var delay = 5000; //set delay between message change (in miliseconds)

var maxsteps=30; // number of steps to take to change from start color to endcolor

var stepdelay=40; // time in miliseconds of a single step

//**Note: maxsteps*stepdelay will be total time in miliseconds of fading effect

var startcolor= new Array(255,255,255); // start color (red, green, blue)

var endcolor=new Array(255,255,255); // end color (red, green, blue)



var fcontent=new Array();

begintag='<div style="font: normal 12px Verdana; padding: 5px;">'; //set opening tag, such as font declarations



fcontent[0]="Thursday, November 17, 2011  <b>Identification of LD</b> Presenter: John O. Willis, Ed.D., SAIF<br/><a href='workshops.htm'>learn more</a>"; closetag='</div>';

fcontent[1]="Wednesday, November 30, 2011  <b>Is it NLD, AS, or Autism? </b> Presenters: Virginia Mentel, M.Ed., CAGS and Elaine Holden, Fellow, AOGPE<br/><a href='workshops.htm'>learn more</a>"; closetag='</div>';

fcontent[2]="Friday, December 2, 2011  <b>Identification of Intellectual Disability.</b> Presenter: John O. Willis, Ed.D., SAIF<br/><a href='workshops.htm'>learn more</a>"; closetag='</div>';

fcontent[3]="Friday, January 13, 2012  <b>Multisensory Reading.</b> Presenter: Elaine Holden, Fellow, AOGPE<br/><a href='workshops.htm'>learn more</a>"; closetag='</div>';

fcontent[4]="Thursday, January 26, 2012  <b>English Language Learners and Response to Intervention.</b> Presenter: Virginia Mentel, M.Ed., CAGS<br/><a href='workshops.htm'>learn more</a>"; closetag='</div>';

fcontent[5]="Thursday, February 9, 2012  <b>Care and Handling of the WJ III Achievement Tests</b> Presenter: John O. Willis, Ed.D., SAIF<br/><a href='workshops.htm'>learn more</a>"; closetag='</div>';

fcontent[6]="Thursday, February 23, 2012  <b>Assessing Vocabulary: What does it Mean? </b> Presenters: Elaine Holden, Fellow, AOGPE and John O. Willis, Ed.D., SAIF<br/><a href='workshops.htm'>learn more</a>"; closetag='</div>';

fcontent[7]="Thursday, March 8, 2012  <b>Assessment with ESOL Students. </b> Presenters: Virginia Mentel, M.Ed., and Karis Post, M.Ed., CAGS<br/><a href='workshops.htm'>learn more</a>"; closetag='</div>';

fcontent[8]="Thursday, May 17, 2012  <b>Optimizing Instruction for Students with Special Needs through Web-Based Tools. </b> Presenter: Gale Cossette, Ph.D.<br/><a href='workshops.htm'>learn more</a>"; closetag='</div>';


var fwidth='165px'; //set scroller width

var fheight='180px'; //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;







//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=begintag+fcontent[index]+closetag

    if (fadelinks)

      linkcolorchange(1);

    colorfade(1, 15);

  }

  else if (ie4)

    document.all.fscroller.innerHTML=begintag+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);

  }

}





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);

	

  }   

}





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] + ")");

}



if (ie4||DOM2)

  document.write('<div id="fscroller" style="border:1px solid black;width:'+fwidth+';height:'+fheight+'"></div>');



if (window.addEventListener)

window.addEventListener("load", changecontent, false)

else if (window.attachEvent)

window.attachEvent("onload", changecontent)

else if (document.getElementById)

window.onload=changecontent

/*Rafael Raposo edited function*/