ")");
}