// OPEN WINDOW

function openWindow(url) 
{
  popupWin = window.open(url, 'remote',  'menubar=no,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=no,dependent,width=883,height=585');
}

//CHANGE IMAGES

function changeimages()
{
	if (document && document.imgs)
	 document[changeimages.arguments[0]].src =changeimages.arguments[1];
}

//PRELOAD

var images = new Array();

function preload(name, ext)
{
  path                = 'imgs/';
  /*
  temp_array          = new Array();
  temp_array['a']     = new Image();
  temp_array['a'].src = path + name + '_a.' + ext;
  temp_array['b']     = new Image();
  temp_array['b'].src = path + name + '_b.' + ext;
  */
  images[name]        = new Image();
  images[name].src    = path + name + '.' + ext;
}

function toggle_image(name, which)
{
  img_elem        = document.getElementById(name);
  img_elem.src    = images[which].src;
  
}

// CHANGE COLOUR

function changeColour(elementId) {
var interval = 400;
var colour1 = "#fa743b", colour2 = "#6C4536";
if (document.getElementById) {
var element = document.getElementById(elementId);
element.style.color = (element.style.color == colour1) ? colour2 : colour1;
setTimeout("changeColour('" + elementId + "')", interval);
}
}


function run_load()
{
   runSlideShow();
   changeColour('news');
}