var visItem = 'item1';
var inColorR = 48;
var rgbValueR = 48;
var inColorG = 48;
var rgbValueG = 48;
var inColorB = 48;
var rgbValueB = 48;
var outColorR = 255;
var outColorG = 255;
var outColorB = 250;
var rgbStepR = (outColorR-inColorR)/10;
var rgbStepG = (outColorG-inColorG)/10;
var rgbStepB = (outColorB-inColorB)/10;
var counter;

function changeDisplay()
 {
 if (document.getElementsByName)
  {
  var x = document.getElementById('announcements').getElementsByTagName('li');
  var y = x.length;
  z = 0;
  while (z < y)
   {
   if (x[z].style.display == 'inline')
    {
    x[z].style.display = 'none';
    if ((z+1) == y)
     {
     x[0].style.display = 'inline';
     visItem = 'item' + eval(0+1);
     }
    else
     {
     x[z+1].style.display = 'inline';
     visItem = 'item' + eval(z+1+1);
     }
    return;
    }
   z++;
   }
  }
 }

function fadeIn()
 {
 if (rgbValueR > inColorR)
  {
  rgbValueR = rgbValueR - rgbStepR;
  rgbValueG = rgbValueG - rgbStepG;
  rgbValueB = rgbValueB - rgbStepB;
  document.getElementById(visItem).style.color = "rgb(" + Math.round(rgbValueR) + "," + Math.round(rgbValueG) + "," + Math.round(rgbValueB) + ")";
  counter = setTimeout("fadeIn()",1);
  }
 else
  {
  clearTimeout(counter);
  setTimeout("fadeOut()",10000);
  }
 }

function fadeOut()
 {
 if (rgbValueR < outColorR)
  {
  rgbValueR = rgbValueR + rgbStepR;
  rgbValueG = rgbValueG + rgbStepG;
  rgbValueB = rgbValueB + rgbStepB;
  document.getElementById(visItem).style.color = "rgb(" + Math.round(rgbValueR) + "," + Math.round(rgbValueG) + "," + Math.round(rgbValueB) + ")";
  counter = setTimeout("fadeOut()",1);
  }
 else
  {
  clearTimeout(counter);
  changeDisplay();
  fadeIn();
  }
 }

function imageSelect()
 {
 var myRand = Math.floor(13 * Math.random());
 var photoSet = '123145617891a';
 var imageName = 'image' + photoSet.substr(myRand,1);
 document.getElementById('photo').className = imageName;
 }

function verify_contact()
 {

 }

function verify_login()
 {

 }

function verify_logout()
 {

 }

function verify_register()
 {

 }