var content;// = new Array(5);
	var index = 0;
	var fade_idx = 0; // where are we in the fading process (0 is white, 255 is black)
	var hex;
	var step = 10;
	var fading_time = (255/step)*20+20; // time taken for fading
	var show_duration = 8000;  // amount of time, that banner is shown
	var total_time = show_duration + fading_time;

	var link;
	var starting = 1;
	var pImages;

	var isOpera = false; 

    function preload()
	{
		pImages = new Array(content.length);
		for (var i=0; i<content.length;i++ ) {
			pImages[i]=new Image();
			pImages[i].src= content[i][2];
		}

	}

	function showContent() {

		if (starting == 1) {
			if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera") > 0){isOpera = true;} 
			preload();
		}

		if (content == null){
			content = new Array(
				new Array("&nbsp;","Vsebino se pripravljamo.","")
			)

		}

		var container = new Array(5);
		container[0] = document.getElementById('fade_image');
		container[1] = document.getElementById('fade_title');
		container[2] = document.getElementById('fade_content');
		container[3] = document.getElementById('blenddiv'); 
		container[4] = document.getElementById('blendimage')

		var docLoc = document.getElementById('ticker');
		
		if (content != null) {
			if(index >= content.length)
				index = 0;
				if (isOpera) {
					container[4].src = content[index][2]; // ce je opera
				}
				//container[3].style.backgroundImage = "url(" + content[index][2] + ")";
				container[3].style.backgroundImage = "url(" + pImages[index].src + ")"; //preloaded!
				
		} else {
			index = 0;
		}
		container[1].innerHTML = content[index][0];
		container[2].innerHTML = content[index][1];

		
		if (starting == 1)
		{
			
			container[4].src = pImages[index].src; //preloaded!
			//container[4].src = content[index][2];
			container[3].style.backgroundImage = "url(" + container[4].src + ")";
			starting = 0;
		}
		
		link = container;

		index ++;

		fade(1);
		setTimeout('hideContent()', total_time);
		
	}

	function hideContent() {
		fade(0);
		setTimeout('showContent();', fading_time*2);

	}

	function setOpacity(divcontent, perc)
	{
		if (document.all) {
			divcontent.style.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + perc + ")";	
		} else {
			divcontent.style.MozOpacity = perc/100;
		}
		
		
	}

	function fade(direction) {
		var stop = 0;
		var tmpix = 0;
		if(direction == 0) {
			// hide it
			fade_idx += step;
			if(fade_idx > 200) {
				stop = 1; // stop fading
				fade_idx = 200;
				if (isOpera) {
					//link[4].src = content[index][2]; // ce je opera
					link[4].src = pImages[index].src; // ce je opera preload;
				}
				link[3].style.backgroundImage = "url(" + link[4].src + ")";
			}

		} else {
			// show it
			fade_idx -= step;
			if(fade_idx < 0) {
				stop = 1; // stop fading
				fade_idx = 0;
				setOpacity(link[4],0);
				tmpix = index;
				if (link != null) {
					if (index >= link.length) {
						tmpix = 0;
					}
					if (content[tmpix] != null)	{
						if (!isOpera) {
							//link[4].src = content[index][2]; // ce ni opera
							link[4].src = pImages[index].src; //preloaded!
						}
						
					}

				}
			}
		}

		link[1].style.color="rgb("+fade_idx+","+fade_idx+","+fade_idx+")";
		link[2].style.color="rgb("+fade_idx+","+fade_idx+","+fade_idx+")";

		setOpacity(link[4],(fade_idx*100)/204);

		if(!stop)
			setTimeout('fade('+direction+');', 20); // rerun in 40ms
	}