var imageCount=7;
var currImageNum=1;
var imageFolder="";
var tween=false;
var oldImgEl=false;
var newImgEl=false;
var currOpacity=0;
var currAlpha=0;

function setUpStartAni(){
        oldImgEl=document.getElementById("startAni1");
        if (oldImgEl){
                tmp=oldImgEl.src.split("/");
                delete tmp[tmp.length-1];
                imageFolder=tmp.join("/");
        }
        setTimeout('startFade()', 10000);
}

function startFade(){
        tween=window.setInterval("fadeIn()", 100);
}

function fadeIn(){
        if (newImgEl==false){
                currImageNum=currImageNum+1;
                if (currImageNum>imageCount) currImageNum=1;
                tmpEl=document.createElement("IMG");
                tmpEl.src=imageFolder+currImageNum+'.jpg';
                tmpEl.id="startAni"+currImageNum;
                tmpEl.style.cssText="opacity:0;-moz-opacity:0; filter:Alpha(opacity=0, finishopacity=0, style=2);";
                document.getElementById("startAni").appendChild(tmpEl);
                newImgEl=document.getElementById("startAni"+currImageNum);
        }else{
                currOpacity=currOpacity+0.1;
                currAlpha=currAlpha+10;
                newImgEl.style.cssText="opacity:"+currOpacity+";-moz-opacity:"+currOpacity+"; filter:Alpha(opacity="+currAlpha+", finishopacity="+currAlpha+", style=2);";
                if (currOpacity>=1){
                        document.getElementById("startAni").removeChild(oldImgEl);
                        oldImgEl=newImgEl;
                        newImgEl=false;
                        currOpacity=0;
                        currAlpha=0;
                        window.clearInterval(tween);
                        setTimeout('startFade()', 5000);
                }
        }
}