// JScript File
var fadeDuration = 2000;  // The fade duration in miliseconds
var fadeDelay = 3000;    // How long to wait for the image to start fading

function fadeImage(image_id) { 

    var maxOpacity = 100;
    var baseTime = 0;

    var stepDuration = fadeDuration / maxOpacity
    //fade out image 
    for(opacity = maxOpacity; opacity > 0; opacity--) { 
        setTimeout("setOpacity(" + opacity + ",'" + image_id + "')",(baseTime * stepDuration)); 
        baseTime++; 
    } 

} 

//change the opacity for different browsers 
function setOpacity(opacity, element_id) { 
    var element_style = document.getElementById(element_id).style; 
    element_style.opacity = (opacity / 100); 
    element_style.MozOpacity = (opacity / 100); 
    element_style.KhtmlOpacity = (opacity / 100); 
    element_style.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + opacity + ")"; 
}