//change the opacity for different browsers
function changeOpac(opacity, id) {
	var object = document.getElementById(id).style; 
	opacity = (opacity == 100)?99.999:opacity;
	object.opacity = (opacity / 100);
	object.MozOpacity = (opacity / 100);
	object.KhtmlOpacity = (opacity / 100);
	object.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + opacity + ")";
}


function blendimage(divid, imageid, linkid, imagefile,imagelink, millisec) {
	var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100);
	var timer = 0;
	//set the current image as background
	//alert(document.getElementById(imageid).src)
	document.getElementById(divid).style.backgroundImage = "url( "+ document.getElementById(imageid).src + ")";
	//alert(document.getElementById(divid).style.backgroundImage)
	//document.getElementById(divid).style.backgroundImage = "none";
	//make image transparent
	changeOpac(0, imageid);
	//make new image
	document.getElementById(imageid).src = imagefile;
	document.getElementById(linkid).href = imagelink;
	//document.getElementById(imageid).style.visibility = "hidden";

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