function openNews()
{
        myBox = $('newsBox');
        if(myBox.style.display != "")
        {
                Effect.Appear('newsBox');
        }
        else
        {
                Effect.Fade('newsBox');
        }     
        
}
var introElementslength = 0;
var introActualElement = 0;


function intro(){
	myIntroContainer = $('introFade');
	var allContainedElements = myIntroContainer.getElementsByTagName("div");
	introElementslength = allContainedElements.length
	elema = $('blend'+introActualElement);
    elema.appear({ duration: 3.0 });
    window.setTimeout("switchPic()",6000);
}
function switchPic(){
	elema = $('blend'+introActualElement);
	introActualElement++;
	elemb = $('blend'+introActualElement);
	if(introActualElement < (introElementslength)){
		elema.fade({ duration: 3.0 });
		elemb.appear({ duration: 3.0 });
		window.setTimeout("switchPic()",6000);	
	}else{
		//restart
		introActualElement = 0;
		elema.fade({ duration: 3.0 });
		elemb = $('blend'+introActualElement);
		elemb.appear({ duration: 3.0 });
		window.setTimeout("switchPic()",6000);
	}
}

var teaserContainers = new Array();

function startTeaserAnimation(teaserID){
	var myTeaserContainer = $('teaserAnimation' + teaserID);
	var allContainedElements = myTeaserContainer.getElementsByTagName("div");
	teaserContainers[teaserID] = new Array(2);
	teaserContainers[teaserID][0] = allContainedElements.length;
	teaserContainers[teaserID][1] = 0;
	elema = $('teaserAnimationPic'+teaserID+teaserContainers[teaserID][1]);
    elema.appear({ duration: 2.0 });
    window.setTimeout("switchTeaserPic("+teaserID+")",7000);
}
function switchTeaserPic(teaserID){
	elema = $('teaserAnimationPic'+teaserID+teaserContainers[teaserID][1]);
	teaserContainers[teaserID][1]++;
	elemb = $('teaserAnimationPic'+teaserID+teaserContainers[teaserID][1]);
	if(teaserContainers[teaserID][1] < (teaserContainers[teaserID][0])){
		elema.fade({ duration: 2.0 });
		elemb.appear({ duration: 2.0 });
		window.setTimeout("switchTeaserPic("+teaserID+")",7000);	
	}else{
		//restart
		teaserContainers[teaserID][1] = 0;
		elema.fade({ duration: 2.0 });
		elemb = $('teaserAnimationPic'+teaserID+teaserContainers[teaserID][1]);
		elemb.appear({ duration: 2.0 });
		window.setTimeout("switchTeaserPic("+teaserID+")",7000);
	}
}

function openInfo(id){
        myBox = $('infoBox'+id);
        myBoxContainer = $('infoBox');
        myOverlay = $('overlay');
       
        var str_id;
       
        if(myBox.style.display != "")
        {   
			 //close all the others
			 var allContainedElements = myBoxContainer.getElementsByTagName("*");
			 for (var i = 0; i < allContainedElements.length; i++) {
			         var elem = allContainedElements[i];
			         str_id = elem.id.substring(0,7)
			         if(str_id == "infoBox"){
			                 elem.style.display= "none";
			         }
			 }
                myBoxContainer.style.display= "block";
                Effect.Appear('infoBox'+id);
        }
        else
        {      
                //close all the others
                var allContainedElements = myBoxContainer.getElementsByTagName("*");
                for (var i = 0; i < allContainedElements.length; i++) {
                        var elem = allContainedElements[i];
                        str_id = elem.id.substring(0,7)
                        if(str_id == "infoBox"){
                                elem.style.display= "none";
                        }
                }
                //Effect.Fade('infoBox'+id);
                myBoxContainer.style.display= "none";
        }
}