//here you place the ids of every element you want.


function switchid(id, link){	
	hideallids();
	showdiv(id);
}

function hideallids(){
	//loop through the array and hide each element by id
	for (var i=0;i<ids.length;i++){
		hidediv(ids[i]);
	}		  
}

function hidediv(id) {
	//safe function to hide an element with a specified id
	if (document.getElementById) { // DOM3 = IE5, NS6
		document.getElementById(id).style.display = 'none';
	}
	else {
		if (document.layers) { // Netscape 4
			document.id.display = 'none';
		}
		else { // IE 4
			document.all.id.style.display = 'none';
		}
	}
}

function showdiv(id) {
	//safe function to show an element with a specified id
		  
	if (document.getElementById) { // DOM3 = IE5, NS6
		document.getElementById(id).style.display = 'block';
		opacity(id,0,100,400);
	}
	else {
		if (document.layers) { // Netscape 4
			document.id.display = 'block';
			opacity(id,0,100,400);
		}
		else { // IE 4
			document.all.id.style.display = 'block';
			opacity(id,0,100,400);
		}
	}
}

var state = 'none'; 

function showhide(layer_ref) { 

if (state == 'block') { 
state = 'none'; 
} 
else { 
state = 'block'; 
} 
if (document.all) { //IS IE 4 or 5 (or 6 beta) 
eval( "document.all." + layer_ref + ".style.display = state"); 
} 
if (document.layers) { //IS NETSCAPE 4 or below 
document.layers[layer_ref].display = state; 
} 
if (document.getElementById &&!document.all) { 
hza = document.getElementById(layer_ref); 
hza.style.display = state; 
} 
} 

function opacity(id, opacStart, opacEnd, millisec) { 
    //speed for each frame 
    var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100); 
    var timer = 0; 

    //determine the direction for the blending, if start and end are the same nothing happens 
    if(opacStart > opacEnd) { 
        for(i = opacStart; i >= opacEnd; i--) { 
            setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed)); 
            timer++; 
        } 
    } else if(opacStart < opacEnd) { 
        for(i = opacStart; i <= opacEnd; i++) 
            { 
            setTimeout("changeOpac(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed)); 
            timer++; 
        } 
    } 
} 

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


function shiftOpacity(id, millisec) { 
    //if an element is invisible, make it visible, else make it ivisible 
    if(document.getElementById(id).style.opacity == 0) { 
        opacity(id, 0, 100, millisec); 
    } else { 
        opacity(id, 100, 0, millisec); 
    } 
}