function opacity(id, opacStart, opacEnd, millisec) {
    //speed for each frame
    var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100);
    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 + ")";
    if(opacity==0)
      document.getElementById(id).style.visibility = "hidden";
}

function checkLoaded(){
	if (!document.getElementById('title')){
		setTimeout("checkLoaded()",1500);
	} else {
		opacity('title',100,0,1500);
	}
}

setTimeout(checkLoaded,4500);


function homepopup() {
	document.getElementById('title').style.visibility = 'visible';
	/*var today = new Date();
	todate = readCookie('todate');
	if((todate == "") || (today.getMonth()+'-'+today.getDate() != todate))
		document.getElementById('title').style.visibility = 'visible';

	expire_date = new Date(today.getTime() + (8 * 7 * 86400000)); 
	document.cookie = 'todate='+today.getMonth()+'-'+today.getDate()+'; expires='+expire_date.toGMTString()+'; path=/';*/
}

function readCookie(name) {
	var nameEQ = name + "=";
	var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
	for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
		var c = ca[i];
		while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
		if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
	}
	return null;
}