function bannerFade(){
currBanner = 0;	
allBanners  =  $$('.banners'); 
numBanners  = allBanners.length;  
for (i=0 ; i < numBanners  ; i++) if (allBanners[i].style.display=='' || allBanners[i].style.display=='block' )  currBanner = i+1;
if (numBanners>1 && currBanner >= 1 ) changeTimer = window.setTimeout("imageFader()",3000); 
}

function imageFader(){
window.clearTimeout(changeTimer); 
nextBanner = currBanner+1;
if(nextBanner > numBanners ) nextBanner=1;
new Effect.Fade('banner' + currBanner,   { duration:2.0 } )
new Effect.Appear('banner' + nextBanner,   { duration:2.0 } )
currBanner = nextBanner;
changeTimer = window.setTimeout("imageFader()",3000);
} 


function externalLinks(){
var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
for (var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++) {
var anchor = anchors[i];
if (anchor.getAttribute("href") && anchor.getAttribute("rel") == "external") anchor.target = "_blank";
}
}


/*
function bannersToHighRez(){
allBanners  =  $$('.banners'); 
numBanners  = allBanners.length;  
for (b=1 ; b <= numBanners  ; b++) { 
$('banner' + b).src='homebanners/' + b + '.jpg'; //swap low and hi rez
}
}*/


Event.observe(window, 'load', function() {
externalLinks();

//if(content == "home") bannersToHighRez() ;

if(content == "home") bannerFade() ;

//main menu if not 5/6 
if (browser != "IE5/6") {
x=null;
$('mainMenu').observe("click", function(event) {event.stop();})
$('mainMenu_sub').style.display='none'; 
$('mainMenu_sub').style.visibility='visible';
$('mainMenu').observe("mouseover", function() {
clearTimeout(x);
currState = $('mainMenu_sub').getStyle('display');  
if (currState =='none' || currState ==''){new Effect.Appear('mainMenu_sub' ,   {duration:0.3});}
})
$('mainMenu_sub').observe("mouseover", function(event) {clearTimeout(x);})
$('mainMenu_sub').observe("mouseout", function(event) {
x = setTimeout( "new Effect.Fade('mainMenu_sub' ,   {duration:0.1 }) " ,500) ;
})
$('mainMenu').observe("mouseout", function(event) {
x = setTimeout( "new Effect.Fade('mainMenu_sub' ,   {duration:0.2 }) " ,500) 
})
}// eo menu function if not 5/6

/*if (browser == "IE5/6") { 
$('mainMenu').observe("click", function(event) {
$('mainMenu_sub').style.display='block';
$('mainMenu_sub').style.visibility='visible';
$('mainMenu_sub').style.height='400px';
event.stop();
})
}*/

})// eo ready*/