var currentItem = -1;
var running = 0;
var fadeTime = 2000;
var holdTime = 3000;
arrFadeLinks = new Array();
arrFadeTitles = new Array();
arrFadeAlerts = new Array();
arrFadeClass = new Array();


function Fadewl() {
    initItems();

    $('#fade_link').hover(
      function () {
        touchTicker(1);
      },
      function () {
        touchTicker(0);
      }
    );


    runTicker();

}

function touchTicker(mode) {
  if(mode == 1) {
    if(running == 1) {
      $('#fade_link').clearQueue();
      $('#fade_link').stop();
      $('#fade_link').fadeTo(0,1);
      running = 0;
    }
  } else {
    if(running == 0) {
        runTicker();
    }
  }

}

function runTicker() {
  running = 1;
    nextItem();
    $('#fade_link').fadeTo(fadeTime, 1)
        .delay(holdTime)
        .fadeTo(fadeTime, 1, function () {runTicker();});


}


function nextItem() {

  //$('#fade_link').delay(holdTime);
  $('#fade_link').fadeTo(0,0);
  currentItem++;

  if(currentItem > (arrFadeLinks.length - 1)) {
    currentItem = 0;
  }
  var ilink = document.getElementById("fade_link");
  ilink.innerHTML = arrFadeTitles[currentItem];
  ilink.href = arrFadeLinks[currentItem];
  ilink.className = arrFadeClass[currentItem];
  $('#fade_link').fadeTo(0,0);
}