function toggleDivOL( elemID )
{
	var elem = document.getElementById( elemID );
	if( elem.style.position != 'absolute')
	{
		elem.style.position = 'absolute';
		elem.style.left = '-4000px';
	}
	else
	{
		elem.style.position = 'absolute';
		elem.style.left = '498px';
	}
}

function opacity(id, opacStart, opacEnd, millisec) {
	//speed for each frame
	var speed = Math.round(millisec / 85);
	var timer = 0;

	//determine the direction for the blending, if start and end are the same nothing happens
	if(opacStart > opacEnd) {
		for(i = opacStart; i >= opacEnd; i--) {
			setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed));
			timer++;
		}
	} else if(opacStart < opacEnd) {
		for(i = opacStart; i <= opacEnd; i++)
			{
			setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed));
			timer++;
		}
	}
}

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

function shiftOpacity(id, millisec) {
	//if an element is invisible, make it visible, else make it ivisible
	if(document.getElementById(id).style.opacity == 0) {
		opacity(id, 0, 85, millisec);
	} else {
		opacity(id, 85, 0, millisec);
	}
}

function blendimage(divid, imageid, imagefile, millisec) {
    var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100);
    var timer = 0;
    
    //set the current image as background
    document.getElementById(divid).style.backgroundImage = "url(" + document.getElementById(imageid).src + ")";
    
    //make image transparent
    changeOpac(0, imageid);
    
    //make new image
    document.getElementById(imageid).src = imagefile;

    //fade in image
    for(i = 0; i <= 100; i++) {
        setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + imageid + "')",(timer * speed));
        timer++;
    }
}